Contact Us | OCI | BEC

Our Mission and Context | OCI | BEC

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Home | OCI | BEC

Media Room | OCI | BEC

Transparency | OCI | BEC

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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Correctional Investigator Canada

Title / URL	Issues
Contact Us \| OCI \| BECoci-bec.gc.ca/index.php/en/content/contact-us	2
Our Mission and Context \| OCI \| BECoci-bec.gc.ca/en/content/our-mission-and-context	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingoci-bec.gc.ca/language_selection_page?destination=/node/1	2
Home \| OCI \| BECoci-bec.gc.ca/fr/	2
Home \| OCI \| BECoci-bec.gc.ca/en	2
Home \| OCI \| BECoci-bec.gc.ca/en/	2
Media Room \| OCI \| BECoci-bec.gc.ca/en/content/media-room	2
Transparency \| OCI \| BECoci-bec.gc.ca/en/content/transparency	2
Home \| OCI \| BECoci-bec.gc.ca/en/?wbdisable=true	2
Contact Us \| OCI \| BECoci-bec.gc.ca/en/content/contact-us	2

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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