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  2. CONFSERVER-6318

Headings should produce unique anchors so that headings with identical text can still be referred to

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      The automatic anchors created for the headers aren't always unique.

h1. Introduction
h2. Test Case 1
h3. Conclusions
h2. Test Case 2
h3. Conclusions

There is no way to accuratly link to the last heading (#MyPage-Conclusions) without creating a anchor of my own but that would still break the Table of Contents plugin.

I suggest that either checking to make sure a specific anchor is unique within the page against a list generated while creating them. Adding a hash of the path wouldn't help if the Test Cases lacked their numbers.

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. CONFSERVER-16539 Incorrect links when two items have the same name in the document

          • Medium - Medium priority issues
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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. CONFSERVER-25632 ID must be unique following the HTML 4 standard

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          Suggestion - CONFCLOUD-6318 Headings should produce unique anchors so that headings with identical text can still be referred to

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              edalgliesh Eric Dalgliesh
              d28ce6e4390c Kent Karlsson
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