Next.js, how to open a link in a new window
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Here’s how you can open a link in a new window in Next.js:
<Link href={url}>
<a target="_blank">Click this link</a>
</Link>
You first wrap the a
tag in a Link
component (the Link component provided by Next.js, and inside the a
tag you add a target="_blank"
attribute, just like you’d do in plain HTML.
The href
attribute stays on the Link
component, to play well with client-side routing.
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