01
Overview
Inline text link with consistent focus ring and underline behavior.
Usage
Guidance
Use When
- Embedding a navigable link inside body text or prose content.
Avoid When
- Navigating between pages in a sidebar or nav bar — use NavigationItem.
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When to use
Use when
- Embedding a navigable link inside body text or prose content.
Avoid when
- Navigating between pages in a sidebar or nav bar — use NavigationItem.
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Examples
Link
Inline text link with underline and color variants.
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Props
| Name | Type | Default | Required | Bindable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
href | text | The URL the link points to. Optional ONLY because a disabled link renders a
<span> with no href. For any enabled (non-disabled) link you must provide it —
an <a> without href is not keyboard-focusable and is not exposed as a link to
assistive technology, so an enabled Link without href is a bug, not a feature. | |||
underline | 'always' | 'hover' | 'none' | 'hover' | Controls text-decoration behavior.
- 'always' — underline is always visible.
- 'hover' — underline appears on hover and focus (default).
- 'none' — underline is never shown. | ||
color | 'primary' | 'inherit' | 'primary' | Controls the link color.
- 'primary' — uses the accent/primary color token.
- 'inherit' — inherits the surrounding text color. | ||
external | boolean | false | When true, automatically adds target="_blank" and merges rel="noopener noreferrer"
with any consumer-supplied rel. Consumer-supplied target is preserved if provided. | ||
disabled | boolean | false | When true, renders a <span aria-disabled="true"> instead of <a>. The href is not
emitted and pointer-events are disabled. Use to show a link that is contextually
unavailable without removing it from the visual layout. | ||
target | HTMLAnchorAttributes['target'] | Forwarded to the rendered <a>. external supplies "_blank" only when no target is given. | |||
rel | HTMLAnchorAttributes['rel'] | Forwarded to the rendered <a>. "noopener noreferrer" is merged in whenever the link
opens in a new tab — external is true OR the resolved target is "_blank"
(case-insensitive) — and the whole value is de-duplicated case-insensitively. | |||
tabindex | unknown | req | |||
children | snippet | req | The link text or composed content. Required. |