# dcc_link

To learn more about links, see the chapter on Dash URLs.

## Link Properties

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`children` (Array of or a singular dash component, String or Real; optional): The children of this component.

`href` (String; required): The URL of a linked resource.

`target` (String; optional): Specifies where to open the link reference.

`refresh` (Bool; default `false`): Controls whether or not the page will refresh when the link is clicked.

`title` (String; optional): Adds the title attribute to your link, which can contain supplementary information.

`className` (String; optional): Often used with CSS to style elements with common properties.

`style` (Dict; optional): Defines CSS styles which will override styles previously set.

`id` (String; optional): The ID of this component, used to identify dash components in callbacks. The ID needs to be unique across all of the components in an app.

`loading_state` (Dict; optional): Object that holds the loading state object coming from dash-renderer.

`loading_state` is a Dict with keys:

- `component_name` (String; optional): Holds the name of the component that is loading.

- `is_loading` (Bool; optional): Determines if the component is loading or not.

- `prop_name` (String; optional): Holds which property is loading.