@bogenschlag (Christian Bogen) posted a new topic, subject "Inline “#tagging” with [[links]]". It read:

   While I very much like the idea of mainly using links as “tags” and tags really just as indicators of status, I have not yet found a satisfactory solutions for inline “tagging” with links in cases where the links are _not_ part of the actual text, eg. when with “real” tags I'd append them to a headline or bullet point etc. like this:
    [code] 
        # Some headline #tag1 #tag2 #tag3
        
    [/code]
    
    Form some reason I don't like _just_ to append links:
    [code] 
        # Some headline [[link 1]] [[link 2]] [[link 3]]
        
    [/code]
    
    I've exprimented with something like
    [code] 
        # Some headline ([[link 1]], [[link 2]], [[link 3]])
        
    [/code]
    
    but found it not to be ideal with more and longer links. Instead I'm now using a Logseq-inspired approach to denote the “tag character” of the links:
    [code] 
        # Some headline #[[link 1]] #[[link 2]] #[[link 3]]
        
    [/code]
    
    Still, this feels like a workaround and not entirely satisfactory. So I'm simply curious: How do other people (who—largely—prefer links to tag) solve that?
    
    * * *
    
    PS: I guess for the ideal solution _for me_ would be the actual approach Logseq has where tags simply _are_ different visual representations of links _and_ where block metadata can be added to _every_ block/paragraph/bullet point like
    [code] 
        - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit
          tags8b7c:f320:99b9:690f:4595:cd17:293a:c069 [[link 1]] [[link 2]] [[link 3]]
        
    [/code]
    
    so that blocks can be tagged while keeping the tags out of the way.
    
    But here we are: That's not how Obsidian does it.

@MagePrometheus replied

    I moved from Logseq to Obsidian because I couldn't get on with tags as pages and the auto-creation of pages from properties, though some of the nightmares can be disabled. I know others who went the other way and love Logseq's data mapping of every line into a block, inherited properties and complex queries.
    
    I like tags for status and top-level categorisation. Too many tags can get out of hand quickly but it's not so bad with hierarchical tags. I use value: name properties in the front matter and valu8b7c:f320:99b9:690f:4595:cd17:293a:c069 name properties (used by dataview) but I don't add them to heading lines.
    
    I hope you find a way to have a friction-free way of doing what you want. It's the underlying design philosophy of the two programs that give them the pros and cons.

So @CawlinTeffid replied

    If you want your tag-links hidden (as suggested by the last part of your post), you could put them in comments.
    [code] 
        - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit %% [[link 1]] [[link 2]] [[link 3]] %% 
        
    [/code]
    
    Actually that only hides them in Reading View. I don't know how Logseq presents what you showed, so maybe that's OK.

Then @bogenschlag (Christian Bogen) said

    Interesting idea, I'll check it out—thanks! 
    
    Update: Hides them very completely, indeed, though in reading view (and looks cluttered in editing mode). 
    
    The Logseq approach mentioned in the PS looks like this:
    
    image1658×348 112 KB
    
    It is clear to me, though, I won't be able replicate _that_ in Obsidian. 
    
    Just curious how other people might handle this.

So @CawlinTeffid replied

    If you want them on the next line, you can add a break `<br>` at the end of the paragraph and I _think_ search previews will show the paragraph when you search the tag. If you enable Settings > Editor > Strict Line Breaks, you can use the less obtrusive Markdown syntax of 2 or more spaces at the end of the line instead of `<br>`.

@bogenschlag (Christian Bogen) replied

    Yes, that's something I've tried, too. It doesn't really work with headers, though, and in bullet lists it seemed to “break” a lot when moving stuff around.
    
    (Thanks anyway, I really do appreciate the suggestion!)


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