Option to fold/collapse the URL part of a markdown link

[aleksey-rowan]

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe

When inserting links to resources with long URLs or base64-encoded data, resulting links are cumbersome to use and they take up a lot of space. Like this Google Maps link:

[Wellesley to Severn](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/43.5918249,-80.6148742/44.7356773,-79.6835935/@44.016405,-81.115561,483716m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!4m12!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-80.7995998!2d44.083526!3s0x882a2a729ae7cdb3:0x56598fa0d2365421!1m0!2m3!6e0!7e2!8j1633971600!3e0)

Describe the solution you'd like

The URL part of the markdown link is automatically folded/collapsed and expands only under the cursor. Something like this:

[Wellesley to Severn](...)

Describe alternatives you've considered

There is no alternative.

Additional context

VSCode had a similar request but it got closed (microsoft/vscode#87797); another related issue is still open, but it doesn't look like anything is happening with it (microsoft/vscode#50840).

[hikchoi]

Thank you for the suggestion.
Unfortunately I think inline folding is not possible at the moment. This is definitely something we want once we have control over it though.

We'll keep this brewing in the backburner for now.

[aleksey-rowan]

As a workaround, you could try using the Inline-fold extension.

[bonnebulle]

Thanks @aleksey-rowan
exactrly what I was searching ... for Wikilinks :
Exemple : [[gparent.parent.child_name]] -> [[child_name]]
I cant find any issue here, nor in the doc

My setup/settings with Inline-fold extension :

  "[markdown]": {
    "inlineFold.regex":"\\[\\[(([\\.A-Za-zÀ-ú0-9_\\-\\:]{1,}?)\\.)([A-Za-zÀ-ú0-9_\\-\\:]{1,}?)\\]\\]",
    "inlineFold.regexFlags": "g",
    "inlineFold.regexGroup": 1,
    "inlineFold.unfoldedOpacity": 0.6,
    "inlineFold.maskChar": "",
    "inlineFold.after": "",
    "inlineFold.maskColor": "#000",
    "inlineFold.unfoldOnLineSelect": true,
    "inlineFold.autoFold": true,
  }

REGEX here :
https://regex101.com/library/nlSi7u

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TODO/ alternative Regex...
doing the same with named/aliased wikilinks
Exemple : [[this name|gparent.parent.child_name]] -> [[this name]]