Harold G. Fox Distinguished Lecture Series | Lakehead University

Faculty & Staff | Lakehead University

Events | Lakehead University

Health Sciences | Lakehead University

Law Journal | Lakehead University

People | Lakehead University

Contact Us | Lakehead University

Bora Laskin Distinguished Lecture Series | Lakehead University

Gallery | Lakehead University

Professional Development in Education | Lakehead University

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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June 2024

May 2024

Lakehead University

Title / URL	Issues
Harold G. Fox Distinguished Lecture Series \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/law/hgf-lecture-series	1
Faculty & Staff \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/geography/people	1
Events \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/history/events	1
Health Sciences \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/health-sciences	1
Law Journal \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/law/law-journal	1
People \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/biology/directory	1
Contact Us \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/math/contact-us	1
Bora Laskin Distinguished Lecture Series \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/law/lecture-series	1
Gallery \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/womensstudies/gallery	1
Professional Development in Education \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/education/pd	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Lakehead University

Where this issue has occurred