Callbacks on <a> links

[clstaudt]

@rafaelc Could you point to some example code for “callbacks listening to the url to trigger different actions”?

Why do you want to use links instead of a button?

I want navigation in the app based on links rather than buttons or tabs. For example, I want to switch between different “screens” of the app by clicking a link in the navigation bar. See also:

Multi-page app with content switched by links

I am encountering several difficulties when trying to switch from a tab-based layout to a multi-page layout. Where I previously had tabs with different aspects of the app, I now want to switch between these aspects using links, for example in the navigation bar. I want a link with id nav-link-1 to switch to the aspect main_1, nav-link-2 to switch to main_2 etc I tried the following callback: @app.callback( Output('main', 'children'), [ Input('nav-link-1', 'n_clicks') ], )…