src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclets/formats/html/TagletWriterImpl.java

@@ -198,11 +198,11 @@
         CommentHelper ch = utils.getCommentHelper(element);
         // define id attributes for state components so that generated descriptions may refer to them
         boolean defineID = (element.getKind() == ElementKind.RECORD)
                 && (paramTag instanceof ParamTree) && !((ParamTree) paramTag).isTypeParameter();
         Content nameTree = new StringContent(paramName);
-        body.add(HtmlTree.CODE(defineID ? HtmlTree.A_ID("param-" + paramName, nameTree) : nameTree));
+        body.add(HtmlTree.CODE(defineID ? HtmlTree.SPAN_ID("param-" + paramName, nameTree) : nameTree));
         body.add(" - ");
         List<? extends DocTree> description = ch.getDescription(configuration, paramTag);
         body.add(htmlWriter.commentTagsToContent(paramTag, element, description, false, inSummary));
         return HtmlTree.DD(body);
     }

@@ -425,11 +425,11 @@
             int count = htmlWriter.indexAnchorTable
                     .compute(anchorName, (k, v) -> v == null ? 0 : v + 1);
             if (count > 0) {
                 anchorName += "-" + count;
             }
-            result = HtmlTree.A_ID(HtmlStyle.searchTagResult, anchorName, new StringContent(tagText));
+            result = HtmlTree.SPAN(anchorName, HtmlStyle.searchTagResult, new StringContent(tagText));
             if (configuration.createindex && !tagText.isEmpty()) {
                 SearchIndexItem si = new SearchIndexItem();
                 si.setSystemProperty(isSystemProperty);
                 si.setLabel(tagText);
                 si.setDescription(desc);