Kakor | Arcada

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Publikationer | Arcada

Forskare | Arcada

Studera på Arcada | Arcada

Yrkeshögskolan Arcada

Samarbete och tjänster | Arcada

Forskningsbloggen | Arcada

Ammattikorkeakoulu Arcada

Organisation | Arcada

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Arcada University of Applied Sciences

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Kakor \| Arcadawww.arcada.fi/sv/cookies	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.arcada.fi/sv	1
Publikationer \| Arcadawww.arcada.fi/sv/forskning/publikationer	1
Forskare \| Arcadawww.arcada.fi/sv/forskning/vara-forskare	1
Studera på Arcada \| Arcadawww.arcada.fi/sv/studera-pa-arcada	1
Yrkeshögskolan Arcadawww.arcada.fi/sv	1
Samarbete och tjänster \| Arcadawww.arcada.fi/sv/samarbete-och-tjanster	1
Forskningsbloggen \| Arcadawww.arcada.fi/sv/forskning/blogg	1
Ammattikorkeakoulu Arcadawww.arcada.fi/fi	1
Organisation \| Arcadawww.arcada.fi/sv/om-oss/organisation	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Arcada University of Applied Sciences

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