Inconsistent behavior to create a new note

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I am new to the obsidian and trying to organize all the notes I have in the same folder.

I have set the Folder to create new notes in to a specified folder notes.
Those two kinds of links work differently when creating a note.

  • [[AWS]] → create a new note at <Vault folder>/notes/AWS.md
  • [[AWS/EC2]] → create a new note at <Vault folder>/AWS/EC2.md

What I expected is all the notes should be created inside the notes folder I chose. So [[AWS/EC2]] should create note at <Vault folder>/notes/AWS/EC2.md

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That’s just the default location for any new notes you’d like to create in your vault (e.g.: when you trigger the command Create new note)

So, this is why, when clicking on the link [[AWS]], the new note is indeed created following the path <Vault folder>/notes/AWS.md as Obsidian, in that case, uses the default location you’ve set up to know where to create a note titled AWS …

But, if you use the path of a note in your link, like you did with [[AWS/EC2]] and then click on it, Obsidian will create the note following that exact path, bypassing the default location you indicated in its settings :blush: …

If you want to use the path of a note in your link, you should then use: [[notes/AWS/EC2]] which when clicked, if the note doesn’t exist, will create a note titled EC2 under notes > AWS.
(The path, in this “type” of links, is always interpreted by Obsidian as the “full path”: i.e.: the path of a note, relative to the vault’s root)

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