Function linkClicked

packages/next/src/client/link.tsx:217–286

(
  e: React.MouseEvent,
  router: NextRouter | AppRouterInstance,
  href: string,
  as: string,
  replace?: boolean,
  shallow?: boolean,
  scroll?: boolean,
  locale?: string | false,
  onNavigate?: OnNavigateEventHandler
)

}

function linkClicked(
  e: React.MouseEvent,
  router: NextRouter | AppRouterInstance,
  href: string,
  as: string,
  replace?: boolean,
  shallow?: boolean,
  scroll?: boolean,
  locale?: string | false,
  onNavigate?: OnNavigateEventHandler
): void {
  const { nodeName } = e.currentTarget

  // anchors inside an svg have a lowercase nodeName
  const isAnchorNodeName = nodeName.toUpperCase() === 'A'

  if (
    (isAnchorNodeName && isModifiedEvent(e)) ||
    e.currentTarget.hasAttribute('download')
  ) {
    // ignore click for browser’s default behavior
    return
  }

  if (!isLocalURL(href)) {
    if (replace) {
      // browser default behavior does not replace the history state
      // so we need to do it manually
      e.preventDefault()
      location.replace(href)
    }

    // ignore click for browser’s default behavior
    return
  }

  e.preventDefault()

  const navigate = () => {
    if (onNavigate) {
      let isDefaultPrevented = false

      onNavigate({
        preventDefault: () => {
          isDefaultPrevented = true
        },
      })

      if (isDefaultPrevented) {
        return
      }
    }

    // If the router is an NextRouter instance it will have `beforePopState`
    const routerScroll = scroll ?? true
    if ('beforePopState' in router) {
      router[replace ? 'replace' : 'push'](href, as, {
        shallow,