#1

Steps to reproduce

  1. Go to any note
  2. Make empty link [[]]
  3. Type ^^ between link

Expected result

Block references for other notes should appear in auto-complete.

Actual result

Only block references for current note appear in auto-complete.

Environment

  • Operating system: macOS Mojave
  • Obsidian version: 0.9.17, though I’ve had this since block references were a new feature.

Additional information

I believe this bug seems to be unique in my case since nobody has reported anything similar as far as I’ve checked. I may be missing something about global block references or it is indeed a bug. Note sure what other info I can give other than it’s not working for me; I could give some sort of log file or something but not sure where to look and how to go about doing that.

#2

Sometimes I encounter this behavior as well. In my case, if you delete the ^^ and type it again ^^ followed by the text then it works. It’s not a major issue or anything, but it’d a nice thing to improve.

#3

Tried your suggestion; glad to know that global references do work for me… just undesirably sporadic. At my first try with your suggestion, it worked; next number of tries didn’t; then at one point, I didn’t need to delete and retype ^^.

In my case, it’s also a minor problem because I don’t use global block references that often; otherwise it’d be more than minor.

#4

Have you guys tried to wait? Because if you just type [[^^ it means find every block in every file. Which clearly is a very complex operation and as your vault grows it takes longer.

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#5

That’s not an unreasonable thought, I waited for 3 seconds and the block references appear. I’d suggest adding a progress bar of some kind, but thanks, it works !

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#6

I think it would also be better to not show the current note’s blocks when loading global block references. I prefer to know that it’s just loading; doesn’t need to be a progress bar, could just even show the word “loading…” or something lol. Anyway, glad to know that this feature is working for me after all, thanks guys!

#7

Now I’m having exactly this moment on one vault. But the other vault is still working fine. I type [[ and ^^ and wait for as long as I can but nothing happens. The waiting method is just don’t work.

I have tried to reload both the app and the workspace, also turn on/off Safe Mode for plugins but nothing changes.

Any thought?