A related problem is that when using standard image links, the right click menu to open the image in native app is missing.
So if you choose to stick with compatible link formats, large images become unreadable when they are resized down to fit Obsidian’s view, with no way to open them at full size.
Just came across this issue when trying to view notes in gitlab. All images are contained within the vault, in a “_attachments” folder, however gitlab doesn’t understand the obsidian method of specifying the image path.
+1 on supporting standard markdown image embedding syntax. Obsidian is an excellent tool kit for working with markdown, but it’s kind of a deal breaker to be so non-compliant with something as basic as embedding images.
I realize markdown has several “standards”, and the devs have chosen to follow one subset of them.
I discovered that obsidian does in fact support the syntax I’m using, and it wasn’t rendering in my case because I was referring to a file name that included spaces, that was generated by obsidian editor when I inserted an image. Changing the file name to the correct one without the space, or referring to the one with the space but escaping the space with %20 renders fine.
I also have found a “Use Wikilinks” option in “Files and Links” setting that when disabled allows obsidian to embed links using standard markdown syntax, see attached screenshot. I tested this and it seems to work, so it would seem this issue should be closed.
In order to use a pipe inside an image inside a table, you must escape the pipe by using a backslash. So instead of ![[image|100]], you must use ![[image\|100]]. Here’s an example:
I use GitJournal. It supports wiki links, but it only supports the markdown style of image links. Please separate the link format switch from the image link format.
Oh I would like to bump this. The ability to retain Wikiliks for markdown files, but using Markdown links for images (especially when pasting, and putting in those %20 in spaces), would make the notes more compatible with other markdown editors as well.
A similar problem - I use GitJournal and have to manually fix markdown links to notes in wiki links. Besides GitJournal, most editors on iOS/Android do not support the wiki style of image links and support the wiki style for links to notes. Easy-to-fix stuff that significantly expands the ability to use the knowledge base on mobile devices.
A temporary solution to the problem is to use the Wikilinks to MDLinks plugin (available in community plugins). You can use it to switch between wiki and markdown links to notes or images using a keyboard shortcut.
However, I still hope that the developers will separate the option for images and links to notes in the program without using third-party plugins.