Search headings when referencing notes

Feature requests
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It would be useful if the headings are included into autosuggested values in [[...]]].

For example, I am trying to refer to a particular idea summarized by a heading within the same note, currently the autocomplete suggestions do not include the desired headings:

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This, combined with the ability to update references to a note’s heading, would be powerful, enough so that I can adjust my habit to avoid needing Block References.

Clarification

I mean when I type something in [[...]] , I want headings matching that are also included in autosuggested values. Currently, only the titles of the notes are included.
I can reference a heading given the title, but I am asking for relevant headings without knowing a note’s title, since the title may summarize a broader context than a specific heading that I want to refer to.

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That feature already exists. When you start the link to a note with [[ Obs will present a list of notes, incl. the one you’re after. Rather than clicking on the relevant note, hover over it, then click #, which will present you with a list of hash headers in the note. Click on the relevant header. Done. Your link will be [[note name|#header name]].

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I think I haven’t made my request clear.

I mean when I type something in [[...]], I want headings matching that are also included in autosuggested values. Currently, only the titles of the notes are included.
I can reference a heading given the title, but I am asking for relevant headings without knowing a note’s title, since the title may summarize a broader context than a specific heading that I want to refer to.

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Well, if your request was clear I would not have replied the way I did. Nevertheles, I apologise for wasting your time, it won’t happen again, I hope.

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Thank you. I have updated the request with a clarification.

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Second that request. It would be good if there was a setting to also index headings into the [[ menu (similar to the [[## menu).
If there is an API to do this, I’d look into building a little plugin for it (need pointers)

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The Another Quick Switcher plugin already does (some of) this, but not in the editor alas (as far as I know).

I recently learned of this through @CawlinTeffid; it is really valuable and it is a very little known feature. Quickly made a Typing Transformer shortcut for it.

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I tinkered with plugins for the first time and got what I wanted to work.

But it relies on patching obsidian functions which doesn’t seem very safe.
Wouldn’t mind some input on better ways to do this.

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Or better yet, one can use this Templater snippet:

<%*
const editor = app.workspace.activeLeaf.view.editor

// The text selected before running the template
const selection = editor.getSelection() || ''

// Preface the selected text with [[##
const link = `[[##${selection}`

// Replace the selection with the generated link
editor.replaceSelection(link)
_%>
  • Select text in editor, run the snippet.

I tried compiling a main.js from .ts, but ran into errors (my first time doing this).