Directors toolkit | Co-operatives UK

Rose Marley | Co-operatives UK

Covid-19 governance advice | Co-operatives UK

2.1 What is a co‑op? | Co-operatives UK

Co-op values and principles posters | Co-operatives UK

We are the rebuilders - download | Co-operatives UK

Shared Power, Shared Prosperity | Co-operatives UK

Apply for membership | Co-operatives UK

1 Million Owners | Co-operatives UK

Tim Knowles | Co-operatives UK

Two adjacent links should not point to the same destination. You almost always want to combine the 
two links.

For example, it is quite common to link an image and text together like this:

```html
<a href="news.html">
    <img src="photo.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
<a href="news.html">
    News
</a>
``` 

These adjacent links should be combined like so:

```html
<a href="news.html">
    <img src="photo.jpg" alt="" />
    News
</a>
``` 

Links to `#` are ignored, as these are nearly always placeholders for JavaScript, e.g.:

```html
<a href="#" onclick="approve()">
    OK
</a>
<a href="#" onclick="reject()">
    Cancel
</a>
```

# Justification

Many users of assistive technology are only able to experience content sequentially - that is, they must
step through each part of the page, one part at a time. Often this is a slow process, potentially 
hampered by a physical impediment.

Stepping through redundant links is time consuming; for example users of a screen reader must 
hear each link read aloud in turn. 

This also simplifies your code. 

# Methodology

1. Find all links (`<a>` tags) on the page.
2. Ignore links pointing to `#`, as these are usually placeholders for JavaScript.
3. Flag links which are (a) separated only by whitespace and (b) which point to the 
   same absolute URL.  

# Learn more

Read about [Technique H2](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H2) on how to combine
an adjacent image and texts links.

duplicate-adjacent-link

January 2025

December 2024

Co-operatives UK

Title / URL	Issues
Directors toolkit \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/resources/directors-toolkit	57
Rose Marley \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/start-new-co-op/find-adviser/rose-marley	56
Covid-19 governance advice \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/coronavirus/covid-19-governance-advice	56
2.1 What is a co‑op? \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/start-new-co-op/start/what-co-op	56
Co-op values and principles posters \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/resources/co-op-values-and-principles-posters	56
We are the rebuilders - download \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/resources/we-are-rebuilders-download	56
Shared Power, Shared Prosperity \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/resources/shared-power-shared-prosperity	56
Apply for membership \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/get-involved/become-member/apply-membership	56
1 Million Owners \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/resources/1-million-owners	56
Tim Knowles \| Co-operatives UKwww.uk.coop/start-new-co-op/find-adviser/tim-knowles	56

Combine adjacent links with the same destination

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