External link to local file doesn't work in reading mode

[ob_sgf]

It only opens in edit mode.

An example is: [the filename] (C:\Users\Myself\Documents\the file.txt)

[ob_sgf]

Don’t know how to edit my post, so here is edit.

Should be: [the filename] (C:\Users\Myself\Documents\the%20file.txt)
else doesn’t open

[vanadium]

@ob_sgf

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You have a space between ] and(?

[ob_sgf]

@vanadium

You have a space between ] and(?

No space (if I put space there, then it doesn’t even work in edit mode).

I’m using 1.9.2 on Windows computer.

[ob_sgf]

Found solution. I needed to use the proper File URI format.

So, for above example, it is now:
is: [the filename] (file:///C:/Users/Myself/Documents/the%20file.txt)

[ariehen]

Hold Ctrl while dragging a file into a note on Windows. A correctly formatted link should be created.

Drag and drop - Obsidian Help

• You can drag and drop any files from your native file explorer to have Obsidian import (make a copy of) those files in your vault’s attachment folder and insert them as internal links. Hold Ctrl on Windows/Linux or Option on macOS to create file:/// absolute links to those files instead of importing a copy.

[ob_sgf]

Thanks for that. I wasn’t aware there was a help site! (it sure hid itself away well - one tiny “Help” link at bottom of obsidian.md main page). Would be useful if app had that link in one of its menus/screens. That would be more helpful than having to hunt for it manually, or stumbling accross it.

[ob_sgf]

@ob_sgf

I wasn’t aware there was a help site! (it sure hid itself away well - one tiny “Help” link at bottom of obsidian.md main page). Would be useful if app had that link in one of its menus/screens. That would be more helpful than having to hunt for it manually, or stumbling accross it.

Ok, I found the in-app help link, after seeing a post mentioning the gears menu, and finding it in the “General” page. No need to make a feature request.