Bug: `generateMarkdown`'s `alias` parameter has no effect for non-markdown files
RyotaUshio opened this issue · 2 comments
Steps to reproduce:
- In the sandbox vault, turn off "use [[wikilinks]]".
- Add an attachment file such as PNG or PDF, say
file.png
. - Open the dev console and run the following:
const file = app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath('file.png'); console.log(app.fileManager.generateMarkdownLink(file, '', undefined, 'Display text'));
Expected result:
![Display text](file.png)
Actual result:
![](file.png)
The alias
parameter has no effect.
Now I read the source code from the dev tool, and it seems like it's intended.
I guess this design is because generateMarkdownLink
generates an embed link for attachment files and display text is not important for embeds.
However, generateMarkdownLink
is also used to generate a non-embed link like so:
app.fileManager.generateMarkdownLink(...).slice(1)
I do this for generating links for PDF files, and even Obsidian itself does the same thing in many places.
So I believe it will be beneficial to let alias
work for attachments as well. If you choose not to do so, it should be clarified in the documentation.
For example, if I turn on "Use [[Wikilinks]]" and copy a link to a PDF annotation, this becomes problematic: