How do I make relative path link work when inserting an image with HTML?

[ariehen]

I haven’t had the need (or time) to test these out yet, but from v1.8.1 on:

• <img>, <video> and <audio> tags with relative src paths are now rendered in Live Preview and Reading mode.

1.8.1 is currently in catalyst (beta) testing.

https://obsidian.md/changelog/2025-01-07-desktop-v1.8.1/

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Previous feature request topic:

Support `<img>` and `<video>` tag with src relative path format

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