Template:Visible anchor

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The template {{Visible anchor}} inserts one or more HTML anchors in a page. Those locations can then be linked to using [[#link|...]] syntax. Unlike {{Anchor}}, the first parameter will be visible text on the page.

Usage

1. {{visible anchor|foo}}

Visible as: foo

Linkable as: [[#foo|...]] from within the same article, [[articlename#foo|...]] from other articles and from redirects.

2. The template can be used to create up to ten anchors with a single call. Here's an example using the vhanchor shortcut:

{{vanchor|foo|bar|baz}}

Visible as: foo

Linkable as:[[#foo]], [[#bar]] and [[#baz]].

Note how only the first parameter is made visible in the rendered text.

Limitations

Character	Code	Template	Meaning
	" "	N/A	(double) quotation mark
#	#	N/A	hash
|	|	{{!}}	pipe
=	=	{{=}}	equals

• This template should not be used within section headings. Doing so will result in broken links in edit summaries, as well as possible duplicate anchors (see below).
• Anchor names should be unique on a page, and should not duplicate any heading titles. Duplicate anchors won't 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.
• Anchor names that contain any character shown in the table on the right 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 {{!}} 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.
• As with other templates which use positional parameters, putting each anchor name on separate lines, for example

  {{vanchor
  |humpty
  |dumpty}}

  will not work as expected.

Aliases

• {{visanc}}
• {{vanchor}}

See also

• {{Anchor}}
• {{Anchored list}}
• {{Shortcut}}
• Help:Link § Section linking (anchors) (Shortcut: SF:ANCHOR)

External links

• Template:Visible anchor at Wikipedia, the free Terran-based encyclopedia that anyone can edit.