Open a link in a note to read pdf stored externally on desktop,

[Zoablive]

Hi,
I have 60 pdf documents each 24 pages long.
I want to put a comment in a note and then a link to the file stored outside the vault. I can read the note and click on a link to read the article.
I can put the whole document inside a note but having all 60 of them inside my vault makes for a very large vault.
I have tried a few options (file:///file path) and it doesn’t open the pdf file. It does say do you want to open this link and when I say yes nothing happens.

Is there a plug-in that would help here.
I couldn’t find one.

Thanks in advance.

[ariehen]

Have you tried holding Ctrl/Opt and drag-dropping when adding the pdf link? That will create a valid external link to a file (and clicking it will open the file in its default app).

Some examples below of linking to external files and folders:

Linking to external files & folders

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[blue_emperor]

I tested on mac that you can right click Copy path on Obsidian and then use file:path syntax in links i.e.

1. ⌘K, [write link text](), move cursor inside () using arrow keys
2. write <file: then ⌘V (paste)
3. write >, move cursor out of ()
4. press enter or space

 

By using snippets in Raycast the above would be translated to

[{cursor}](<file:{clipboard}>)

 

There is Tabout community plugin that can be configured for easier cursor navigation in external links. These two custom rules seems to work