# Link

### Use cases

✅ Navigate to a different page within the application (outside of UI-Shell or established navigation patterns) 

✅ Navigate to an external app or website 

✅ Jump to an element on the same page, or reveal additional content that may be truncated or hidden by default. (Example: truncated text with a "Read more" link that would reveal the remaining content) 

✅ Render emails or phone numbers in instances where you need those items to be interactive and actionable

### Not to use cases

❌ Use links as a control to change data or manipulate how a page's content is displayed, change an item's state, or trigger an action. 

❌ Use links to display static content that doesn't require interaction, such as a paragraph of text that isn't clickable or actionable. 

❌ Use links to navigate to pages or content that the user isn't authorized to access.