Using pipe to set link name for headers conflicts with tables

[dkoene]

The following is fixed for files, not for links to headers within files
[[file#header|name]]

Links using a pipe to set a link name conflicts with tables

Steps to reproduce When including an internal link with a pipe and link name as a table entry, the pipe inside the link gets interpreted as a table delimiter. For example: | Name | Link | |-----------|--------------------------| | Page name | [[File name | Link name]] | Expected result A link in the table that says “link name” and links to “file name”: Actual result The link gets cut in half at the pipe: [Screen Shot 2020-05-22 at 8.27.59 AM] Environment Ope…

[WhiteNoise]

works for me.

Post a screen recording of this happening in the sandbox vault.

[dkoene]

I see, I’m using the extended table of aidenlx (GitHub - aidenlx/table-extended: Extend basic table in Obsidian with MultiMarkdown table syntax). I’ll contact him.

[WhiteNoise]

Tables: Add alias/display name without requiring escaping the pipe sign \|

Use case or problem Obsidian doesn’t support wikilink renames in tables without escaping the pipe. Proposed solution The parser should detect if it is inside wikilink brackets. Current workaround I’m not aware of a workaround for this except escaping. Related feature requests There are a lot of other posts reporting this as a bug or otherwise people having issues with this. Name change of link in a table Links using a pipe to set a link name conflicts with tables Using pipe to set link name…