[chhoumann]

Summary

In the Edit aliases prompt, typing [[ never showed link suggestions. Instead, [[ became its own pill. MetaEdit adds its own [[ suggester to the aliases widget because Obsidian's aliases widget has none.

Cause: NativeWikilinkSuggester fed AbstractInputSuggest through a hidden mirror <input> and moved focus into it on every [[. The pill input lost focus, so Obsidian's multi-select committed [[ as a pill and re-rendered. That re-render removed the mirror, so focus fell to body and no popover opened.

Fix: AbstractInputSuggest accepts a contenteditable div, so the suggester now attaches to the pill input directly and reads the [[query from its text. The mirror input, its focus juggling, and its CSS are gone (net -51 lines).

The E2E test for this path had been skipped since #168, with a note saying synthetic DOM events wedged the obsidian-e2e transport. With the current transport it no longer wedges. It just timed out waiting for suggestions, which was this bug. The test is re-enabled. Its helpers now type the link query after [[, as a user does.

Verification

Obsidian 1.13.7, Linux, isolated obsidian-e2e vault, real keystrokes through CDP Input.insertText / Input.dispatchKeyEvent:

• On master, typing [[A, B gives pills Alias One, [[ and no suggestions.
• On this branch, typing [[A, B shows the A, B suggestion. Enter fills [[A, B]], a second Enter commits the pill, and Save writes - "[[A, B]]" to aliases.
• tests/e2e/native-properties.test.ts (wikilink test included): 6 passed. With master's src/ and styles.css it fails with Timed out waiting for .suggestion-item.
• pnpm run lint, pnpm run build, pnpm run test (359 passed).

Release impact: user-facing fix, no settings or API changes.

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Note

Low Risk
Scoped to aliases wikilink fallback UI and E2E helpers; no auth, data migration, or broad API changes.

Overview
Fixes wikilink autocomplete in the native aliases editor by rewiring NativeWikilinkSuggester so it no longer uses a hidden mirror <input> and focus juggling (which caused [[ to commit as a pill before suggestions could appear).

The suggester now binds AbstractInputSuggest directly to the aliases multi-select contenteditable, derives the query from trailing [[… text in getSuggestions, and applies the chosen link via setValue. NativeWidgetHost teardown calls close() instead of a custom destroy(), and the mirror-input CSS is removed.

The previously skipped E2E native wikilink suggestions test is re-enabled; helpers type [[ plus the query (like a user) instead of only [[ with synthetic input/keyup events.

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Note

Fix wikilink suggestions in the native aliases editor by attaching to the contenteditable div

• NativeWikilinkSuggester now attaches directly to the contenteditable HTMLDivElement instead of creating and syncing a hidden mirror input; the mirror element, its CSS rule, and the custom destroy method are removed
• getSuggestions matches the trailing wikilink expression in the full input text and filters paths and aliases case-insensitively; text without a trailing wikilink returns no suggestions
• acceptSuggestion writes the selected link through AbstractInputSuggest.setValue before restoring focus and dispatching the input event
• Enables the previously skipped e2e test for wikilink suggestions in text, multitext, and aliases widgets (native-properties.test.ts)
• Behavioral Change: inputs without a trailing incomplete wikilink no longer produce suggestions

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