Recently, Obsidian got an upgrade to support Markdown links in Properties, so progress is being made to better support Markdown style links, but this FR remains outstanding: we need improved usability of the autocomplete modal when Markdown-style links are used. This may include:
- Introducing a new autocomplete prompt like how
+and@in Notion prioritize new notes and users, respectively. This might alleviate the old design decision to have pipes not autocomplete the full link when typed. - Allow the autocomplete modal to display when typing a markdown link. Some options:
- One types
[the display text they want](then the modal shows - One types e.g.
[the display text they want](<then the modal shows- Because
[links](<like this.md>)allow for non-escaped filenames, one could reasonably assume the user wants a local link rather than a hyperlink once they type<
- Because
- A new shortcut for inserting local links
- Other option?
- One types
However this is addressed, I consider this an open FR not solved by ariehen’s workaround (needing to go back and change the display text is the very crux of the FR), and I hope others are interested in a solution to this.