Rewrite URL when closing vis type selection modal (#26327)

src/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/listing/no_visualizations_prompt.js

@@ -22,22 +22,22 @@ import React from 'react';
 import {
   KuiEmptyTablePrompt,
   KuiEmptyTablePromptPanel,
-  KuiLinkButton,
+  KuiButton,
   KuiButtonIcon,
 } from '@kbn/ui-framework/components';
 
-export function NoVisualizationsPrompt() {
+export function NoVisualizationsPrompt({ onCreateVis }) {
   return (
     <KuiEmptyTablePromptPanel>
       <KuiEmptyTablePrompt
         actions={
-          <KuiLinkButton
-            href="#/visualize/new"
+          <KuiButton
+            onClick={onCreateVis}
             buttonType="primary"
             icon={<KuiButtonIcon type="create"/>}
           >
             Create a visualization
-          </KuiLinkButton>
+          </KuiButton>
         }
         message="Looks like you don't have any visualizations. Let's create some!"
       />

src/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/listing/visualize_listing.js

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import chrome from 'ui/chrome';
 
 import { VisualizeListingTable } from './visualize_listing_table';
 import { NewVisModal } from '../wizard/new_vis_modal';
+import { VisualizeConstants } from '../visualize_constants';
 
 import { injectI18nProvider } from '@kbn/i18n/react';
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ export function VisualizeListingController($injector, createNewVis) {
   const Notifier = $injector.get('Notifier');
   const Private = $injector.get('Private');
   const config = $injector.get('config');
+  const kbnUrl = $injector.get('kbnUrl');
 
   this.visTypeRegistry = Private(VisTypesRegistryProvider);
 
@@ -53,6 +55,10 @@ export function VisualizeListingController($injector, createNewVis) {
 
   this.closeNewVisModal = () => {
     this.showNewVisModal = false;
+    // In case the user came via a URL to this page, change the URL to the regular landing page URL after closing the modal
+    if (createNewVis) {
+      kbnUrl.changePath(VisualizeConstants.LANDING_PAGE_PATH);
+    }
   };
 
   if (createNewVis) {

src/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/listing/visualize_listing_table.js

@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ export class VisualizeListingTable extends Component {
         return <KuiListingTableNoMatchesPrompt />;
       }
 
-      return <NoVisualizationsPrompt />;
+      return <NoVisualizationsPrompt onCreateVis={this.onCreate}/>;
     }
 
     return null;