Render links/urls in bases correctly

[bartbadger]

So i’m playing around with bases - and I think the rendering of text should consider whether there is a link present within the text

If text contains Obsidian Forum then this should be displayed as Obsidian Forum - however currently this is not rendered and shows the full string

this is the same for links to documents inside my vault ie. [[all your base|are belong to us]] is rendered as the full string instead of as a link to the note “all your base” with the text “are belong to us”

[WhiteNoise]

I don’t understand

[WhiteNoise]

Maybe these:

Properties & Bases: Parse (Render) Markdown in text properties // Allow mixing text and links in string fields

Problem Text field (or a single item in a list field) only allows either text or a single link. Proposed solution Links should be interpreted like they are in the note’s body. Current workaround (optional) Make a list property and put parts of the text and links in items of it, but that’s unfriendly to manipulating properties programmatically and it’s unwieldy. Related requests This should also apply to markdown links if they are (hopefully) implemented.

Properties: Support EXTERNAL Markdown links

Adding my voice here: I’m also using markdown links in a list in properties. aliases: [Kleene operator, Kleene closure] source: - "[regexone site](https://regexone.com/lesson/kleene_operators)" - "[wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleene_star)" I’d love if obsidian recognized these as links, so that they’re clickable in the reading view MOD-EDIT: For the FR regarding internal markdown links (like [mynote](note.md)) go here

Properties: Support INTERNAL Markdown links

Use case or problem I want to use markdown links in the frontmatter --- link: "[other note](../other%20note.md)" --- Such link doesn’t render as a link in the preview mode and doesn’t get updated is other note is being renamed MOD-EDIT: For the FR regarding external markdown links (like [google](https://google.com)) go here

[bartbadger]

So lets say I have a markdown file like this containing an image, the source of the image, a description (synopsis) and some notes (removed) …

Fox News Makes the Best Pie Chart. Ever..md (768 Bytes)

When I query this using bases - it appears that the url and source text are not converted to links – both external and internal… - and reflect the text I specified.

• does this help with understanding my issue? please let me know if I’m doing something idiotic.

thanks

[WhiteNoise]

Yes, I understood what you mean. And what you want is not limited to bases but also in the properties UI.

Follow the first two FRs that I linked above.

[bartbadger]

ok - I guess this is just a thing that is solved by installing a plugin

obsidian-frontmatter-markdown-links

• once I install the plugin the issue disappears and my output appears as expected.