set navlinks in new platform (#66766) (#67029)

src/plugins/kibana_legacy/public/plugin.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
 import { getDashboardConfig } from './dashboard_config';
+import { setStoredNavLinks } from './set_stored_navlinks';
 
 interface ForwardDefinition {
   legacyAppId: string;
@@ -121,7 +122,10 @@ export class KibanaLegacyPlugin {
     };
   }
 
-  public start({ application }: CoreStart) {
+  public start(core: CoreStart) {
+    // Set stored nav links for new platform apps. This is a workaround only necessary as long as
+    // these apps are part of the legacy platform.
+    setStoredNavLinks(core);
     return {
       /**
        * @deprecated
@@ -134,7 +138,9 @@ export class KibanaLegacyPlugin {
        */
       getForwards: () => this.forwards,
       config: this.initializerContext.config.get(),
-      dashboardConfig: getDashboardConfig(!application.capabilities.dashboard.showWriteControls),
+      dashboardConfig: getDashboardConfig(
+        !core.application.capabilities.dashboard.showWriteControls
+      ),
     };
   }
 }

src/plugins/kibana_legacy/public/set_stored_navlinks.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
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+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { CoreStart } from 'kibana/public';
+
+export function setStoredNavLinks(core: CoreStart) {
+  const baseUrl = core.http.basePath.prepend('/app/kibana');
+  const links = [
+    { navLinkId: 'kibana:discover', storageKey: `lastUrl:${core.http.basePath.get()}:discover` },
+    { navLinkId: 'kibana:dashboard', storageKey: `lastUrl:${core.http.basePath.get()}:dashboard` },
+    { navLinkId: 'kibana:visualize', storageKey: `lastUrl:${core.http.basePath.get()}:visualize` },
+  ];
+
+  links.forEach(({ navLinkId, storageKey }) => {
+    const storedSubUrl = sessionStorage.getItem(storageKey);
+    if (storedSubUrl) {
+      core.chrome.navLinks.update(navLinkId, {
+        url: baseUrl + storedSubUrl,
+      });
+    }
+  });
+}