What is Quicklink?
Quicklink library attempts to make navigations to subsequent pages load faster. This module loads the library and provides a Backdrop administrative interface to configure it.
Quicklink:
- Detects links within the viewport.
- Waits until the browser is idle.
- Checks if the user isn't on a slow connection or has data-saver enabled.
- Prefetches URLs to the links (using or XHR). Provides some control over the request priority (can switch to fetch() if supported).
Installation
- Download the Backdrop module and extract it to your modules folder.
By default this module will load the Quicklink JavaScript library from a CDN at
https://unpkg.com/quicklink@1.0.0/dist/quicklink.umd.js.
How do I access the Quicklink admin interface?
The Quicklink module admin interface is located at
admin/config/development/performance/quicklink, and can be accessed from a tab on the development
/ performance settings page.
What browsers does this support?
Without polyfills:
Chrome, Firefox.
With Intersection Observer polyfill:
Safari, Edge
How to ignore certain links.
You can tell Quicklink to ignore certain links by adding them into the ignore
list at admin/config/development/performance/quicklink.
In addition, you can add a noprefetch attribute onto the <a> tag to tell
the library not to prefetch this link.
Issues
To submit bug reports and feature suggestions, or to track changes:
http://github.com/backdrop-contrib/quicklink/issues
Current Maintainers
- Herb v/d Dool (https://github.com/herbdool/)
- Seeking additional maintainers.
Credits
- Ported to Backdrop by Herb v/d Dool (https://github.com/herbdool/)
- Originally developed for Drupal by mherchel
License
This project is GPL v2 software. See the LICENSE.txt file in this directory for
complete text.