[Absolute or Relative path] `Default location for new notes` should be ignored when creating files by following a link. The link itself should be used

[WhiteNoise]

@ob-user

Will you consider adding a format conversion feature that converts all the links in the vault to either absolute or relative path links? This will make all the links in the vault consistent in format and also make the feature requested here in this thread possible.

You can open another FR for the conversion.
It will not solve this FR because we don’t want that [[file]] points to a file under one rule and to another file under a different rule. What will solve this FR is forcing relative users to have links that begin with either ./ or ../.

In relative path mode, always add `./` and `../` in front of links

In relative path mode, always add ./ in front of links for files in subdirectories relative to the current file and ../ for files in subdirectories above the current file. This is particularly important since Obsidian doesn’t use a front / in absolute path mode and this creates confusion and ambiguity.