Name auto-complete (add display name option) does not work when linking with ID

[hungvvu]

Description

Summary: The name auto-complete no longer works when linking with ID.
Behaviour: When linking with the ID by typing out [[]], Zettlr doesn't add the title/display name of the note nor suggest auto-completion for the title/display name. However, it does work when linking using the title/display name itself.
Expected Behaviour: When linking with ID, auto-completion should work similarly to linking with the display name.

Video:

Reproducing

1. Go to a note that has an ID.
2. Copy the note ID
3. From another note, link using [[]] and pasting the ID into the double-brackets
4. Alternatively, type out the ID manually in the double brackets, the auto-completion doesn't work in both cases

Zettlr Version

Stable (most recent version)

Specify version

Zettlr 3.0.5

Installation Method

From the Website or GitHub

Your Platform

• Windows
• macOS
• Linux

Architecture

• Intel 64bit
• ARM 64bit

Operating System Version

Windows 11

Additional Information

Also tested on Ubuntu 22.04 VM with the latest build from develop branch.

[nathanlesage]

One thing: When pasting, this does not have any autocomplete, so naturally this won't work. Regarding the ID typing, I have to double-check, but this list of numbers that you see I can't remember having implemented that. Usually, there is only one entry and Zettlr chooses whether to use the ID or the name based on your settings.

[hungvvu]

One thing: When pasting, this does not have any autocomplete, so naturally this won't work. Regarding the ID typing, I have to double-check, but this list of numbers that you see I can't remember having implemented that. Usually, there is only one entry and Zettlr chooses whether to use the ID or the name based on your settings.

That's strange, I remembered in 2.3.0 I used to be able to Ctrl + V and get a single autocomplete suggestion entry that I can just press Enter and have the name filled in a similar manner to linking by file name. Is this new behaviour with the ID an intended change? If not I can try retesting it later.

About the list of number/ID, I don't know if this helps but the context that that happened in was after I closed my main workspace and open up the Zettlr tutorial workspace to make the screen capture (since I didn't want to accidentally leak something with personal notes). Just a wild guess but could it be something caching related?

[nathanlesage]

Just a wild guess but could it be something caching related?

Since these IDs need to be cached in the FSAL, this is definitely a chance.

One explanation for the "pasting and get one entry" could be a change in behavior from CM5 to CM6. It could be that, if you paste something that EXACTLY matches an entry, that CM6 simply doesn't bother showing you that (which, for a simple autocomplete, makes absolute sense). I'd have to investigate this. Feel free to also play around a bit, the more info is in this thread, the less I have to poke at it.