Create external links in bases

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What I’m trying to do

I try to build a formula to shorten external URL’s for my table

In the Documentation I found the following Section:
- To construct a link, use the global link function, for example link(“filename”) or link(“https://obsidian.md”).

So it seams, that external links should work. But somehow it doesn’t

Things I have tried

I created the following formula:

formated_source: if(source, link(source, "YT"),"")

If I just use the original field “source” then an external URL is rendered, but not with a link function. An internal link to a not existing file is created.

<a class="internal-link is-unresolved" draggable="true">YT</a>

Is it just not possible to render an external link in bases (for now) or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks for any help.

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Since version 1.9.3 it works … thanks

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Good catch. For anyone coming experiencing this later, ensure you’re using version 1.9.3 or newer.

Formulas: link() can now be used with external links.