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README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# Obsidian Dataview Autocompletion
+# Dataview Autocompletion
 
 This is a plugin for Obsidian (https://obsidian.md).
 
-Obsidian Dataview Autocomplete enhances the functionality of the popular [Dataview plugin](https://github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview)
+Dataview Autocomplete enhances the functionality of the popular [Dataview plugin](https://github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview)
 by providing autocomplete suggestions for metadata fields in the editor. This makes it easy to reuse existing fields and reduces typing errors.
 
 <img src="./assets/demo.gif" alt="Demo" width="400" >
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ by providing autocomplete suggestions for metadata fields in the editor. This ma
   
 ## Installation
 
-While plugin is [waiting](https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases/pull/4913) to be reviewed and added to the community plugin list, you can install it manually following the steps below:
+The plugin is available through Obsidian as a community plugin.
+
+### Manual installation
 
 1. Download the latest release files (manifest.json, styles.css, main.js) from the Releases page.
 2. Create a folder named "dataview-autocompletion" in the Obsidian plugins folder (.obsidian/plugins).

manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "dataview-autocompletion",
   "name": "Dataview Autocompletion",
-  "version": "0.9.1",
+  "version": "0.9.5",
   "minAppVersion": "0.15.0",
   "description": "Adds autocompletion to Dataview metadata fields",
   "author": "Daniel Bauer",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "obsidian-dataview-autocompletion",
-  "version": "0.9.1",
+  "version": "0.9.5",
   "description": "This is a plugin for Obsidian that provides autocompletion for Dataview metadata fields",
   "main": "main.js",
   "scripts": {

src/DataviewSuggester.ts

@@ -12,19 +12,17 @@ import {
 } from "obsidian";
 import { getTriggerText } from "./trigger";
 import uFuzzy from "@leeoniya/ufuzzy";
-import { getAPI, DataviewApi } from "obsidian-dataview";
 import DataviewAutocompletePlugin from "./main";
+import { SuggestionIndex } from "./SuggestionIndex";
 
 export class DataviewSuggester extends EditorSuggest<String> {
     plugin: DataviewAutocompletePlugin;
 
     maxSuggestions: number;
     searcher: uFuzzy;
+    suggestionsIndex: SuggestionIndex;
 
     initialized: boolean = false;
-    suggestionsList: string[] = [];
-    suggestionsRefs: Map<string, string[]> = new Map(); // maps file paths to included suggestions
-    suggestionsRefCount: Map<string, number> = new Map(); // maps suggestions to number of files including them
 
     constructor(
         plugin: DataviewAutocompletePlugin,
@@ -39,9 +37,10 @@ export class DataviewSuggester extends EditorSuggest<String> {
             intraMode: singleErrorMode ? 1 : 0,
             intraIns: allowExtraChars ? 1 : 0,
         });
+        this.suggestionsIndex = new SuggestionIndex(plugin);
     }
 
-    onTrigger(cursor: EditorPosition, editor: Editor, file: TFile): EditorSuggestTriggerInfo | null {
+    override onTrigger(cursor: EditorPosition, editor: Editor, file: TFile): EditorSuggestTriggerInfo | null {
         const line = editor.getLine(cursor.line);
 
         let trigger = getTriggerText(line, cursor.ch);
@@ -55,21 +54,29 @@ export class DataviewSuggester extends EditorSuggest<String> {
         return null;
     }
 
-    getSuggestions(context: EditorSuggestContext): string[] | Promise<string[]> {
+    override getSuggestions(context: EditorSuggestContext): string[] | Promise<string[]> {
-        const idxs = this.searcher.filter(this.suggestionsList, context.query);
+        const suggestionsList = this.suggestionsIndex.suggestionsList;
+
+        const idxs = this.searcher.filter(suggestionsList, context.query);
         if (idxs != null && idxs.length > 0) {
-            let info = this.searcher.info(idxs, this.suggestionsList, context.query);
+            let info = this.searcher.info(idxs, suggestionsList, context.query);
-            let order = this.searcher.sort(info, this.suggestionsList, context.query);
+            let order = this.searcher.sort(info, suggestionsList, context.query);
 
             // return top N suggestions with marks
             return order
                 .slice(0, this.maxSuggestions)
-                .map((idx) => [idx, this.suggestionsList[info.idx[idx]]])
+                .map((idx) => [idx, suggestionsList[info.idx[idx]]])
                 .map((suggestion: [number, string]) => uFuzzy.highlight(suggestion[1], info.ranges[suggestion[0]]));
         }
         return [];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Renders a suggestion string to the HTML element using a markdown renderer
+     * Uses the context to get the current editor and cursor position and
+     * finds out if the suggestion should be rendered with or without the
+     * field name.
+     */
     renderMarkdownSuggestion(value: string, el: HTMLElement): void {
         // render markdown preview of inline dataview metadata field
         let suggestionText = this.context!.editor.getLine(this.context!.start.line).slice(
@@ -79,15 +86,26 @@ export class DataviewSuggester extends EditorSuggest<String> {
         suggestionText += value.replace(/<mark>(.*?)<\/mark>/g, "$1");
         suggestionText += suggestionText.startsWith("(") ? ")" : "]";
 
+        // Different rendering for prefix suggestions
+        var markdownText;
+        if (/.*\:: [\]\)]/.test(suggestionText)) {
+            markdownText = htmlToMarkdown("[" + suggestionText.slice(1, -1) + "*…*]");
+        } else {
+            markdownText = htmlToMarkdown(suggestionText);
+        }
+        console.log(markdownText);
         MarkdownRenderer.render(
             this.app,
-            htmlToMarkdown(suggestionText),
+            markdownText,
             el,
             this.context!.file.path,
             this.app.workspace.getActiveViewOfType(MarkdownView)!,
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Render the suggestion as markdown source code with highlights
+     */
     renderSourceSuggestion(value: string, el: HTMLElement): void {
         // render source text with highlights
         // replaces <mark>...</mark> with <span>...</span>
@@ -102,7 +120,7 @@ export class DataviewSuggester extends EditorSuggest<String> {
         });
     }
 
-    renderSuggestion(value: string, el: HTMLElement): void {
+    override renderSuggestion(value: string, el: HTMLElement): void {
         const container = el.createDiv("dataview-suggestion-content");
         const titleDiv = container.createDiv("dataview-suggestion-title");
         const noteDiv = container.createDiv("dataview-suggestion-note");
@@ -111,22 +129,32 @@ export class DataviewSuggester extends EditorSuggest<String> {
         this.renderSourceSuggestion(value, noteDiv);
     }
 
-    selectSuggestion(value: string, evt: MouseEvent | KeyboardEvent): void {
+    override selectSuggestion(value: string, evt: MouseEvent | KeyboardEvent): void {
         // remove marks from selection
         value = value.replace(/<mark>(.*?)<\/mark>/g, "$1");
 
         const { editor, start, end } = this.context!;
         editor.replaceRange(value, start, end);
 
-        const newCursorPos = {
+        // move cursor to end of suggestion for finished suggestions
+        // or to the end of the prefix
+        var newCursorPos;
+        if (value.endsWith(":: ")) {
+            newCursorPos = {
+                line: end.line,
+                ch: start.ch + value.length,
+            };
+        } else {
+            newCursorPos = {
                 line: end.line,
                 ch: start.ch + value.length + 1,
             };
+        }
         editor.setCursor(newCursorPos);
     }
 
     public onDataviewIndexReady() {
-        this.buildNewIndex();
+        this.suggestionsIndex.buildNewIndex();
         this.initialized = true;
     }
 
@@ -136,218 +164,13 @@ export class DataviewSuggester extends EditorSuggest<String> {
             // console.warn("Dataview Autocompletion index not ready yet. Skipping index update");
             return;
         }
-        this.updateIndex(type, file, oldPath);
+        this.suggestionsIndex.updateIndex(type, file, oldPath);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Converts a Dataview value to a string
+     * Trigger a full rebuild of the suggestion index
-     * returns the composite value in format "key:: value"
      */
-    formatCompositeValue(key: string, value: any): string {
+    public rebuildIndex() {
-        const dataviewAPI = getAPI(this.app);
+        this.suggestionsIndex.buildNewIndex();
-
-        let stringValue: string;
-
-        // If the value is a string, number or boolean, we can simply convert it to a string
-        if (typeof value === "string" || typeof value === "number" || typeof value === "boolean") {
-            stringValue = value.toString();
-        } else if (dataviewAPI.value.typeOf(value) === "link" && value.type === "file") {
-            // parse wiki-style links
-            if (value.display !== undefined) {
-                stringValue = `[[${value.path.split("/").pop().replace(".md", "")}|${value.display}]]`;
-            } else {
-                stringValue = `[[${value.path.split("/").pop().replace(".md", "")}]]`;
-            }
-        } else {
-            stringValue = dataviewAPI.value.toString(value);
-        }
-        return `${key}:: ${stringValue}`;
-    }
-
-    filterCompositeValue(compositeValue: string): boolean {
-        for (const filterPattern of this.plugin.settings.ignoredFields) {
-            const regex = new RegExp(`^(${filterPattern})::.*`);
-            if (regex.test(compositeValue)) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    filterFile(filepath: string): boolean {
-        for (const filterPattern of this.plugin.settings.ignoredFiles) {
-            const regex = new RegExp(filterPattern);
-            if (regex.test(filepath)) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    buildNewIndex() {
-        console.log("Begin Rebuilding dataview suggestion index");
-        const startTime = performance.now();
-        const dataviewApi = getAPI(this.app);
-
-        const newSuggestions: string[] = [];
-        const newSuggestionsRefs: Map<string, string[]> = new Map();
-        const newSuggestionsRefCount: Map<string, number> = new Map();
-
-        const files = this.app.vault.getFiles();
-        for (const file of files) {
-            if (!this.filterFile(file.path)) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            const page = dataviewApi.page(file.path);
-            if (page === undefined) continue; // not a markdown file
-
-            const fields = Object.keys(page)
-                .filter((k) => k !== "file")
-                .map((k) => [k, page[k]]);
-
-            const pageRefs = [];
-
-            for (let [key, val] of fields) {
-                // fields can be a single value or a dict, so we need to handle both
-                let arrayVal;
-                if (!Array.isArray(val)) {
-                    arrayVal = [val];
-                } else {
-                    arrayVal = val;
-                }
-
-                // Add composite value "key:: value" to suggestions list
-                for (const value of arrayVal) {
-                    if (value === null || value === undefined) continue; // skip empty fields
-
-                    let compositeValue = this.formatCompositeValue(key, value);
-                    if (!this.filterCompositeValue(compositeValue)) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-
-                    if (newSuggestions.indexOf(compositeValue) === -1) {
-                        // suggestion not seen on any page yet
-                        pageRefs.push(compositeValue);
-                        newSuggestionsRefCount.set(compositeValue, 1);
-                        newSuggestions.push(compositeValue);
-                    } else if (pageRefs.indexOf(compositeValue) === -1) {
-                        // suggestion not seen on this page, but on another
-                        pageRefs.push(compositeValue);
-                        newSuggestionsRefCount.set(compositeValue, newSuggestionsRefCount.get(compositeValue)! - 1);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            newSuggestionsRefs.set(file.path, pageRefs);
-        }
-
-        // replace old index
-        this.suggestionsList = newSuggestions;
-        this.suggestionsRefCount = newSuggestionsRefCount;
-        this.suggestionsRefs = newSuggestionsRefs;
-
-        const endTime = performance.now();
-        console.log(
-            `Rebuilt dataview autocomplete index (${this.suggestionsList.length} elements, ${(endTime - startTime).toFixed(2)}ms)`,
-        );
-    }
-
-    updateIndex(type: string, file: TFile, oldPath?: string) {
-        // also triggers on create!
-        if (type === "update") {
-            if (!this.filterFile(file.path)) {
-                return;
-            }
-            const updateCompositeValues = [];
-
-            const page = getAPI(this.app).page(file.path);
-            if (page === undefined) return; // not a markdown file
-
-            const fields = Object.keys(page)
-                .filter((k) => k !== "file")
-                .map((k) => [k, page[k]]);
-            for (let [key, val] of fields) {
-                // fields can be a single value or a dict, so we need to handle both
-                let arrayVal;
-                if (!Array.isArray(val)) {
-                    arrayVal = [val];
-                } else {
-                    arrayVal = val;
-                }
-
-                for (const value of arrayVal) {
-                    if (value === null || value === undefined) continue; // skip empty fields
-
-                    let compositeValue = this.formatCompositeValue(key, value);
-                    if (!this.filterCompositeValue(compositeValue)) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    if (updateCompositeValues.indexOf(compositeValue) === -1) {
-                        updateCompositeValues.push(compositeValue);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            const oldCompositeValues = this.suggestionsRefs.get(file.path) || [];
-
-            // deleting value from index if update reduces refcount to 0
-            for (const oldCompositeValue of oldCompositeValues) {
-                if (updateCompositeValues.indexOf(oldCompositeValue) === -1) {
-                    // delete value
-                    this.suggestionsRefCount.set(
-                        oldCompositeValue,
-                        this.suggestionsRefCount.get(oldCompositeValue)! - 1,
-                    );
-                    if (this.suggestionsRefCount.get(oldCompositeValue) === 0) {
-                        this.suggestionsList.splice(this.suggestionsList.indexOf(oldCompositeValue), 1);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            // adding value to index if not present in index
-            for (const newCompositeValue of updateCompositeValues) {
-                if (!this.suggestionsRefCount.has(newCompositeValue)) {
-                    // not seen in this or other files
-                    this.suggestionsList.push(newCompositeValue);
-                    this.suggestionsRefCount.set(newCompositeValue, 1);
-                } else if (oldCompositeValues.indexOf(newCompositeValue) === -1) {
-                    this.suggestionsRefCount.set(
-                        newCompositeValue,
-                        this.suggestionsRefCount.get(newCompositeValue)! + 1,
-                    );
-                }
-            }
-            this.suggestionsRefs.set(file.path, updateCompositeValues);
-        } else if (type === "rename") {
-            if (this.filterFile(file.path) && this.filterFile(oldPath!)) {
-                // both not ignored -> move refs
-                this.suggestionsRefs.set(file.path, this.suggestionsRefs.get(oldPath!)!);
-                this.suggestionsRefs.delete(oldPath!);
-            } else if (this.filterFile(file.path)) {
-                // old path ignored, new path not ignored -> upsert
-                this.updateIndex("update", file, undefined);
-            } else if (this.filterFile(oldPath!)) {
-                // old path not ignored, new path ignored -> delete
-                for (const value of this.suggestionsRefs.get(oldPath!)!) {
-                    this.suggestionsRefCount.set(value, this.suggestionsRefCount.get(value)! - 1);
-                    if (this.suggestionsRefCount.get(value) === 0) {
-                        this.suggestionsList.splice(this.suggestionsList.indexOf(value), 1);
-                    }
-                }
-                this.suggestionsRefs.delete(oldPath!);
-            }
-        } else if (type === "delete") {
-            // iterate suggestion refs in deleted file and decrement their ref count
-            // if the ref count reaches 0, remove the suggestion from the list
-            for (const value of this.suggestionsRefs.get(file.path)!) {
-                this.suggestionsRefCount.set(value, this.suggestionsRefCount.get(value)! - 1);
-                if (this.suggestionsRefCount.get(value) === 0) {
-                    this.suggestionsList.splice(this.suggestionsList.indexOf(value), 1);
-                }
-            }
-            this.suggestionsRefs.delete(file.path);
-        } else {
-            console.debug("Unknown update type:", type, file, oldPath);
-        }
     }
 }

src/SettingsTab.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
                             .map((val) => val.trim())
                             .filter((val) => val.length > 0);
                         await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-                        this.plugin.suggester?.buildNewIndex();
+                        this.plugin.suggester?.rebuildIndex();
                     });
             });
         new Setting(containerEl)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
                             .map((val) => val.trim())
                             .filter((val) => val.length > 0);
                         await this.plugin.saveSettings();
-                        this.plugin.suggester?.buildNewIndex();
+                        this.plugin.suggester?.rebuildIndex();
                     });
             });
     }

src/SuggestionIndex.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+import { App, TFile } from "obsidian";
+import { DataObject, getAPI } from "obsidian-dataview";
+import DataviewAutocompletePlugin from "./main";
+
+export class SuggestionIndex {
+    plugin: DataviewAutocompletePlugin;
+
+    suggestionsList: string[] = [];
+    private suggestionsRefs: Map<string, string[]> = new Map(); // maps file paths to included suggestions
+    private suggestionsRefCount: Map<string, number> = new Map(); // maps suggestions to number of files including them
+
+    constructor(plugin: DataviewAutocompletePlugin) {
+        this.plugin = plugin;
+    }
+
+    public buildNewIndex() {
+        // console.log("Begin Rebuilding dataview suggestion index");
+        // const startTime = performance.now();
+        const dataviewApi = getAPI(this.plugin.app);
+
+        const newSuggestions: string[] = [];
+        const newSuggestionsRefs: Map<string, string[]> = new Map();
+        const newSuggestionsRefCount: Map<string, number> = new Map();
+
+        const files = this.plugin.app.vault.getFiles();
+        for (const file of files) {
+            if (!this.filterFile(file.path)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            const page = dataviewApi.page(file.path);
+            if (page === undefined) continue; // not a markdown file
+
+            const compositeValues = this.extractCompositeValuesFromPage(page);
+            const pageRefs = [];
+
+            for (let compositeValue of compositeValues) {
+                if (newSuggestions.indexOf(compositeValue) === -1) {
+                    // suggestion not seen on any page yet
+                    pageRefs.push(compositeValue);
+                    newSuggestionsRefCount.set(compositeValue, 1);
+                    newSuggestions.push(compositeValue);
+                } else if (pageRefs.indexOf(compositeValue) === -1) {
+                    // suggestion not seen on this page, but on another
+                    pageRefs.push(compositeValue);
+                    newSuggestionsRefCount.set(compositeValue, newSuggestionsRefCount.get(compositeValue)! - 1);
+                }
+            }
+            newSuggestionsRefs.set(file.path, pageRefs);
+        }
+
+        // replace old index
+        this.suggestionsList = newSuggestions;
+        this.suggestionsRefCount = newSuggestionsRefCount;
+        this.suggestionsRefs = newSuggestionsRefs;
+
+        // const endTime = performance.now();
+        // console.log(
+        //     `Rebuilt dataview autocomplete index (${this.suggestionsList.length} elements, ${(endTime - startTime).toFixed(2)}ms)`,
+        // );
+    }
+
+    public updateIndex(type: string, file: TFile, oldPath?: string) {
+        // also triggers on create!
+        if (type === "update") {
+            if (!this.filterFile(file.path)) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            const page = getAPI(this.plugin.app).page(file.path);
+            if (page === undefined) return; // not a markdown file
+            const updateCompositeValues = this.extractCompositeValuesFromPage(page);
+
+            const oldCompositeValues = this.suggestionsRefs.get(file.path) || [];
+
+            // deleting value from index if update reduces refcount to 0
+            for (const oldCompositeValue of oldCompositeValues) {
+                if (updateCompositeValues.indexOf(oldCompositeValue) === -1) {
+                    // delete value
+                    this.suggestionsRefCount.set(
+                        oldCompositeValue,
+                        this.suggestionsRefCount.get(oldCompositeValue)! - 1,
+                    );
+                    if (this.suggestionsRefCount.get(oldCompositeValue) === 0) {
+                        this.suggestionsList.splice(this.suggestionsList.indexOf(oldCompositeValue), 1);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            // adding value to index if not present in index
+            for (const newCompositeValue of updateCompositeValues) {
+                if (
+                    !this.suggestionsRefCount.has(newCompositeValue) ||
+                    this.suggestionsRefCount.get(newCompositeValue) === 0
+                ) {
+                    // not seen in this or other files
+                    this.suggestionsList.push(newCompositeValue);
+                    this.suggestionsRefCount.set(newCompositeValue, 1);
+                } else if (oldCompositeValues.indexOf(newCompositeValue) === -1) {
+                    this.suggestionsRefCount.set(
+                        newCompositeValue,
+                        this.suggestionsRefCount.get(newCompositeValue)! + 1,
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+            this.suggestionsRefs.set(file.path, updateCompositeValues);
+        } else if (type === "rename") {
+            if (this.filterFile(file.path) && this.filterFile(oldPath!)) {
+                // both not ignored -> move refs
+                this.suggestionsRefs.set(file.path, this.suggestionsRefs.get(oldPath!)!);
+                this.suggestionsRefs.delete(oldPath!);
+            } else if (this.filterFile(file.path)) {
+                // old path ignored, new path not ignored -> upsert
+                this.updateIndex("update", file, undefined);
+            } else if (this.filterFile(oldPath!)) {
+                // old path not ignored, new path ignored -> delete
+                for (const value of this.suggestionsRefs.get(oldPath!)!) {
+                    this.suggestionsRefCount.set(value, this.suggestionsRefCount.get(value)! - 1);
+                    if (this.suggestionsRefCount.get(value) === 0) {
+                        this.suggestionsList.splice(this.suggestionsList.indexOf(value), 1);
+                    }
+                }
+                this.suggestionsRefs.delete(oldPath!);
+            }
+        } else if (type === "delete") {
+            // iterate suggestion refs in deleted file and decrement their ref count
+            // if the ref count reaches 0, remove the suggestion from the list
+            for (const value of this.suggestionsRefs.get(file.path)!) {
+                this.suggestionsRefCount.set(value, this.suggestionsRefCount.get(value)! - 1);
+                if (this.suggestionsRefCount.get(value) === 0) {
+                    this.suggestionsList.splice(this.suggestionsList.indexOf(value), 1);
+                }
+            }
+            this.suggestionsRefs.delete(file.path);
+        } else {
+            console.debug("Unknown update type:", type, file, oldPath);
+        }
+    }
+
+    extractCompositeValuesFromPage(page: DataObject): string[] {
+        const fields = Object.keys(page)
+            .filter((k) => k !== "file")
+            .map((k) => [k, page[k]]);
+
+        const compositeValues: string[] = [];
+
+        for (let [key, val] of fields) {
+            // fields can be a single value or a dict, so we need to handle both
+            let arrayVal;
+            if (!Array.isArray(val)) {
+                arrayVal = [val];
+            } else {
+                arrayVal = val;
+            }
+
+            // Add composite value "key:: value" to suggestions list
+            for (const value of arrayVal) {
+                if (value === null || value === undefined) continue; // skip empty fields
+
+                let compositeValue = this.formatCompositeValue(key, value);
+                compositeValues.push(compositeValue);
+                let prefixValue = key + ":: ";
+                if (compositeValues.indexOf(prefixValue) < 0) {
+                    compositeValues.push(prefixValue);
+                }
+                if (!this.filterCompositeValue(compositeValue)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return compositeValues;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Filters out composite values from suggestions that match any of the ignored fields.
+     * @returns true if the value should be shown in suggestions, false otherwise
+     */
+    filterCompositeValue(compositeValue: string): boolean {
+        for (const filterPattern of this.plugin.settings.ignoredFields) {
+            const regex = new RegExp(`^(${filterPattern})::.*`);
+            if (regex.test(compositeValue)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts a Dataview value to a string
+     * returns the composite value in format "key:: value"
+     */
+    formatCompositeValue(key: string, value: any): string {
+        const dataviewAPI = getAPI(this.plugin.app);
+
+        let stringValue: string;
+
+        // If the value is a string, number or boolean, we can simply convert it to a string
+        if (typeof value === "string" || typeof value === "number" || typeof value === "boolean") {
+            stringValue = value.toString();
+        } else if (dataviewAPI.value.typeOf(value) === "link" && value.type === "file") {
+            // parse wiki-style links
+            if (value.display !== undefined) {
+                stringValue = `[[${value.path.split("/").pop().replace(".md", "")}|${value.display}]]`;
+            } else {
+                stringValue = `[[${value.path.split("/").pop().replace(".md", "")}]]`;
+            }
+        } else {
+            stringValue = dataviewAPI.value.toString(value);
+        }
+        return `${key}:: ${stringValue}`;
+    }
+
+    filterFile(filepath: string): boolean {
+        for (const filterPattern of this.plugin.settings.ignoredFiles) {
+            const regex = new RegExp(filterPattern);
+            if (regex.test(filepath)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}