diff --git a/client/src/controllers/LinkController.ts b/client/src/controllers/LinkController.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b828870205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/controllers/LinkController.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { Controller } from '@hotwired/stimulus';
+
+export class LinkController extends Controller<HTMLElement> {
+  static values = {
+    attrName: { default: 'href', type: String },
+    preserveKeys: { default: [], type: Array },
+    reflectKeys: { default: ['__all__'], type: Array },
+  };
+
+  declare attrNameValue: string;
+  declare preserveKeysValue: string[];
+  declare reflectKeysValue: string[];
+
+  get url() {
+    return new URL(
+      this.element.getAttribute(this.attrNameValue) || '',
+      window.location.href,
+    );
+  }
+
+  connect() {
+    this.setParamsFromLocation();
+  }
+
+  get reflectAll() {
+    return this.reflectKeysValue.includes('__all__');
+  }
+
+  setParamsFromURL(url: URL) {
+    // New params to build the new URL
+    const newParams = new URLSearchParams();
+    const reflectAll = this.reflectAll;
+
+    const sourceParams = url.searchParams;
+    sourceParams.forEach((value, key) => {
+      if (
+        key.startsWith('_w_') || // Wagtail internal
+        // Delete the key if we want to preserve it from the current URL, or
+        // if we don't want to reflect it to the new URL
+        this.preserveKeysValue.includes(key) ||
+        (!reflectAll && !this.reflectKeysValue.includes(key))
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
+      newParams.append(key, value);
+    });
+
+    // Add the ones we want to preserve from the current URL to the new params
+    const currentUrl = this.url;
+    currentUrl.searchParams.forEach((value, key) => {
+      if (this.preserveKeysValue.includes(key)) {
+        newParams.append(key, value);
+      }
+    });
+
+    currentUrl.search = newParams.toString();
+    this.element.setAttribute(this.attrNameValue, currentUrl.toString());
+  }
+
+  setParamsFromSwapRequest(e: CustomEvent<{ requestUrl?: string }>) {
+    if (!e.detail?.requestUrl) return;
+    this.setParamsFromURL(new URL(e.detail.requestUrl, window.location.href));
+  }
+
+  setParamsFromLocation() {
+    this.setParamsFromURL(new URL(window.location.href));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/controllers/index.ts b/client/src/controllers/index.ts
index d93c74f417..a5635fbb87 100644
--- a/client/src/controllers/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/controllers/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { DismissibleController } from './DismissibleController';
 import { DrilldownController } from './DrilldownController';
 import { DropdownController } from './DropdownController';
 import { InitController } from './InitController';
+import { LinkController } from './LinkController';
 import { OrderableController } from './OrderableController';
 import { ProgressController } from './ProgressController';
 import { RevealController } from './RevealController';
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export const coreControllerDefinitions: Definition[] = [
   { controllerConstructor: DrilldownController, identifier: 'w-drilldown' },
   { controllerConstructor: DropdownController, identifier: 'w-dropdown' },
   { controllerConstructor: InitController, identifier: 'w-init' },
+  { controllerConstructor: LinkController, identifier: 'w-link' },
   { controllerConstructor: OrderableController, identifier: 'w-orderable' },
   { controllerConstructor: ProgressController, identifier: 'w-progress' },
   { controllerConstructor: RevealController, identifier: 'w-breadcrumbs' },
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/views/generic/models.py b/wagtail/admin/views/generic/models.py
index 0af9486e77..63e2182ba0 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/views/generic/models.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/views/generic/models.py
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ class IndexView(
                     self.add_item_label,
                     url=self.add_url,
                     icon_name="plus",
+                    attrs={"data-w-link-reflect-keys-value": '["locale"]'},
                 )
             )
         return buttons
@@ -381,6 +382,10 @@ class IndexView(
                     url=self.xlsx_export_url,
                     icon_name="download",
                     priority=90,
+                    attrs={
+                        "data-controller": "w-link",
+                        "data-w-link-preserve-keys-value": '["export"]',
+                    },
                 )
             )
             buttons.append(
@@ -389,6 +394,10 @@ class IndexView(
                     url=self.csv_export_url,
                     icon_name="download",
                     priority=100,
+                    attrs={
+                        "data-controller": "w-link",
+                        "data-w-link-preserve-keys-value": '["export"]',
+                    },
                 )
             )
 
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/widgets/button.py b/wagtail/admin/widgets/button.py
index bb8c6a4063..5b3b45263d 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/widgets/button.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/widgets/button.py
@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ class HeaderButton(Button):
         attrs = attrs.copy()
         attrs.update(
             {
-                "data-controller": "w-tooltip",
+                "data-controller": "w-tooltip w-link",
                 "data-w-tooltip-content-value": label,
+                "data-action": "w-swap:success@document->w-link#setParamsFromSwapRequest",
                 "aria-label": label,
             }
         )