# Feature request: automatically generated ids for headers

**URL:** <https://talk.commonmark.org/t/feature-request-automatically-generated-ids-for-headers/115>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 3, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/feature-request-automatically-generated-ids-for-headers/115 "2014-09-03T21:49:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crissov](https://cdn.commonmark.org/user_avatar/talk.commonmark.org/crissov/32/1455_2.png) [@Crissov](https://talk.commonmark.org/u/Crissov)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 10:23am UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/feature-request-automatically-generated-ids-for-headers/115/88 "2017-10-26T10:23:23Z")

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[Babelmark](https://babelmark.github.io/?text=%23+%C3%9Cberschrift+1%0A) shows just how different approaches are for spaces and roman non-ASCII letters.

With an [_info string_](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/info-strings-elsewhere/2610/2), authors could override automatic IDs.

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