This isn’t a common problem, I imagine. But the behavior was unexpected to me.
Steps to reproduce
Create a note with this text
Dial [\*3001#12345#\*](tel://*3001#12345#*)
Click the link.
Expected result
A link will open in the phone app (or, more accurately, a prompt will appear confirming that you want to call the number). The number to be called should be as it is entered in the url: *3001#12345#*
.
Actual result
The url that gets opened, and the number that gets called, is *3001#1234523*
.
The second #
seemingly got url-encoded into %23
, but the %
got lost somewhere and we are left with only the 23
.
Environment
- Operating system: iOS 16
Debug info
SYSTEM INFO:
Operating system: ios 16.0.2 (Apple iPhone)
Obsidian version: 1.3.2 (69)
API version: v0.15.9
Login status: not logged in
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 1
Plugins enabled: 0
RECOMMENDATIONS:
none
Additional information
As a workaround, if I manually url-encode the first #
myself, the link works as expected. But only the first one matters; if I url-encode the second #
but not the first then I still get the unexpected result from above.
Using this url in the link works:
tel://*3001%2312345%23*
And this works:
tel://*3001%2312345#*
Inserting that as the url in the note above and clicking the link will dial *3001#12345#*
as expected.
But this does not work:
tel://*3001#12345%23*
That link has the same behavior as the first example with no manual url-encoding.