Add Block Reference to highlighted text

[highnze]

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Would it be possible to add a block reference to the highlighted text? So the Quotes are not just link to the source file but also directly to the exact position in one block.

[wenlzhang]

I am also thinking about this feature. Having block links to the original location of the highlighted texts can be very useful for locating highlights in long files, e.g. a book of Markdown format.

I image this feature like the following:

Note A may have the following highlighted text:

# Note A

This is a book of Markdown format, where ==this== is highlighted. ^blocklink1

==This is also highlighted.== blocklink2

After extracting the highlighted text, a new note B is created with content like the following:

# Note B

- this > [[Note A#^blocklink1]]
- This is also highlighted. > [[Note A#^blocklink2]]

After this, one may write rephrase the highlighted original text. Then note B may become something like the following:

# Note B

- this >[[Note A#^blocklink1]]
  - The original text means ...
- This is also highlighted. >[[Note A#^blocklink2]]
  - The original text means ...

Afterwards, one may split note B into several smaller notes, if desired. These notes are essentially literature notes.

[chrisgrieser]

I concur, block references would be huge. I think you could even use this plugin with the "explosion mode" together with dataview to substitute qualitative analysis software like Maxqda or Atlas.Ti.

[ghost]

I too concur. It would be huge if the footnotes can refer back to the specific block in the file instead of the whole file. It would be very useful for searching highlights in long files.

[akadormouse]

Just the Header would do for me, even though that's pretty straightforward to add by hand.