Method onClick

packages/router/src/directives/router_link.ts:479–522

(
    button: number,
    ctrlKey: boolean,
    shiftKey: boolean,
    altKey: boolean,
    metaKey: boolean,
  )

    '$event.metaKey',
  ])
  onClick(
    button: number,
    ctrlKey: boolean,
    shiftKey: boolean,
    altKey: boolean,
    metaKey: boolean,
  ): boolean {
    const urlTree = this._urlTree();

    if (urlTree === null) {
      return true;
    }

    if (this.isAnchorElement) {
      if (button !== 0 || ctrlKey || shiftKey || altKey || metaKey) {
        return true;
      }

      if (typeof this.target === 'string' && this.target != '_self') {
        return true;
      }
    }

    const browserUrl = this.browserUrl();
    const extras = {
      skipLocationChange: this.skipLocationChange,
      replaceUrl: this.replaceUrl,
      state: this.state,
      info: this.info,
      // TODO: Remove conditional spread once all consumers handle `browserUrl`.
      // Having this property always set broke some tests in G3.
      ...(browserUrl !== undefined && {browserUrl}),
    };
    // navigateByUrl is mocked frequently in tests... Reduce breakages when
    // adding `catch`
    this.router.navigateByUrl(urlTree, extras)?.catch((e) => {
      this.applicationErrorHandler(e);
    });

    // Return `false` for `<a>` elements to prevent default action
    // and cancel the native behavior, since the navigation is handled
    // by the Router.
    return !this.isAnchorElement;
  }

  /** @docs-private */
  ngOnDestroy(): any {}