OK, so here’s what I came up with (via a custom CSS snippet, no plugins whatsoever):
/* target external links in ALL views */
body {
--link-external-color: blue;
--link-external-color-hover: blue;
}
/* revert undesired edit-mode external link parenthesis coloring */
.cm-s-obsidian span.cm-url.cm-formatting-link-string {
color: var(--text-faint);
}
/* target both internal WIKI links & MD links in ALL views */
.cm-s-obsidian span.cm-hmd-internal-link,
.cm-s-obsidian span.cm-url:has([data-link-path$="md"]),
.cm-s-obsidian span.cm-link:has([data-link-path$="md"]),
.cm-s-obsidian span.cm-link:has([data-link-path$="md"]) .cm-underline:hover,
.markdown-rendered .internal-link
{
color: red;
}
Result in source mode:
Result in Live Preview & Reading mode:
