Markdown links cannot change display text with "|"

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Steps to reproduce

Imagine a file called “index.md”.

Wiki links:

  1. Type “[[ind”
  2. Press TAB, see autocomplete to “[[index]]”, cursor is positioned BEFORE closing brackets.
  3. Press “|”, and write “homepage”
  4. See “[[index|homepage]]”

With markdown links:

  1. Type “[[ind”
  2. Press TAB, see autocomplete to “index”, cursor is positioned AFTER the closing parenthesis.
  3. Press “|”, and write “homepage”
  4. See “index|homepage”

Expected result

homepage

Without moving the cursor or selecting text, I want to insert a link, use autocomplete, and modify the display text. I don’t care about the keys (i.e. TAB or the “|” character), but manually going back and deleting text slows me down a lot.

Actual result

index|homepage

Environment

Obsidian version: v0.15.9
Installer version: v0.15.8
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro 10.0.22000
Login status: not logged in
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on
2

we don’t support this yet. Please search/open a feature request.

3

Ok, will open a feature request.

There is still a bug, though.

Expected behavior:

  1. I type [[ind
  2. I see a popup with “Type | to change display text”
  3. I type | followed by my display text, homepage.
  4. I see [homepage](ind).

Actual behavior:

  1. I see [[ind|homepage]]

So, at the very least, I would remove the feedforward tooltip informing me about the display text feature when I have markdown links enabled, as it is not implemented.