Configuration

The behavior of opening links is very much under your control. You can configure it globally or locally and there are reasons for both.

Global Behavior

Global configuration is happening through the LinkManagerService to match the needs for your application:

import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
import { service } from '@ember/service';

export default class ApplicationRoute extends Route {
  @service declare linkManager: LinkManagerService;

  beforeModel() {
    this.linkManager.configureBehavior({
      ...
    });
  }
}

Local Behavior

Local behavior can be applied for each link instance and may overwrite globally configured behavior. Pass the behavior parameter to a Link instance.

Global vs. Local Behavior

The way it is designed, application specific behavior is part of global configuration.

For addon authors, it is best advised to use local behavior.