Link

[MODES: framework, data, declarative]

Summary

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A progressively enhanced <a href> wrapper to enable navigation with client-side routing.

tsx

import { Link } from "react-router";

<Link to="/dashboard">Dashboard</Link>;

<Link
  to={{
    pathname: "/some/path",
    search: "?query=string",
    hash: "#hash",
  }}
/>;

Props

discover

[modes: framework]

Defines the link lazy route discovery behavior.

render — default, discover the route when the link renders
none — don't eagerly discover, only discover if the link is clicked

tsx

<Link /> // default ("render")
<Link discover="render" />
<Link discover="none" />

prefetch

[modes: framework]

Defines the data and module prefetching behavior for the link.

tsx

<Link /> // default
<Link prefetch="none" />
<Link prefetch="intent" />
<Link prefetch="render" />
<Link prefetch="viewport" />

none — default, no prefetching
intent — prefetches when the user hovers or focuses the link
render — prefetches when the link renders
viewport — prefetches when the link is in the viewport, very useful for mobile

Prefetching is done with HTML <link rel="prefetch"> tags. They are inserted after the link.

tsx

<a href="..." />
<a href="..." />
<link rel="prefetch" /> // might conditionally render

Because of this, if you are using nav :last-child you will need to use nav :last-of-type so the styles don't conditionally fall off your last link (and any other similar selectors).

preventScrollReset

[modes: framework, data]

Prevents the scroll position from being reset to the top of the window when the link is clicked and the app is using ScrollRestoration. This only prevents new locations resetting scroll to the top, scroll position will be restored for back/forward button navigation.

tsx

<Link to="?tab=one" preventScrollReset />

relative

[modes: framework, data, declarative]

Defines the relative path behavior for the link.

tsx

<Link to=".." /> // default: "route"
<Link relative="route" />
<Link relative="path" />

Consider a route hierarchy where a parent route pattern is "blog" and a child route pattern is "blog/:slug/edit".

route — default, resolves the link relative to the route pattern. In the example above, a relative link of "..." will remove both :slug/edit segments back to "/blog".
path — relative to the path so "..." will only remove one URL segment up to "/blog/:slug"

Note that index routes and layout routes do not have paths so they are not included in the relative path calculation.

reloadDocument

[modes: framework, data, declarative]

Will use document navigation instead of client side routing when the link is clicked: the browser will handle the transition normally (as if it were an <a href>).

tsx

<Link to="/logout" reloadDocument />

replace

[modes: framework, data, declarative]

Replaces the current entry in the History stack instead of pushing a new one onto it.

tsx

<Link replace />

# with a history stack like this
A -> B

# normal link click pushes a new entry
A -> B -> C

# but with `replace`, B is replaced by C
A -> C

state

[modes: framework, data, declarative]

Adds persistent client side routing state to the next location.

tsx

<Link to="/somewhere/else" state={{ some: "value" }} />

The location state is accessed from the location.

tsx

function SomeComp() {
  const location = useLocation();
  location.state; // { some: "value" }
}

This state is inaccessible on the server as it is implemented on top of history.state

to

[modes: framework, data, declarative]

Can be a string or a partial Path:

tsx

<Link to="/some/path" />

<Link
  to={{
    pathname: "/some/path",
    search: "?query=string",
    hash: "#hash",
  }}
/>

viewTransition

[modes: framework, data]

Enables a View Transition for this navigation.

jsx

<Link to={to} viewTransition>
  Click me
</Link>

To apply specific styles for the transition, see useViewTransitionState

unstable_defaultShouldRevalidate

[modes: framework, data, declarative]

Specify the default revalidation behavior for the navigation.

tsx

<Link to="/some/path" unstable_defaultShouldRevalidate={false} />

If no shouldRevalidate functions are present on the active routes, then this value will be used directly. Otherwise it will be passed into shouldRevalidate so the route can make the final determination on revalidation. This can be useful when updating search params and you don't want to trigger a revalidation.

By default (when not specified), loaders will revalidate according to the routers standard revalidation behavior.

unstable_mask

[modes: framework, data]

Masked path for for this navigation, when you want to navigate the router to one location but display a separate location in the URL bar.

This is useful for contextual navigations such as opening an image in a modal on top of a gallery while keeping the underlying gallery active. If a user shares the masked URL, or opens the link in a new tab, they will only load the masked location without the underlying contextual location.

This feature relies on history.state and is thus only intended for SPA uses and SSR renders will not respect the masking.

tsx

// routes/gallery.tsx
export function clientLoader({ request }: Route.LoaderArgs) {
  let sp = new URL(request.url).searchParams;
  return {
    images: getImages(),
    modalImage: sp.has("image") ? getImage(sp.get("image")!) : null,
  };
}

export default function Gallery({ loaderData }: Route.ComponentProps) {
  return (
    <>
      <GalleryGrid>
       {loaderData.images.map((image) => (
         <Link
           key={image.id}
           to={`/gallery?image=${image.id}`}
           unstable_mask={`/images/${image.id}`}
         >
           
         </Link>
       ))}
      </GalleryGrid>

      {data.modalImage ? (
        <dialog open>
          
        </dialog>
      ) : null}
    </>
  );
}