Single square brackets highlighted like links in edit mode

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#1

If I use single square brackets in my text, say like this - L[S, C] - the square brackets and the material inside them are highlighted as if they are internal links. This is only a problem in edit mode, not preview.

Steps to reproduce

Type something in single square brackets in edit mode: [hello world]. See?

Expected result

Single square brackets should look like plain text. The internal link style should only be activated when you type double square brackets.

Actual result

Internal link style. This happens regardless of custom css or not.

Environment

  • Operating system: Mac OS 10.15.6
  • Obsidian version: v0.8.4

Additional information

#2

single braket pairs have other uses in markdown, so it is good as it is.

#3

Escape with backslash.

L\[S,C \]

gives L[S,C]

Erratic handling of nested square brackets in live preview
#5

…I managed to fix this with the following custom css:

.cm-s-obsidian span.cm-link {
	color: inherit;
}
#6

Thanks for this. A slight improvement that I THINK is working will enable the snippet to remove the color from [random square-bracketed text] while still retaining the correct color for correctly formatted links, eg [test-link](https://forum.obsidian.md/)

.cm-s-obsidian span.cm-hmd-barelink {
	color: inherit;
}
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