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Description
If you put a link within a heading, the resulting HTML works but is invalid because the anchor elements get nested.
For example, with the example-report.md
from npx @observablehq/framework@latest create
:
---
title: Example report
---
# A brief history of [space exploration](https://example.com/)
This report is a brief overview of the history and current state of rocket launches and space exploration.
...
Generates:
<main id="observablehq-main" class="observablehq">
<h1 id="a-brief-history-of-space-exploration" tabindex="-1"><a class="observablehq-header-anchor"
href="#a-brief-history-of-space-exploration">A brief history of <a href="https://example.com/" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer">space exploration</a></a></h1>
<p>This report is a brief overview of the history and current state of rocket launches and space exploration.</p>
Which browsers or the W3C validator will show as having structural errors:
Error: Start tag a seen but an element of the same type was already open.
From line 112, column 163; to line 112, column 235
istory of <a href="https://example.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">space
Error: Stray end tag a.
From line 112, column 257; to line 112, column 260
ration</a></a></h1>↩