A-Z of Services

Contact HR

DCU Institute of Education | Dublin City University |

Policy Toolkits

Information for new staff

Information Systems Services | Dublin City University | Information System Services

University Policies / Polasaithe Ollscoile | Dublin City University | DCU Policies & Procedures

Faculty of Science & Health | Dublin City University | Faculty of Science & Health

DCU Connected - Online Education | Dublin City University | DCU Connected

Intro to FOI

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.

linking-to-anchor-on-page-that-does-not-exist

November 2024

October 2024

Dublin City University

Title / URL	Issues
A-Z of Serviceswww.dcu.ie/iss/z-services	27
Contact HRwww.dcu.ie/hr/contact-hr	1
DCU Institute of Education \| Dublin City University \|www.dcu.ie/instituteofeducation	1
Policy Toolkitswww.dcu.ie/hr/policy-toolkits	1
Information for new staffwww.dcu.ie/iss/information-new-staff	1
Information Systems Services \| Dublin City University \| Information System Serviceswww.dcu.ie/iss	1
University Policies / Polasaithe Ollscoile \| Dublin City University \| DCU Policies & Procedureswww.dcu.ie/policies	1
Faculty of Science & Health \| Dublin City University \| Faculty of Science & Healthwww.dcu.ie/science-and-health	1
DCU Connected - Online Education \| Dublin City University \| DCU Connectedwww.dcu.ie/connected	1
Intro to FOIwww.dcu.ie/foi/intro-to-foi	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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