# Nested a tag within an a tag... without an href?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-a-tag-within-an-a-tag-without-an-href/337404
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [November 21, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-a-tag-within-an-a-tag-without-an-href/337404 "2024-11-21T02:31:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![king\_laurel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/king_laurel/32/461779_2.png) [@king\_laurel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/king_laurel)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-a-tag-within-an-a-tag-without-an-href/337404/1 "2024-11-21T02:31:47Z")

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![Screenshot 2024-11-20 at 7.29.04 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/5/9/c591831ab6482bcd4de9994974f30400e76443a8.png)

This empty a tag within an a tag is throwing off focus and doesn’t appear to serve any purpose as it doesn’t have an href.

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### Author: ![king\_laurel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/king_laurel/32/461779_2.png) [@king\_laurel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/king_laurel)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-a-tag-within-an-a-tag-without-an-href/337404/2 "2024-11-21T02:38:22Z")

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this a tag should be a button.. it is also missing an href and even was assigned the role of button…

 ![Screenshot 2024-11-20 at 7.37.23 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/6/1/f610d3e303f4279c67e83c637d53ab026f439c9f.png)

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### Author: ![jordan.vidrine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jordan.vidrine/32/515563_2.png) [@jordan.vidrine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan.vidrine)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-a-tag-within-an-a-tag-without-an-href/337404/3 "2025-02-03T22:25:57Z")

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Thanks a bunch for reporting this Laurel. I finally picked this up onto my plate today and it should be fixed.

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/31138](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/31138)

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### Author: ![jordan.vidrine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jordan.vidrine/32/515563_2.png) [@jordan.vidrine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan.vidrine)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-a-tag-within-an-a-tag-without-an-href/337404/4 "2025-02-03T22:27:32Z")

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