Components: [Table] Allow rows to be anchors

[alex321]

Feature request:

Would it be possible to provide support to make md-row be surrounded by an anchor tag?

What is the expected behavior?

It is useful to be able to use browser shortcuts or right-click contextual menu for rows of a table to open in new tabs, etc. In order to do that easily, the table rows itself need to be <a>.

What is the use-case or motivation for changing an existing behavior?

It helps in order to diversify the usability of the md-table.

Which versions of Angular, Material, OS, TypeScript, browsers are affected?

Material: 2.0.0-beta.11

[jelbourn]

Being an anchor tag would hurt the accessibility of the table overall

[mkollers]

Being an anchor would allow to right click -> open in a new tab. Do you have a suggestion to achieve this in another way?

[andrewseguin]

Here's an approach you can use: https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-gpmd5v?file=app%2Ftable-basic-example.scss

There is an extra column that is taken out of the flow by using absolute positioning. It covers the whole row and contains an anchor.

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