Tab Link

Ghost text autocomplete for wiki-links in Obsidian.

Type naturally. When you start typing a note name, ghost text appears inline. Press Tab to accept and create the link.

Features

• Ghost text, not popups — Non-intrusive inline suggestions that don't break your flow
• Tab to accept — Fast keyboard-driven workflow
• Smart context — Won't suggest inside existing links, code blocks, or frontmatter
• Frecency scoring — Ranks suggestions by frequency + recency of use
• Phrase matching — "mach learn" matches "Machine Learning"
• Alias support — Searches frontmatter aliases alongside note titles
• Auto-space — Optionally adds a space after accepting (configurable)

Installation

Using BRAT (recommended)

1. Install BRAT from Community Plugins
2. Open BRAT settings → Add Beta Plugin
3. Enter: Jon-Vii/obsidian-tab-link
4. Enable the plugin

Manual Installation

1. Download the latest release from GitHub Releases
2. Extract to <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-tab-link/
3. Enable in Settings → Community Plugins

Usage

1. Start typing text that matches a note name (5+ characters by default)
2. Ghost text appears showing the suggested completion
3. Press Tab to accept → creates the link
4. Press Escape or keep typing to dismiss

Key	Action
Tab	Accept suggestion
Escape	Dismiss suggestion
Space	Dismiss and continue typing
Arrow keys	Dismiss suggestion

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Enable ghost text	On	Toggle suggestions on/off
Auto-space after link	On	Add space after accepting a link
Minimum characters	5	Characters needed before suggestions appear (3-8)
Debounce delay	150ms	Wait time after typing before showing suggestions
Excluded folders	—	Comma-separated folders to ignore

How It Works

• Trie-based matching — O(k) prefix lookups where k = query length
• Frecency scoring — Recently and frequently linked notes rank higher
• Performance-conscious — Debounced updates, chunked indexing on startup

License

MIT