Local Link

This function accepts a click event and returns the anchor element if the following conditions are met:

• The anchor host is the same as current page
• The anchor protocol is the same as current page
• The click was a left-click
• The click was not modified with shift, alt, ctrl, or meta
• The target attribute was not used, or targeted _self
• The default behavior has not already been prevented

These are the conditions usually checked before preventing the default behavior of a click-event, for the purpose of client-side routing.

Install

npm install local-anchor

Example

var localLink = require('local-link');

window.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
  var anchor = localLink(e);

  if (anchor) {
    e.preventDefault();
    console.log(anchor.href);
    router(anchor.pathname);
  }
});

Credits

This is built off of the catch-links module by James Halliday. The main difference between this module and catch-links is that catch-links handles the event-binding and calls preventDefault. I needed more control over these aspects in my projects. Thanks substack!

License

MIT