Feature: filter links in `#current` note

[bberberov]

I recently started using the browser extension with QOwnNotes. The #current tag feature is very nice, but it creates an all-or-nothing list of all links in the current note. It would be useful if some links could be filtered out; they are useful in the note itself, but not when viewed through the extension.

Two cases:

• Filter out all the file:// links. A global preference would be fine.
• Allow other tags in combination with #current. Right now other tags from the note are not usable.

Expected behaviour

Some possibility of filtering links

Actual behaviour

All links from the current note are listed

Steps to reproduce

• Create a note with some file:// links, and some tags like #local.
• Open current note through browser extension

Output from the debug section in the settings dialog in QOwnNotes

Relevant log output in the Log panel in QOwnNotes

[pbek]

Filter out all the file:// links. A global preference would be fine.

Ah, thank you. I think I will filter them out unconditionally in QOwnNotes itself. Don't make a lot of sense for portability.

Allow other tags in combination with #current. Right now other tags from the note are not usable.

Could you please explain what you mean by "Right now other tags from the note are not usable."?

I created a note with

- [file link](file:///home/user/somefile.txt) #sometag

Then I filtered by #sometag.

[bberberov]

Ah, thank you. I think I will filter them out unconditionally in QOwnNotes itself. Don't make a lot of sense for portability.

Please don't filter them out unconditionally! Firefox supports file:/// with some very useful behaviors. HTML and XML (with XSLT) files load without having to run a web server, and directories display an index page. I use them a lot and I'd rather filter them out with tags when needed.

I think I figured out the issue with the tags.

This will display the link and tag in the extension interface:

paragraph

- [file link](file:///home/user/somefile.txt) #sometag

paragraph

But this will display only the link, and not parse the tag, even if it's its own paragraph or heading:

paragraph

[file link](file:///home/user/somefile.txt) #sometag

paragraph

I didn't realize the subtlety in the syntax. Could you add a note in the documentation that tags are only parsed in lists, but links are parsed everywhere.

By the way, excellent application! Incredibly performant on older hardware. Appreciated.

[pbek]

But this will display only the link, and not parse the tag, even if it's its own paragraph or heading:

The "normal" bookmark links need to be in lists, see https://www.qownnotes.org/getting-started/browser-extension.html#syntax-of-bookmark-links

The 2nd link just gets picked up as a random link in a sentence, like This is a [file link2](file:///home/user/somefile2.txt) in a sentence..

By the way, excellent application! Incredibly performant on older hardware. Appreciated.

Thank you! 😉

[pbek]

2024.12.0

• There now is a new switch in the drawer menu to hide bookmarks and links from the current note (for #70)
  • Bookmarks can still contain the Current tag, for example if the current note is a bookmark note
  • This feature needs QOwnNotes 24.12.7 or higher

[pbek]

QOwnNotes 24.12.7

• The Web Companion browser extension can now tell QOwnNotes to not send bookmarks and links from the current note (for #70)

[pbek]

There now is a new release, could you please test it and report if it works for you?

[bberberov]

I didn't find any problems with it so far.