About SUNY Morrisville | SUNY Morrisville

Renewable Energy | Areas of Study | SUNY Morrisville

Horticulture A.A.S. | Areas of Study | SUNY Morrisville

Auto Body Technology A.A.S. | Areas of Study | SUNY Morrisville

Find a Program | SUNY Morrisville

Automotive | Areas of Study | SUNY Morrisville

Online Programs | Areas of Study | SUNY Morrisville

Athletics | SUNY Morrisville

Page not found | SUNY Morrisville

Agriculture | Areas of Study | SUNY Morrisville

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

August 2025

July 2025

Morrisville State College

Title / URL	Issues
About SUNY Morrisville \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/explore/about-suny-morrisville	66
Renewable Energy \| Areas of Study \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/areas-of-study/renewable-energy	66
Horticulture A.A.S. \| Areas of Study \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/program/horticulture-aas	66
Auto Body Technology A.A.S. \| Areas of Study \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/program/auto-body-technology-aas	66
Find a Program \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/explore/find-a-program	66
Automotive \| Areas of Study \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/explore/programs/automotive	66
Online Programs \| Areas of Study \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/explore/programs/online-programs	66
Athletics \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/explore/athletics	66
Page not found \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	66
Agriculture \| Areas of Study \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/explore/programs/agriculture	66

Combine adjacent links with the same destination

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