Template:Anchor

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The template {{anchor}} inserts one or more HTML anchors in a page. Those locations can then be linked to using [[#link|...]] syntax.

Examples

1. {{anchor|foo}}

could be linked to with [[#foo|...]] from within the same article,

or it could be linked to with [[articlename#foo|...]] from other articles and from redirects.

2. Anchors can be more suitable for inter-article linking than section titles are. For example,

== {{anchor|foo}} Section title ==

Here, links via [[articlename#foo]] would remain valid even if the section were renamed.

3. The template can be used to create up to ten anchors with a single call. For example,

{{anchor|foo|bar|baz}}

will create three anchors that can then be linked to with [[#foo]], [[#bar]] and [[#baz]].

Specifying more than 10 anchors will cause an error message to be displayed.

Limitations

• Anchor names that contain
  • # (hash, $)
  • | (pipe, |)
  • = (equals, =)
  • " (straight double quote, ")

will not work as expected. However, any of these characters can be replaced with the "&#" codes shown for them here. Or, the pipe symbol and equals sign can be worked around with {{[[:Template:|||]]}} and {{=}}, respectively. Markup code such as <sup> and <sub> (superscript and subscript) cannot be used. Most other characters, including white space and punctuation, are not a problem.

• The template can create a maximum of 10 anchors. Specifying more than 10 anchors will result in an error message.
• Unlike with most templates, putting each anchor name on separate lines, for example

{{anchor

|humpty
|dumpty}}

will not work as expected.

• Anchor names should be unique on a page, and should not duplicate any heading titles. Duplicate anchors will not work as expected since the #links go to the first anchor with that name. Duplicate anchors also result in invalid HTML; you can check for duplicate anchors by running the page through the W3C Markup Validation Service.
• If the template is added to a section title then the code will appear in the edit summary when that section is edited, as in "/* {{anchor|Issues}}Limitations */ New issue". This can be fixed by deleting the template code from the edit summary before the changes are saved.
• Anchor links are case sensitive in some browsers, so treat all anchor link as case sensitive.

See also

• {{Visible anchor}}
• {{Anchored list}}
• {{Shortcut}}
• WP:ANCHOR
• WP:TARGET

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