Link

A wrapper around with extra props.

Usage

The Link component is a wrapper around <NuxtLink> using the custom prop. It provides a few extra props:

  • inactive-class prop to set a class when the link is inactive, active-class is used when active.
  • exact prop to style with active-class when the link is active and the route is exactly the same as the current route.
  • exact-query and exact-hash props to style with active-class when the link is active and the query or hash is exactly the same as the current query or hash.
    • use exact-query="partial" to style with active-class when the link is active and the query partially match the current query.

The incentive behind this is to provide the same API as NuxtLink back in Nuxt 2 / Vue 2. You can read more about it in the Vue Router migration from Vue 2 guide.

It is used by the Breadcrumb, Button, ContextMenu, DropdownMenu and NavigationMenu components.

Tag

The Link components renders an <a> tag when a to prop is provided, otherwise it renders a <button> tag. You can use the as prop to change fallback tag.

<template>
  <ULink as="button">Link</ULink>
</template>
You can inspect the rendered HTML by changing the to prop.

Style

By default, the link has default active and inactive styles, check out the #theme section.

<template>
  <ULink to="/components/link">Link</ULink>
</template>
Try changing the to prop to see the active and inactive states.

You can override this behavior by using the raw prop and provide your own styles using class, active-class and inactive-class.

<template>
  <ULink raw to="/components/link" active-class="font-bold" inactive-class="text-[var(--ui-text-muted)]">Link</ULink>
</template>

IntelliSense

If you're using VSCode and wish to get autocompletion for the classes active-class and inactive-class, you can add the following settings to your .vscode/settings.json:

.vscode/settings.json
{
  "tailwindCSS.classAttributes": [
    "active-class",
    "inactive-class"
  ]
}

API

Props

Prop Default Type
as

"button"

any

The element or component this component should render as when not a link.

type

"button"

"reset" | "submit" | "button"

The type of the button when not a link.

disabled

boolean

active

undefined

boolean

Force the link to be active independent of the current route.

exact

boolean

Will only be active if the current route is an exact match.

exactQuery

boolean | "partial"

Allows controlling how the current route query sets the link as active.

exactHash

boolean

Will only be active if the current route hash is an exact match.

inactiveClass

""

string

The class to apply when the link is inactive.

raw

boolean

When true, only styles from class, activeClass, and inactiveClass will be applied.

to

string | RouteLocationAsRelativeGeneric | RouteLocationAsPathGeneric

Route Location the link should navigate to when clicked on.

href

string | RouteLocationAsRelativeGeneric | RouteLocationAsPathGeneric

An alias for to. If used with to, href will be ignored

external

boolean

Forces the link to be considered as external (true) or internal (false). This is helpful to handle edge-cases

target

null | "_blank" | "_parent" | "_self" | "_top" | string & {}

Where to display the linked URL, as the name for a browsing context.

rel

null | string & {} | "noopener" | "noreferrer" | "nofollow" | "sponsored" | "ugc"

A rel attribute value to apply on the link. Defaults to "noopener noreferrer" for external links.

noRel

boolean

If set to true, no rel attribute will be added to the link

prefetchedClass

string

A class to apply to links that have been prefetched.

prefetch

boolean

When enabled will prefetch middleware, layouts and payloads of links in the viewport.

prefetchOn

"visibility" | "interaction" | Partial<{ visibility: boolean; interaction: boolean; }>

Allows controlling when to prefetch links. By default, prefetch is triggered only on visibility.

noPrefetch

boolean

Escape hatch to disable prefetch attribute.

replace

boolean

Calls router.replace instead of router.push.

activeClass

""

string

Class to apply when the link is active

exactActiveClass

string

Class to apply when the link is exact active

ariaCurrentValue

'page'

"true" | "false" | "page" | "step" | "location" | "date" | "time"

Value passed to the attribute aria-current when the link is exact active.

Slots

Slot Type
default

{ active: boolean; }

Theme

app.config.ts
export default defineAppConfig({
  ui: {
    link: {
      base: 'focus-visible:outline-[var(--ui-primary)]',
      variants: {
        active: {
          true: 'text-[var(--ui-primary)]',
          false: [
            'text-[var(--ui-text-muted)] hover:text-[var(--ui-text)]',
            'transition-colors'
          ]
        },
        disabled: {
          true: 'cursor-not-allowed opacity-75'
        }
      }
    }
  }
})