About SUNY Morrisville | SUNY Morrisville

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

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

Visit Us | 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

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	Title / URL	Issues
	About SUNY Morrisville \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/explore/about-suny-morrisville	68
	Horticulture A.A.S. \| Areas of Study \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/program/horticulture-aas	68
	Auto Body Technology A.A.S. \| Areas of Study \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/program/auto-body-technology-aas	68
	Visit Us \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/explore/visit-us	68
	Find a Program \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/explore/find-a-program	68
	Automotive \| Areas of Study \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/explore/programs/automotive	68
	Online Programs \| Areas of Study \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/explore/programs/online-programs	68
	Athletics \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/explore/athletics	68
	Page not found \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	68
	Agriculture \| Areas of Study \| SUNY Morrisvillewww.morrisville.edu/explore/programs/agriculture	68

Combine adjacent links with the same destination

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