Link to a local file/folder which will open finder from markdown preview?

DEVONthink
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I thought this would be trivial but I guess im missing something (as always :))

so I want to be able to refer to specific local folder/files in my markdown notes.

I tried these methods based on googling:

[test1](/Users/zeltak/Library/Application Support/DEVONthink 3/Templates.noindex)

![test2](/Users/zeltak/Library/Application Support/DEVONthink 3/Templates.noindex)

where only the test 1 method seems to show an actual link yet clicking that link doesn’t do anything.

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is this possible at all? And if it is what am I doing very wrong here :slight_smile:

thx

Z

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That’s not a URL, so it will not function as a link.

Though I’m not saying what you’re doing is a good idea (especially since there’s no link validation and moving or renaming files will break the links), a file:// URL can be used…

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Note, it’s a URL so the spaces need to be percent-encoded to %20.

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thx again

to me its useful to use as as reference to folder/files outside devonthink that I may want to refer to.

I managed to get it to open files (in this case a pdf). Although it opens in the background for some reason so its hard to see if that worked :slight_smile:

I wasn’t able to get it to open folders in finder

see both examples I’ve used

[link2](file:///Users/zeltak/ZH_tmp/)

[link](file:///Users/zeltak/ZH_tmp/coi_disclosure.pdf)

best

z

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It’s not going to open the Finder. Windows and files will open behind DEVONthink, though Development would have to assess if the behavior could be otherwise. (And remember, we have a lot of stuff going on here, so it would be far down on the todo list.)

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understood, thx again

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Wondering if development had any thoughts on this (not in term of time since I know you guys are super busy but just the viability of the idea :))

thx

Z

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Nothing specific to report on it right now.

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Just tried this successfully on 10.15.3, which macOS version do you use?

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I’m on 10.15.3 and the folder opens but behind DEVONthink. The Finder isn’t made frontmost when it opens a window.

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Hi and thx for the response

im also on 10.15.3 and the folder opens but behind DEVONthink

best!

Z