Internal links don't work as reference links

Bug graveyard
1

Steps to reproduce

Create a reference link to an internal file, e.g.:

[notes][1]

[1]: Notes.md

Expected result

I’d expect the link to look the same as if I wrote

[notes](Notes.md)

which is to say, like a regular link, and if I click on it, it should open the Notes.md file.

Actual result

It produces a link that has a “box with an arrow” next to it (I think this symbolizes an external link?), and when I click on it, it brings up a dialog saying

"Are you sure you want to open this link?

Link: app://obsidian.md/Notes.md"

And when I click “Open this link”, nothing happens.

Environment

  • Operating system: Mac OS 12.3 (21E230)
  • Debug info:
    SYSTEM INFO:
    Obsidian version: v0.13.33
    Installer version: v0.13.31
    Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 21.4.0: Mon Feb 21 20:35:58 PST 2022; root:xnu-8020.101.4~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 21.4.0
    Login status: not logged in
    Insider build toggle: off
    Live preview: off
    Legacy editor: off
    Base theme: dark
    Community theme: none
    Snippets enabled: 0
    Safe mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
none

2

Internal-reference links work with a URL.

[notes][1]

[1]: obsidian://open?path=D:%2Fpath%2Fto%2Fnotes.md)

Don’t know why internal reference links need a URL but internal inline links don’t.

Angel

3

we don’t support it. open a feature request.