diff --git a/front/src/components/ui/Link.vue b/front/src/components/ui/Link.vue
index 3086fc324..c7de506e0 100644
--- a/front/src/components/ui/Link.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/ui/Link.vue
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { computed, onMounted, ref, useSlots } from 'vue'
 
-import { type RouterLinkProps } from 'vue-router'
+import { type RouterLinkProps, RouterLink, useLink } from 'vue-router'
 import { type ColorProps, type DefaultProps, type VariantProps, color, isNoColors } from '~/composables/color';
 import { type WidthProps, width } from '~/composables/width'
 import { type AlignmentProps, align } from '~/composables/alignment'
 
+import { fromProps, notUndefined } from '~/ui/composables/useModal.ts'
+
 const props = defineProps<{
   thickWhenActive?: true
 
@@ -26,11 +28,22 @@ const isExternalLink = computed(() =>
   typeof props.to === 'string' && (props.to.startsWith('http') || props.to.startsWith('./'))
 )
 
+/**
+ * Any query matches
+ */
+const isNoMatchingQueryFlags = computed(() =>
+  fromProps(props, notUndefined)?.every(({ isOpen }) => !isOpen.value)
+)
+
 const [fontWeight, activeFontWeight] = 'solid' in props || props.thickWhenActive ? [600, 900] : [400, 400]
 
-const slots = useSlots()
-
-const isIconOnly = computed(() => !!props.icon && (!slots.default || 'square' in props && props.square || 'squareSmall' in props && props.squareSmall ))
+const isIconOnly = computed(() =>
+  !!props.icon && (
+    !useSlots().default
+      || 'square' in props && props.square
+      || 'squareSmall' in props && props.squareSmall
+    )
+  )
 
 const button = ref()
 
@@ -40,7 +53,7 @@ onMounted(() => {
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <component :is="isExternalLink ? 'a' : 'RouterLink'"
+  <component :is="isExternalLink ? 'a' : RouterLink"
     v-bind="
       color(props, ['interactive'])(
       width(props,
@@ -56,6 +69,7 @@ onMounted(() => {
       isIconOnly && $style['is-icon-only'],
       (isNoColors(props) || props.forceUnderline) && $style['force-underline'],
       isNoColors(props) && $style['no-spacing'],
+      isNoMatchingQueryFlags && 'router-link-no-matching-query-flag'
     ]"
     :href="isExternalLink ? to.toString() : undefined"
     :to="isExternalLink ? undefined : to"
diff --git a/front/src/style/colors.scss b/front/src/style/colors.scss
index 62fd5780e..e85a164dd 100644
--- a/front/src/style/colors.scss
+++ b/front/src/style/colors.scss
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
         background-color: var(--pressed-background-color, var(--active-background-color));
         border-color: var(--pressed-background-color, var(--active-background-color));
       }
-      &:is(:active, .active) {
+      &:is(:active, .active:not(.router-link-no-matching-query-flags)) {
         color:var(--active-color);
         background-color:var(--active-background-color);
         border-color: var(--active-background-color);
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@
       /* &.active {
         border-color: var(--link-active-border-color);
       } */
-      &.router-link-exact-active {
+      &.router-link-exact-active:not(.router-link-no-matching-query-flags) {
         background-color: var(--exact-active-background-color, var(--active-background-color));
       }
     }
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@
         background-color: var(--pressed-background-color, var(--active-background-color));
         border-color: var(--pressed-background-color, var(--active-background-color));
       }
-      &:is(:active, .active) {
+      &:is(:active, .active:not(.router-link-no-matching-query-flags)) {
         border-color: var(--active-background-color);
         &.router-link-exact-active {
           border-color: var(--exact-active-border-color);
diff --git a/front/src/ui/composables/useModal.ts b/front/src/ui/composables/useModal.ts
index 359459bfc..87a755fad 100644
--- a/front/src/ui/composables/useModal.ts
+++ b/front/src/ui/composables/useModal.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { computed } from "vue";
 import { useRouter, type RouteLocationRaw, type LocationQuery } from "vue-router";
 
+type Assignment<T> = { on: (value : T | null) => string | null, isOn: (value: LocationQuery[string]) => boolean }
+
+export const exactlyNull:Assignment<unknown> = ({ on: (_) => null, isOn: (value) => value === null })
+export const notUndefined:Assignment<unknown> = ({ on: (_) => null, isOn: (value) => value !== undefined })
+
 /**
  * Bind a modal to a single query parameter in the URL (and vice versa)
  *
@@ -13,8 +18,7 @@ import { useRouter, type RouteLocationRaw, type LocationQuery } from "vue-router
  */
 export const useModal = <T> (
   flag: string,
-  assignment: { on: (value : T | null) => string | null, isOn: (value: LocationQuery[string]) => boolean } =
-    { on: (_) => null, isOn: (value) => value === null }
+  assignment: Assignment<T> = exactlyNull
 ) => {
   const router = useRouter();
   const query = computed(() =>
@@ -113,3 +117,9 @@ export const useModal = <T> (
 
   return { value, isOpen, to, asAttribute, toggle };
 }
+
+/* All possible useModals that produce a given `RouterLink` destination */
+export const fromProps = <T>({to} : { to?: RouteLocationRaw }, assignment: Assignment<T> = exactlyNull): ReturnType<typeof useModal>[] =>
+  to && typeof to !== 'string' && 'query' in to && to.query ?
+    Object.keys(to.query).map( k => useModal(k, assignment) )
+  : []
diff --git a/front/ui-docs/components/ui/link.md b/front/ui-docs/components/ui/link.md
index 68c595ba0..f406aaed0 100644
--- a/front/ui-docs/components/ui/link.md
+++ b/front/ui-docs/components/ui/link.md
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { useModal, fromProps, notUndefined } from '~/ui/composables/useModal.ts'
+
+import Modal from '~/components/ui/Modal.vue'
 import Link from '~/components/ui/Link.vue'
 import Button from '~/components/ui/Button.vue'
 import Layout from '~/components/ui/Layout.vue'
 import Card from '~/components/ui/Card.vue'
 import Alert from '~/components/ui/Alert.vue'
+
+const { to, isOpen } = useModal('flag')
 </script>
 
 ```ts
@@ -30,6 +35,26 @@ This component will render as [an `<a>` element [MDN]](https://developer.mozil
 
 Instead of a route, you can set the prop `to` to any web address starting with `http`.
 
+## `Active` states
+
+- If any ancestor path matches, the `.router-link-active` class is added
+- If the whole path matches, the `.router-link-exact-active` class is added
+
+See the [Vue docs](https://router.vuejs.org/guide/essentials/active-links) for a primer on Path matching.
+
+In addition to the standard Vue `RouterLink` path matching function, we use this algorithm:
+
+- If the destination of the link contains any query parameter _and_ none of these is set (i.e. they are all `undefined`), then the class `.router-link-no-matching-query-flags` is added.
+
+This is particularly useful for modals.
+
+<Link ghost :to="useModal('flag').to">
+  Open modal
+</Link>
+
+<Modal v-model="isOpen" title="Modal">
+</Modal>
+
 ## Colors and Variants
 
 See [Using color](/using-color)