Use case or problem
There are many times when I want to embed just a part of a block, not the entire thing. Currently, the workaround is to manually copy, paste, and add a footnote or some other reference back to the original. This approach isn’t ideal because:
- If the original content changes, these changes aren’t reflected in the copied excerpt.
- This manual process is time-consuming and adds too much friction, especially when dealing with many excerpts.
Proposed solution
Add an option to “Copy link to excerpt” or “Copy excerpt embed” (two separate options) when right-clicking on selected text within a block. This way, only the selected part can be referenced or embedded, while excluding the rest, and ensuring that any updates to the original content are synced by using the block ID as the link back.
Current workaround (optional)
- Carry-Forward allows to copy and paste with a link to the source block(s) appended to the clipboard.
- Copy Block Link, Block Link Plus and Text Transporter allow to quickly copy link to block(s) or block embeds.
- I also use a Templater script to copy link to block as footnote that I cobbled together. Although the script is somewhat redundant–this can be achieved with Carry-Forward.
All this is functional but not quite seamless. And none of these solutions address the main problem–they either facilitate creating:
- Full block links/embeds, or
- Copied excerpts with appended link(s) to source