Feature request: follow link under cursor

[harveyr]

Like in Obsidian, it would be great if something like cmd-enter would open the link under your cursor. Even better than Obsidian: it would be great if this worked not only for links to [[other notes]] but also https://external-links.

Thanks!

[svsool]

Hello, @harveyr!

About cmd-enter, it should actually work out of the box in VSCode if you bind command called "Open link" to cmd-enter.

That's how I have it in my keybindings.json

About opening https://external-links, thanks for the idea I will add it on my list.

[harveyr]

Thank you!

[harveyr]

Followup: the Open Link command appears to work both for internal links and web URLs, so there's nothing for you to add to your list. :)

[RoneoOrg]

In plain text, easier to copy and paste:

    // Follow Markdown link (requires Markdown Memo)
    {
      "key": "ctrl+enter",
      "command": "editor.action.openLink"
    }

You can open keybindings.json with Ctrl+Shift+P → Open Keyboard Shortcuts (JSON)

[memeplex]

I would like to revisit this issue. I see two things undesirable about the proposed solution:

1. It's not active by default even though following links is so important to Memo. Moreover, there is an asymmetry in that C-S-Enter works OOTB. This amounts to a confusing initial experience.
2. C-Enter conflicts with such a basic vscode editing command as Insert Line Below.

I propose to provide C-M-Enter (Ctrl-Alt-Enter or Cmd-Opt-Enter) as a default shortcut. AFAICS it's not taken by vscode.

[revett]

I use the following to avoid it clashing with other cmd+enter shortcuts:

{
  "key": "cmd+enter",
  "command": "editor.action.openLink",
  "when": "editorTextFocus && resourceExtname == .md"
 }

Taken from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69261812/is-there-a-way-to-enable-keyboard-shortcuts-only-when-specific-file-types-are-op