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description: Enable client-side transitions between routes with the built-in Link component.
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---
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# next/link
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<details>
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<summary><b>Examples</b></summary>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/zeit/next.js/tree/canary/examples/hello-world">Hello World</a></li>
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</ul>
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</details>
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> Before moving forward, we recommend you to read [Routing Introduction](/docs/routing/introduction.md) first.
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Client-side transitions between routes can be enabled via the `Link` component exported by `next/link`.
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An example of linking to `/` and `/about`:
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```jsx
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import Link from 'next/link'
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function Home() {
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return (
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<ul>
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<li>
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<Link href="/">
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<a>Home</a>
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</Link>
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</li>
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<li>
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<Link href="/about">
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<a>About Us</a>
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</Link>
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</li>
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</ul>
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)
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}
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export default Home
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```
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`Link` accepts the following props:
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- `href` - The path inside `pages` directory. This is the only required prop
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- `as` - The path that will be rendered in the browser URL bar. Used for dynamic routes
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- [`passHref`](#forcing-Link-to-expose-href-to-its-child) - Forces `Link` to send the `href` property to its child. Defaults to `false`
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- `prefetch` - Prefetch the page in the background. Defaults to `true`
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- [`replace`](#replace-the-url-instead-of-push) - Replace the current `history` state instead of adding a new url into the stack. Defaults to `false`
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- [`scroll`](#disable-scrolling-to-the-top-of-the-page) - Scroll to the top of the page after a navigation. Defaults to `true`
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## Dynamic routes
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A `Link` to a dynamic route is a combination of the `href` and `as` props. A link to the page `pages/post/[pid].js` will look like this:
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```jsx
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<Link href="/post/[pid]" as="/post/abc">
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<a>First Post</a>
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</Link>
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```
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`href` is a file system path used by the page and it shouldn't change at runtime. `as` on the other hand, will be dynamic most of the time according to your needs. Here's an example of how to create a list of links:
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```jsx
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const pids = ['id1', 'id2', 'id3']
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{
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pids.map(pid => (
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<Link href="/post/[pid]" as={`/post/${pid}`}>
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<a>Post {pid}</a>
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</Link>
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))
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}
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```
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## Example with `React.forwardRef`
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If the child component in `Link` is a function component, you'll need to wrap it in [`React.forwardRef`](https://reactjs.org/docs/react-api.html#reactforwardref) like in the following example:
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```jsx
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import React from 'react'
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import Link from 'next/link'
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// `onClick`, `href`, and `ref` need to be passed to the DOM element
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// for proper handling
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const MyButton = React.forwardRef(({ onClick, href }, ref) => {
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return (
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<a href={href} onClick={onClick} ref={ref}>
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Click Me
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</a>
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)
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})
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function Home() {
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return (
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<Link href="/about">
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<MyButton />
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</Link>
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)
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}
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export default Home
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```
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## With URL Object
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`Link` can also receive an URL object and it will automatically format it to create the URL string. Here's how to do it:
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```jsx
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import Link from 'next/link'
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function Home() {
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return (
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<div>
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<Link href={{ pathname: '/about', query: { name: 'ZEIT' } }}>
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<a>About us</a>
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</Link>
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</div>
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)
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}
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export default Home
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```
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The above example will be a link to `/about?name=Zeit`. You can use every property as defined in the [Node.js URL module documentation](https://nodejs.org/api/url.html#url_url_strings_and_url_objects).
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## Replace the URL instead of push
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The default behavior of the `Link` component is to `push` a new URL into the `history` stack. You can use the `replace` prop to prevent adding a new entry, as in the following example:
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```jsx
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<Link href="/about" replace>
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<a>About us</a>
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</Link>
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```
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## Using a component that supports `onClick`
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`Link` supports any component that supports the `onClick` event, in the case you don't provide an `<a>` tag, consider the following example:
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```jsx
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<Link href="/about">
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<img src="/static/image.png" alt="image" />
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</Link>
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```
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The child of `Link` is `<img>` instead of `<a>`. `Link` will send the `onClick` property to `<img>` but won't pass the `href` property.
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## Forcing `Link` to expose `href` to its child
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If the child is an `<a>` tag and doesn't have a `href` attribute we specify it so that the repetition is not needed by the user. However, sometimes, you’ll want to pass an `<a>` tag inside of a wrapper and `Link` won’t recognize it as a _hyperlink_, and, consequently, won’t transfer its `href` to the child.
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In cases like that, you can add the `passHref` property to `Link`, forcing it to expose its `href` property to the child. Take a look at the following example:
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```jsx
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import Link from 'next/link'
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import Unexpected_A from 'third-library'
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function NavLink({ href, name }) {
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return (
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<Link href={href} passHref>
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<Unexpected_A>{name}</Unexpected_A>
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</Link>
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)
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}
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export default NavLink
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```
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> **Please note**: using a tag other than `<a>` and failing to pass `passHref` may result in links that appear to navigate correctly, but, when being crawled by search engines, will not be recognized as links (owing to the lack of `href` attribute). This may result in negative effects on your sites SEO.
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## Disable scrolling to the top of the page
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The default behavior of `Link` is to scroll to the top of the page. When there is a hash defined it will scroll to the specific id, just like a normal `<a>` tag. To prevent scrolling to the top / hash `scroll={false}` can be added to `Link`:
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```jsx
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<Link href="/?counter=10" scroll={false}>
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<a>Disables scrolling to the top</a>
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</Link>
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```
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