Refactor app specific logic in Link into ExternalLink and InternalLink

Author: olmoh

desktop/packages/mullvad-vpn/src/renderer/components/ExternalLink.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { useCallback } from 'react';
+
+import { Url } from '../../shared/constants';
+import { useAppContext } from '../context';
+import { Link, LinkProps } from '../lib/components';
+
+export type ExternalLinkProps = Omit<LinkProps<'a'>, 'href' | 'as'> & {
+  to: Url;
+};
+
+export const ExternalLink = ({ to, onClick, ...props }: ExternalLinkProps) => {
+  const { openUrl } = useAppContext();
+  const navigate = useCallback(
+    (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLAnchorElement>) => {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      if (onClick) {
+        onClick(e);
+      }
+      return openUrl(to);
+    },
+    [onClick, openUrl, to],
+  );
+  return <Link href="" onClick={navigate} {...props} />;
+};

desktop/packages/mullvad-vpn/src/renderer/components/InternalLink.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { useCallback } from 'react';
+
+import { Link, LinkProps } from '../lib/components';
+import { useHistory } from '../lib/history';
+import { RoutePath } from '../lib/routes';
+
+export type InternalLinkProps = Omit<LinkProps<'a'>, 'href' | 'as'> & {
+  to: RoutePath;
+};
+
+export const InternalLink = ({ to, onClick, ...props }: InternalLinkProps) => {
+  const history = useHistory();
+  const navigate = useCallback(
+    (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLAnchorElement>) => {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      if (onClick) {
+        onClick(e);
+      }
+      return history.push(to);
+    },
+    [history, to, onClick],
+  );
+  return <Link href="" onClick={navigate} {...props} />;
+};

desktop/packages/mullvad-vpn/src/renderer/components/NotificationArea.tsx

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import {
 } from '../../shared/notifications';
 import { useAppContext } from '../context';
 import useActions from '../lib/actionsHook';
-import { Link } from '../lib/components';
 import { Colors } from '../lib/foundations';
 import { transitions, useHistory } from '../lib/history';
 import { formatHtml } from '../lib/html-formatter';
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ import { RoutePath } from '../lib/routes';
 import accountActions from '../redux/account/actions';
 import { IReduxState, useSelector } from '../redux/store';
 import * as AppButton from './AppButton';
+import { InternalLink } from './InternalLink';
 import { ModalAlert, ModalAlertType, ModalMessage, ModalMessageList } from './Modal';
 import {
   NotificationActions,
@@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ export default function NotificationArea(props: IProps) {
               {notification.title}
             </NotificationTitle>
             <NotificationSubtitle data-testid="notificationSubTitle">
-              {notification.subtitleAction?.type === 'navigate' ? (
-                <Link
+              {notification.subtitleAction?.type === 'navigate-internal' ? (
+                <InternalLink
                   variant="labelTiny"
                   color={Colors.white60}
                   {...notification.subtitleAction.link}>
                   {formatHtml(notification.subtitle ?? '')}
-                </Link>
+                </InternalLink>
               ) : (
                 formatHtml(notification.subtitle ?? '')
               )}

desktop/packages/mullvad-vpn/src/renderer/lib/components/typography/Link.tsx

@@ -1,29 +1,27 @@
-import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 
 import { Colors, Radius } from '../../foundations';
-import { useHistory } from '../../history';
-import { RoutePath } from '../../routes';
-import { buttonReset } from '../../styles';
 import { Text, TextProps } from './Text';
 
-export interface LinkProps extends Omit<TextProps<'button'>, 'color'> {
-  to: RoutePath;
-  color?: Colors;
-}
+export type LinkProps<T extends React.ElementType> = TextProps<T> & {
+  onClick?: (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLAnchorElement>) => void;
+};
 
 const StyledText = styled(Text)<{
   $hoverColor: Colors | undefined;
 }>((props) => ({
-  ...buttonReset,
   background: 'transparent',
+  cursor: 'default',
+  textDecoration: 'none',
+  display: 'inline',
 
-  '&:hover': {
+  '&&:hover': {
     textDecorationLine: 'underline',
     textUnderlineOffset: '2px',
     color: props.$hoverColor,
   },
-  '&:focus-visible': {
+  '&&:focus-visible': {
     borderRadius: Radius.radius4,
     outline: `2px solid ${Colors.white}`,
     outlineOffset: '2px',
@@ -39,25 +37,8 @@ const getHoverColor = (color: Colors | undefined) => {
   }
 };
 
-export const Link = ({ to, children, color, onClick, ...props }: LinkProps) => {
-  const history = useHistory();
-  const navigate = useCallback(
-    (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
-      if (onClick) {
-        onClick(e);
-      }
-      return history.push(to);
-    },
-    [history, to, onClick],
-  );
+export const Link = <T extends React.ElementType = 'a'>({ as, color, ...props }: LinkProps<T>) => {
   return (
-    <StyledText
-      onClick={navigate}
-      as={'button'}
-      color={color}
-      $hoverColor={getHoverColor(color)}
-      {...props}>
-      {children}
-    </StyledText>
+    <StyledText forwardedAs={as} color={color} $hoverColor={getHoverColor(color)} {...props} />
   );
 };

desktop/packages/mullvad-vpn/src/renderer/lib/notifications/new-version.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class NewVersionNotificationProvider implements InAppNotificationProvider
       title,
       subtitle,
       subtitleAction: {
-        type: 'navigate',
+        type: 'navigate-internal',
         link: {
           to: RoutePath.changelog,
           onClick: this.context.close,

desktop/packages/mullvad-vpn/src/shared/notifications/notification.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { LinkProps } from '../../renderer/lib/components';
+import { InternalLinkProps } from '../../renderer/components/InternalLink';
 import { Url } from '../constants';
 
 export type NotificationAction = {
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ export type InAppNotificationAction =
       close: () => void;
     }
   | {
-      type: 'navigate';
-      link: Pick<LinkProps, 'to' | 'onClick' | 'aria-label'>;
+      type: 'navigate-internal';
+      link: Pick<InternalLinkProps, 'to' | 'onClick' | 'aria-label'>;
     };
 
 export type InAppNotificationIndicatorType = 'success' | 'warning' | 'error';