[Web] `NavigationRail` should allow customizing link handling

[muriloventuroso]

I'm developing an application with Flutter Web and I use NavigationRail to design the side menu. I would like users to be able to open some of these menus in a new tab or window using the right mouse button (just like you can on a conventional website).

In other parts of the system I can accomplish this using the url_launcher's Link widget. However, in NavigationRail I didn't find a way to do that.

I believe it would be interesting to incorporate this function into NavigationRail, as it is very useful for applications with Flutter Web.

[iapicca]

@muriloventuroso
isn't NavigationRail supposed to "navigate"?

A Material Design widget that is meant to be displayed at the left or right of an app to navigate between a small number of views, typically between three and five.

(from docs)

if you expect a navigation rail to something else maybe is better to build a custom widget for that

[muriloventuroso]

Yes, but on web systems the user may want to open that particular view in a new tab.

[huycozy]

just like you can on a conventional website

@muriloventuroso Does your proposal look like this?

[muriloventuroso]

Exactly that way.

[huycozy]

Although I have the same thoughts as @iapicca that you can handle by yourself, it's helpful if NavigationRail has this feature. Labeling the issue as a proposal for more thought. Thank you!

[mdebbar]

This is a framework-side request, not a web request. So I'm removing the platform-web label.

We basically need to give users more control over what gets built for each rail destination.

FYI @goderbauer @chunhtai