The autocomplete when using standard links places in URL codes

[lewisevans2007]

Steps to reproduce

• Turn off wiklinks
• Create a link using the autofill function.

Happens on sandbox and my main vault.

Expected result

Creates a link like

[Example page](example page.md)

Actual result

[Example page](example%20page.md)

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.6.7
Installer version: v1.6.5
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 24.0.0: Tue Sep 24 23:37:25 PDT 2024; root:xnu-11215.1.12~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6030 24.0.0
Login status: not logged in
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: Vanilla AMOLED v1.0.0
Snippets enabled: 2
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 12
Plugins enabled: 11
1: Calendar v1.5.10
2: Excalidraw v2.5.2
3: Home tab v1.2.1
4: Iconize v2.14.3
5: Style Settings v1.0.9
6: Templater v2.8.2
7: Image Toolkit v1.4.2
8: Settings Search v1.3.10
9: Completr v3.2.0
10: File Color v1.1.0
11: Vault Statistics v0.1.3

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Custom theme and snippets: for cosmetic issues, please first try updating your theme and disabling your snippets. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community theme and snippets.
Community plugins: for bugs, please first try updating all your plugins to latest. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community plugins.

[Pch]

Per Obsidian’s documentation, I think this is expected:

Note: When using the Markdown format, make sure to URL encode the link destination. For example, blank spaces become %20 .

[ariehen]

@lewisevans2007

[Example page](example%20page.md)

is correct for Markdown links. Spaces need to be encoded.

https://help.obsidian.md/Linking+notes+and+files/Internal+links

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@Pch I think we hit “post” at the same time there.

[lewisevans2007]

But many other markown reader and edtors work just fine without needing to URL encode.

[Pch]

IMHO, if it’s an Obsidian feature, that still doesn’t make it a bug …

I mean, that’s just how it works in Obsidian

You could open a Feature requests instead … and/or look if one doesn’t exist already and add “vote” ()/comment …

Although, after a very very quick search (and I probably missed some more interesting posts/topics), this could give you some info about why it works like this:

Handle spaces in Markdown links created by other apps

I renamed the post to make clear what is being requested (original title was “Enable markdown links that function as markdown links”). @ericweir , you may also want to delete the first line and explain that the problem is spaces in URLs, because it’s not obvious from the post. This request stems from Here’s a relevant discussion in the forum of Commonmark, the Markdown variant that Obsidian extends: