Search Link References

An Obsidian plugin that adds a "Search Link References" entry to the right-click context menu of any link, opening Obsidian's built-in search pre-filled with a query that finds all notes referencing that link.

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What it does

Right-clicking a link anywhere in Obsidian adds Search Link References to the context menu. Clicking it opens the Search panel with a query that finds all notes containing a link to that target.

• Internal links ([[Note Name]]) — searches "[[Note Name", which matches the plain link as well as aliased ([[Note Name|Alias]]) and heading variants ([[Note Name#Section]])
• External URLs — searches the URL as an exact quoted string

Supported contexts

Context	Behaviour
Source mode & Live Preview	Item added to Obsidian's native context menu
Properties panel	Item injected into Obsidian's native properties context menu
Reading mode	Custom context menu shown (with open/copy actions)

Installation

Manual

1. Download main.js and manifest.json from the latest release.
2. Copy them into <your vault>/.obsidian/plugins/search-link-references/.
3. Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin under Settings → Community plugins.

Using BRAT

BRAT lets you install plugins that aren't yet in the community directory.

1. Install Obsidian42 - BRAT from the Community Plugins directory.
2. Open Settings → BRAT and click Add Beta plugin.
3. Enter the repository URL: https://github.com/tibog/obsidian-search-links
4. Click Add Plugin, then enable it under Settings → Community plugins.

BRAT will also notify you of future updates automatically.

From source

Requires Node.js and Yarn.

git clone https://github.com/tibog/obsidian-search-links.git
cd obsidian-search-links
yarn install
yarn build

Copy the resulting main.js and manifest.json into your vault's plugin folder as above.

Compatibility

• Requires Obsidian 1.12+
• Desktop and mobile
• Requires the Search core plugin to be enabled in Settings → Core plugins

License

MIT