Tasks with Metadata containing Values referring to Files displays incorrectly

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Steps to reproduce

Create a task with metadata, where the Value is a File, for example:

  • do this tomorrow with [[person:: [[Freddy]]]]

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]

Y

Expected result

  • the task appearing with the correct visual format for metadata
  • File name being clickable wherever i show that task

Actual result

In the same file where i create the task,

When showing that same task with dataview in a different File

  • a [ and a ] are shown that shouldn’t be there
  • the File name is clickable in this case (correct)
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Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.7.4
Installer version: v1.6.7
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 24.0.0: Tue Sep 24 23:37:13 PDT 2024; root:xnu-11215.1.12~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8112 24.0.0
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Language: en
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 4
Plugins enabled: 3
1: Dataview v0.5.67
2: Calendar Event Sync v2.0.0
3: Hotkeys++ v0.2.7

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Additional information

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Inline metadata is not something that is obsidian native. We certainty don’t support nested links [[person:: [[Freddy]]]] or links that contain [ ]. Moved to help.

3

Have you tried this syntax?

- [ ]  do this tomorrow with [person:: [[Freddy]]]
4

i’ve tried yes, but it also has similar bugs, the “]” doesn’t show, but the clickable part is still missing :frowning:

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5

How about this format?

- [ ] do this tomorrow with (person:: [[Freddy]])

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It actually works better! i didn’t reply till i had tested the idea with various examples and it seems to work! thanks so much :pray:

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