From 52696f856d5afa1e8c9f44bb8526f423e4637195 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pascal Corpet <pascal@co2ai.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:26:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat(pdfdownloadlink): add a ref to the link component so
 that it can be controlled by its parent

---
 packages/renderer/index.d.ts                 |  1 +
 packages/renderer/src/dom/PDFDownloadLink.js | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/renderer/index.d.ts b/packages/renderer/index.d.ts
index 88b5d689c..39cb5445b 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/index.d.ts
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ declare namespace ReactPDF {
         event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLAnchorElement, MouseEvent>,
         instance: UsePDFInstance,
       ) => void);
+    ref?: React.Ref<HTMLAnchorElement> | undefined;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/renderer/src/dom/PDFDownloadLink.js b/packages/renderer/src/dom/PDFDownloadLink.js
index 8ef582406..b5e917096 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/src/dom/PDFDownloadLink.js
+++ b/packages/renderer/src/dom/PDFDownloadLink.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { forwardRef, useEffect } from 'react';
 
 import usePDF from './usePDF';
 
-export const PDFDownloadLink = ({
+const PDFDownloadLinkBase = ({
   fileName = 'document.pdf',
   document: doc,
   children,
   onClick,
   href,
   ...rest
-}) => {
+}, ref) => {
   const [instance, updateInstance] = usePDF();
 
   useEffect(() => updateInstance(doc), [doc]);
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ export const PDFDownloadLink = ({
   };
 
   return (
-    <a href={instance.url} download={fileName} onClick={handleClick} {...rest}>
+    <a href={instance.url} download={fileName} onClick={handleClick} ref={ref} {...rest}>
       {typeof children === 'function' ? children(instance) : children}
     </a>
   );
 };
 
+export const PDFDownloadLink = forwardRef(PDFDownloadLinkBase)
+
 export default PDFDownloadLink;

From 464ed0d20bd8d2861cf8abf48132aff08bc2d708 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Diego Muracciole <diegomuracciole@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:53:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: add changeset

---
 .changeset/short-spoons-call.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/short-spoons-call.md

diff --git a/.changeset/short-spoons-call.md b/.changeset/short-spoons-call.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25b37cc1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/short-spoons-call.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@react-pdf/renderer": patch
+---
+
+feat(pdfdownloadlink): add a ref to the link component