diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinkProvider.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinkProvider.ts
index fe35892b..d32a8166 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinkProvider.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinkProvider.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class WebLinkProvider implements ILinkProvider {
 }
 
 export class LinkComputer {
-  public static computeLink(position: IBufferCellPosition, regex: RegExp, terminal: Terminal, handle: (event: MouseEvent, uri: string) => void): ILink | undefined {
+  public static computeLink(position: IBufferCellPosition, regex: RegExp, terminal: Terminal, handler: (event: MouseEvent, uri: string) => void): ILink | undefined {
     const rex = new RegExp(regex.source, (regex.flags || '') + 'g');
 
     const [line, startLineIndex] = LinkComputer._translateBufferLineToStringWithWrap(position.y - 1, false, terminal);
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class LinkComputer {
         }
       };
 
-      return { range, text, handle };
+      return { range, text, activate: handler };
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/browser/Linkifier2.ts b/src/browser/Linkifier2.ts
index c9cb20e3..7e065c31 100644
--- a/src/browser/Linkifier2.ts
+++ b/src/browser/Linkifier2.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export class Linkifier2 implements ILinkifier2 {
     }
 
     if (this._linkAtPosition(this._currentLink, position)) {
-      this._currentLink.handle(event, this._currentLink.text);
+      this._currentLink.activate(event, this._currentLink.text);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/browser/Types.d.ts b/src/browser/Types.d.ts
index 12676b80..c2b8604e 100644
--- a/src/browser/Types.d.ts
+++ b/src/browser/Types.d.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ interface ILinkProvider {
 interface ILink {
   range: IBufferRange;
   text: string;
-  handle(event: MouseEvent, text: string): void;
+  activate(event: MouseEvent, text: string): void;
   hover?(event: MouseEvent, text: string): void;
   leave?(event: MouseEvent, text: string): void;
 }
diff --git a/typings/xterm.d.ts b/typings/xterm.d.ts
index fac30fd6..0430d62c 100644
--- a/typings/xterm.d.ts
+++ b/typings/xterm.d.ts
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ declare module 'xterm' {
      * @param event The mouse event triggering the callback.
      * @param text The text of the link.
      */
-    handle(event: MouseEvent, text: string): void;
+    activate(event: MouseEvent, text: string): void;
 
     /**
      * Called when the mouse hovers the link.