diff --git a/examples/link.rs b/examples/link.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41b010e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/link.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use dioxus::prelude::*;
+
+fn main() {
+    dioxus::desktop::launch(app);
+}
+
+fn app(cx: Scope) -> Element {
+    cx.render(rsx! (
+        div {
+            p {
+                a {
+                    href: "http://dioxuslabs.com/",
+                    "default link"
+                }
+            }
+            p {
+                a {
+                    href: "http://dioxuslabs.com/",
+                    prevent_default: "onclick",
+                    onclick: |_| {
+                        println!("Hello Dioxus");
+                    },
+                    "custom event link",
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    ))
+}
diff --git a/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml b/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
index 8a0e5e8f5..eb9425c1f 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.12.0", features = [
 ], optional = true, default-features = false }
 dioxus-core-macro = { path = "../core-macro", version ="^0.1.6"}
 dioxus-html = { path = "../html", features = ["serialize"], version ="^0.1.4"}
+webbrowser = "0.5.5"
 
 [features]
 default = ["tokio_runtime"]
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/index.js b/packages/desktop/src/index.js
index 88cf9fcdc..2aba572f4 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/index.js
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ class Interpreter {
       this.listeners[event_name] = true;
 
       this.root.addEventListener(event_name, (event) => {
+
         const target = event.target;
         const real_id = target.getAttribute(`dioxus-id`);
 
@@ -356,6 +357,25 @@ class Interpreter {
           event.preventDefault();
         }
 
+        if (event.type == "submit") {
+          event.preventDefault();
+        }
+        
+        if (event.type == "click") {
+          event.preventDefault();
+          if (should_prevent_default !== `onclick`) {
+            if(element.tagName == "A") {
+              const href = event.target.getAttribute("href")
+              if (href !== "" && href !== null && href !== undefined) {
+                rpc.call("browser_open", {
+                  mounted_dom_id: parseInt(real_id),
+                  href: event.target.getAttribute("href")
+                });
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
         if (real_id == null) {
           return;
         }
@@ -374,7 +394,9 @@ class Interpreter {
   }
 
   SetAttribute(edit) {
+
     // console.log("setting attr", edit);
+    
     const name = edit.field;
     const value = edit.value;
     const ns = edit.ns;
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs b/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
index 0b6044761..8526a4a93 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
@@ -187,6 +187,20 @@ pub fn launch_with_props<P: 'static + Send>(
                                 is_ready.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
                                 let _ = proxy.send_event(UserWindowEvent::Update);
                             }
+                            "browser_open" => {
+                                let data = req.params.unwrap();
+                                log::trace!("Open browser: {:?}", data);
+                                if let Some(arr) = data.as_array() {
+                                    if let Some(temp) = arr[0].as_object() {
+                                        if temp.contains_key("href") {
+                                            let url = temp.get("href").unwrap().as_str().unwrap();
+                                            if let Err(e) = webbrowser::open(url) {
+                                                log::error!("Open Browser error: {:?}", e);
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
                             _ => {}
                         }
                         None