How to link a block without rendering it or rendering with an alternative text?

onkeltem · May 29, 2025, 10:28am

I don’t find a way how to link a block but w/o rendering its contents.

For example:

Quotes
- Quote 1
- Quote 2
- Quote 3
Thoughts
- Thought 1 (link to Quote 1)
  - Thought 1.1 (link to Quote 2)
  - Thought 1.2 (link to Quote 3)
- Thought 2 …

How to make a link to say Quote 1 w/o inserting Quote 1 contents into Thought 1?
I need to make a link with some short text, like “source”, or even an icon.

mentaloid · May 29, 2025, 10:41am

Try [source](((the-uuid-of-the-block)))

onkeltem · May 29, 2025, 11:03am

Thanks! For some reason I couldn’t find it myself

Ok, this is the minimal number of steps I found so far:

Go to the source block and copy block ref (via Ctrl-C).
Go to where you want to place the link, and enter manually: [source]().
As the cursor is now between the parenthesis just paste the block link via Ctrl-V.

I’m curious if there’s now a shortcut to create [<text>]() template.

mentaloid · May 29, 2025, 12:51pm

Consider this approach:

Go to the source block.
Press a desired key combination.
- Register the shortcut as in Right Sidebar & Keyboard Shortcuts
- And as in File picker for linking local files, the handler should:
  - form [](((the-uuid-of-the-block)))
    - It could also fill the text part with something relevant.
  - place it in the clipboard
Paste it where you want.
Fill-in the text part if it’s not already filled in step 2.