#1

It would be a good feature to have an additional setting in tags, using which the user can add an alternative prefix symbol for tags than #.

Use case or problem

E.g., As a user, I would like to use # for all basic actions tags, and @ to tag names, and $ to tag stocks.

Proposed solution

  1. In settings, allow the user to add more hash prefixes.

  2. It can be a comma-separated text box

{ $, @, §…}

or a key-value pair

{$ - stock, @ - people, § - topics, . - actions}

  1. Once enabled and configured, the editor will have an autofill option just like hashtags. Also, the Tag Pane will be showing it as a separate set.

Current workaround (optional)

There is no direct workaround for this. Evernote has a separate UI to create tags and allows all kinds of texts and symbols. Obsidian doesn’t support # followed by characters like #$GOOG or #@BillGates.

*The current workaround I am using is #people/Billgates and #stock/GOOG, which is bulky in UI, artificial while writing, and flow breaker while reading! :frowning: *

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