gatsby-plugin-catch-links

This plugin intercepts all local links that have not been created in React using gatsby-link, and replaces their behavior with that of the gatsby-link navigate. This avoids the browser having to refresh the whole page when navigating between local pages, preserving the Single Page Application (SPA) feel.

Example use cases:

• A markdown file with relative links (transformed to a tags by gatsby-transformer-remark)
• An a tag that has been created by a Content Management System (CMS) WYSIWYG editor

Installation

npm install gatsby-plugin-catch-links

How to use

// In your gatsby-config.js
plugins: [`gatsby-plugin-catch-links`]

Plugin Options

excludePattern [Regular Expression][optional]

Regular expression for paths to be excluded from being handled by this plugin.

{
  resolve: `gatsby-plugin-catch-links`,
  options: {
    excludePattern: /(excluded-link|external)/,
  },
},

Examples

• Check out this live example Using Remark to see this plugin in action. The full source code for this example can be found here.