HREF link anchor name vs id
I needed to do some troubleshooting for some anchors tags that stopped working in Internet Explorer (6 or 7). It appeared that IE was stripping the hash (#) mark out of the url - but this did not happen with Firefox. I started searching for information that led me to believe that <a name> has been deprecated and the <id> attribute was now the preferred way to create anchor tags.
Can the Experts shed some light on whether anchor tags should include both name and id? And what the link syntax should look like?
Both links on this page should both pop you down to the anchor, but only the hash link works this way.
http://www.awwarf.org/siteMap/test2.htm
Can the Experts shed some light on whether anchor tags should include both name and id? And what the link syntax should look like?
Both links on this page should both pop you down to the anchor, but only the hash link works this way.
http://www.awwarf.org/siteMap/test2.htm
hyperlinks on http://www.awwarf.org/siteMap/test.htm
<a href="http://www.awwarf.org/siteMap/test.htm" id="order">site tour id link</A>.<br>
<a href="http://www.awwarf.org/siteMap/test.htm#order">hash link</a>
named anchor and id on page: http://www.awwarf.org/siteMap/test.htm
<table width="750" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<td>Order Reports<a name="order" id="order"></a></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
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>My hash link works, but my id link does not. Is my syntax not correct for the ID link?
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Why should it work? The id is in no way part of the href. You are assigning the *link* the id "order" and you tell it to go to the"test.html" page (without specifing where on "test.html" it should jump to).
Again, id="order" here assigns an id to the link. And if both (link and the cell with the id "order" are on the same page, you will have multiple objects with the same id, which shouldn't be).
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Why should it work? The id is in no way part of the href. You are assigning the *link* the id "order" and you tell it to go to the"test.html" page (without specifing where on "test.html" it should jump to).
Again, id="order" here assigns an id to the link. And if both (link and the cell with the id "order" are on the same page, you will have multiple objects with the same id, which shouldn't be).
<a href="http://www.awwarf.org/siteMap/test.htm" id="order">site tour id link</A>.
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I'm sorry, I have a typo in my original post. The link is on this page http://www.awwarf.org/siteMap/test2.htm and the anchored cell is on this page, http://www.awwarf.org/siteMap/test.htm, so this is not the case, ()
My logic for creating the html link to the id was to do the same as I do for a hash - but it sounds like this assigns the id to the link ??? so how would you create a link from test2.htm to the ID anchor on test.htm?
My logic for creating the html link to the id was to do the same as I do for a hash - but it sounds like this assigns the id to the link ??? so how would you create a link from test2.htm to the ID anchor on test.htm?
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I did some more digging. I was incorrect about a name being deprecated as I am using it with links. I will use name and forget about it. Splitting the points to thank you for taking the time to respond.
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My hash link works, but my id link does not. Is my syntax not correct for the ID link?