The redirection should be managed in your client side controller using a lightning navigation event. [Anchor Tag: <a>][1] component.cmp <aura:component> <aura:attribute name="recordId" type="String" /> <p><a onclick="{!c.handleClick}">link to record</a></p> </aura:component> controller.js /* navToRecordController.js */ ({ handleClick: function (component, event, helper) { var navEvt = $A.get("e.force:navigateToSObject"); navEvt.setParams({ "recordId": component.get("v.recordId") }); navEvt.fire(); } }) [1]: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.lightning.meta/lightning/ref_supported_html_tags_a.htm