Glossary | New York Life

2023 Report to Policy Owners | New York Life

Topics

Contact Us | New York Life

Careers - Make a difference. Every Single Day. | New York Life

Press Resources

Our Purpose | New York Life Foundation

Corporate Job Opportunities in Life Insurance | New York Life

Advisory Services | New York Life

Retirement Income Annuities | New York Life

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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Title / URL	Issues
Glossary \| New York Lifewww.newyorklife.com/resources/glossary	2
2023 Report to Policy Owners \| New York Lifewww.newyorklife.com/report-to-policy-owners	1
Topicswww.newyorklife.com/newsroom/topics	1
Contact Us \| New York Lifewww.newyorklife.com/contact-us	1
Careers - Make a difference. Every Single Day. \| New York Lifewww.newyorklife.com/careers	1
Press Resourceswww.newyorklife.com/newsroom/press-resources	1
Our Purpose \| New York Life Foundationwww.newyorklife.com/foundation/our-purpose	1
Corporate Job Opportunities in Life Insurance \| New York Lifewww.newyorklife.com/careers/corporate	1
Advisory Services \| New York Lifewww.newyorklife.com/products/advisory-services	1
Retirement Income Annuities \| New York Lifewww.newyorklife.com/products/retirement	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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