My idea so far for this is to:

1. Extend the prefetchLink option, e.g.:

   useClientRouter({
     prefetchLinks: {
       prefetchPageContext: {
         when: 'HOVER',
         expire: 5 * 1000 // The prefetched `pageContext` is considered fersh for 5 seconds
       },
       prefetchSaticAssets: {
         when: 'VIEWPORT'
       }
     }
   })

2. Allow the definition of a client-side-only onBeforeRender() (needed for tools such as Relay).

I agree with you, that sounds very simple and straightforward.

With 0.4 the DX is quite straightforward:

// /renderer/_default.page.client.js

export const prefetchStaticAssets = { when: 'VIEWPORT' }
export const prefetchPageContext = { when: 'HOVER', expire: 10 * 1000  }

Implementation should be fairly easy.

Hi @brillout, is this part of the v1 design (#578) and being worked on? I'd love to work on it!

@archit-p It isn't but this feature can be implemented independently of the V1 design. PR welcome!

Hi, @brillout!
May I work on it?

Hi @usk94, yes!

@brillout
Let me ask a question.
Should prefetchPageContext.when default to false?
Also, do I need to support override for individual links?

So far I'm inclined to think that we can enable it on HOVER by default. But let's see.

Also, do I need to support override for individual links?

I think that would be nice? Or do you see an issue with that?

@brillout
OK, I'll implement HOVER as default for now🙆‍♂️

Or do you see an issue with that?

I don't have at the moment. I just asked to be sure, thank you!

Just sharing my interest in this issue :)

Two considerations:

• Is there a way to reuse some of the logic that is already in place for the loading of the page JS bundles?
• Would it make sense that, for static sites, it would only fetch the page context once per page? (keeps the data in memory, doesn't re-fetch it if it already has it?)

Loving vike for static sites! ❤️

I'm not sure I understand your first point. The second point makes a lot of sense, although it isn't the focus right now to make it perfect (the sponsor who requested this feature doesn't use SSG). Let's see.