[FR]: Link Alias for Select Type Column

[zcysxy]

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Hi, I have a column/field to track status whose property type is select and its values are links instead of plain text. So it would be great if the Link Alias feature is also supported for select type columns. I can think of some other use cases, such as select a project note for a sub note.

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Desktop

[RafaelGB]

Hi @zcysxy ,
to render a link we need to run Obsidian Markdown and the select component does not allow it.

Its a performance decision

I am sure it's possible but it requires to refactor all the select component (same of tags)

[advaitathreya]

If rendering links would be intensive, would it be possible to define a display alias for select options so that the linking structures are preserved in the notes but in the DB folder table we don't see the entire link text as so [[PATH|NAME]]? I imagine this could be an extra option in the labels list alongside the colors

[RafaelGB]

I think the performance will be cool.

The idea its to include an useEffect for the option component just like here

obsidian-db-folder/src/components/cellTypes/MarkdownCell.tsx

Line 20 in 8fd0f60

MarkdownService.renderMarkdown(

But a problem could be the dropdown selector, I don't know if we can display the markdown there.

Once we start this issue we will see

[RafaelGB]

Commit 2ef9bee =)

Will be added with the next version, but there is no link helper menu