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When creating a task with [[wikilinks]] in the title (e.g. Buy milk from [[Lidl]]), the link markup is stripped and only plain text is stored. There's currently no way to reference other notes directly from a task title and have them be clickable in views.
I tried a few workarounds:
Task description — wikilinks work there, but the description isn't visible from task cards in kanban/calendar/list views, so the links aren't reachable without opening the note
Custom fields — I tried adding a dedicated property for linked references, but [[ doesn't trigger Obsidian's note suggestions in custom property list type input, making it impractical to use. My custom field attempt can be seen bellow.
Projects field — dumping all wikilinks into projects technically works, but clutters the project field with things that aren't projects
In a lot of cases it just makes sense semantically to have links in the title — tasks are often tied to specific people, places, or notes, and being able to click through from the task card is natural.
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feat: preserve [[wikilinks]] in task titles
callumalpass commentedon May 19, 2026
Thank you for reporting this. This should be resolved in release 4.8.0, so I am going to close this issue now.