Footnote followed by a : in the middle of a line is misinterpreted

[hynek]

Steps to reproduce

Type for instance:

Normal text.

Foo bar[^qux]: oh no!

[^qux]: this is ok

Expected result

Something like in the preview:

IOW: I’d expect the editor to interpret something as a footnote only if the [ is the first character of the line.

Actual result

Looks like this in live editor:

It makes the same mistake in legacy:

Environment

• Operating system:
  macOS

• Debug info:

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v0.13.14
Installer version: v0.12.19
Login status: logged in
Catalyst license: supporter
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: light
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Safe mode: off
Plugins installed: 3
Plugins enabled: 0

RECOMMENDATIONS:
none

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Additional information

[alltagsverstand]

I can’t reproduce this. Does it work in the help vault?

[anon12638239]

Isn’t the colon used as a footnote marker, so doesn’t it need to be escaped if used in the text itself? Escaping does seem to work:

Normal text.

Foo bar[^qux]\: oh no!

[^qux]: this is ok

Angel

[WhiteNoise]

this was fixed in 0.13.16

Text in brackets followed by a colon renders the entire line as footnote content

Steps to reproduce Add just the following content I'm working with [TICKET-ID]: Ticket subject, just to fix it Expected result The content is just plain text, not format added. It’s not a marker, an abbreviation nor a footnote definition. Actual result The content is formated as a footnote definition in the Edit mode. It’s being rendered as expected in the Preview, though. Environment Operating system: Windows 7, Linux Mint Obsidian version: 0.9.17 Additional information Adding just…

[hynek]

Ah thank you! Weird that I couldn’t find that bug report, I searched for footnote.