Manipulate links in Obsidian.
- Features
Create link from selected text.
- Command palette: Create link
- Context menu: Create link
To autoselect a word under the cursor enable 'Autoselect upon creating a link' in settings.
Create link from textual content of the system clipboard.
- Command palette: Create link from clipboard
- Context menu: Create link from clipboard
To autoselect a word under the cursor enable 'Autoselect upon creating a link' in settings.
Wiki link | Makrdown link | HTML link | Autolink | |
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Wiki link | ||||
Makrdown link | ||||
HTML link | ||||
Autolink | ||||
URL |
Supported links:
- Markdown link
Execute via:
- Command palette: Convert to wikilink
- Context menu: Convert to wikilink
- Command palette: Convert to markdown link
- Context menu: Convert to markdown link
Supported links:
- Wikilink
- HTML link
- Autolink
- URL
Converts a wikilink or an HTML link to a markdown link. If a wikilink contains spaces a destination of a markdown link will be places in <>
. HTML link must be expanded.
If a wikilink destination doesn't have an extension, the .md
extension can be added to a markdown link destination after conversion (see Convert to Markdown link | Append extension option in Settings)
If an autolink or plain URL has an absolute URI with an http
or https
scheme, the content of the <title/>
element will be used as the link text. If the request fails or the URL has a different scheme, the cursor will be placed inside the []
of the markdown link. For email autolinks, the mailto
scheme will be added before the email address.
Command palette:
- Convert all links to Markdown links
- Convert Wikilinks to Markdown links
- Convert URLs to Markdown links
- Convert Autolinks to Markdown links
Context menu:
- Convert all links to Markdown links (enable in Settings)
- Convert Wikilinks to Markdown links (enable in Settings)
- Convert URLs to Markdown links (enable in Settings)
- Convert Autolinks to Markdown links (enable in Settings)
- Convert HTML links to Markdown links (enable in Settings)
Supported links:
- Wikilink
- URL
- Autolink
- HTML link
Converts multiple links in an active note or selection into markdown links. Command in the Command palette and context menu is enabled if corresponding link type is present in the active note. Context menu works only for selection.
For URLs and autolinks with absolute URLs using the http://
or https://
schemes, the link text will be set to the content of the <title/>
element of the page loaded from the URL.
If a wikilink destination doesn't have an extension, the .md
extension can be added to a markdown link destination after conversion (see Convert to Markdown link | Append extension option in Settings).
- Command palette: Convert to autolink
- Context menu: Convert to autolink
Supported links:
- Markdown
- URL
Converts a markdown link with an absolute URL or an email address into an autolink.
- Command palette: Convert to HTML link
- Context menu: Convert to HTML link
Supported links: - Wikilink
Converts a wikilink to an HTML link.
ποΈ Demo. Create link to a note in a diagram
ποΈ Demo. Create link to a note's heading in a diagram
ποΈ Demo. Create link to a note in a class diagram
Unlink single link or all links in a selection.
- Command palette: Unlink
- Context menu: Unlink
Remove links from headings in selection or in an entire note. Each link is replaced with it's text. Links without text are removed. Wikilink without text by default replaced with it's destination.
- Command palette: Remove links from headings
Available options:
- Remove
- Replace with destination [default]
- Replace with lowest heading
- Command palette: Delete link
- Context menu: Delete
Supported links:
- Wikilink
- Markdown link
- URL
- Autolink
- HTML link
If the target file for the deleted link is unreferenced the prompt to delete the file is displayed.
Configure this feature in the plugin settings:
Copy markdown, wiki, auto, html link or plain url to the clipboard
- Command palette: Copy link
- Context menu: Copy link
- Command palette: Copy link destination
- Context menu: Copy link destination
Copy link destination of markdown, wiki or html link to the clipboard.
Cut markdown, wiki, auto, html link or plain url to the clipboard
- Command palette: Cut link
- Context menu: Cut link
Select link text and place cursor at the end of the text
- Command palette: Edit link text
- Context menu: Edit link text
Select link text and place cursor at the end of the text
- Command palette: Edit link destination
- Context menu: Edit link destination
Change or add link text, select it and place cursor at the end of the text.
Link text depends on the kind of a link.
For local notes text will be either file name of the note or popup with suggested link texts. Title separator can be specified in the plugin settings.
For external http[s] links, page content is requested and link text is set to the title (content of <title/>
element) of the requested page content.
- Command palette: Set link text
- Context menu: Set link text
Set markdown, wikilink or URL text from clipboard. Links that can't have text, like URL, will be converted to markdown link.
- Command palette: Set link text from clipboard
- Context menu: Set link text from clipboard
Add or remove file embedding from a wikilink or a markdown link.
- Command palette: Embed/Unembed link
- Context menu:
- Embed
- Unembed