UX not supporting creation of link text in square brackets [] in markdown with spaces in pathname

[obar1]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.99.1
• OS Version: wsl2

Steps to Reproduce:

1. create a markdown file
2. create a folder and some file with spaces in it

cd /tmp
touch readme.md
mkdir -p 'assets/folder 1'
mkdir -p 'assets/folder 2'
touch 'assets/folder '{1,2}'/a file.txt'

ls -R assets

code readme.md

when using the std markdown feature

not really possible to hit the folder\s2 as you can see

# hello
try to  do  this with less pain

[some txt link](./assets/folder%202/a%20file.txt)

not sure if I type %20 would work as workround in vbscode to continue the matching ...

this was simple example to reproduce

in my case I have loads of folders, this is more realisitically a problem to me, so I created this issue.

ex

thanks

[vs-code-engineering]

Thanks for creating this issue! It looks like you may be using an old version of VS Code, the latest stable release is 1.99.1. Please try upgrading to the latest version and checking whether this issue remains.

Happy Coding!

[obar1]

Thanks for creating this issue! It looks like you may be using an old version of VS Code, the latest stable release is 1.99.1. Please try upgrading to the latest version and checking whether this issue remains.

Happy Coding!

same behaviour with code-insiders

[mjbvz]

Marking as a feature request

It doesn't work today because the space makes the link invalid. The workaround is to use an angle bracket link:

Or trigger suggestions before typing the space