Unable to unlink

  • Bear Version:
    バージョン2.3.6 (13032) and earlier versions
  • OS Version:
    macOS 15.1.1 (24B91)
  • What were you doing:
  1. Type example.app
  2. Enter ⌘K to edit the link.
  • What feature did you use:
    Edit Link
  • What happened:
    There is no link address in Edit Link dialog.
  • What did you expect to happen:
    The link address can be deleted.

Issue 1

  1. Type example.app. (Bear makes it a link)
  2. Enter ⌘K to edit the link.

    The address is empty. I cannot unlink it.

Issue 2

  1. Paste https://www.apple.com.
  2. Enter ⌘K to edit the link.
  3. Empty the address.
  4. Click the Done button. I can unlink it.
  5. Delete “Apple”. Then type example.app. (Bear makes it a link)
  6. Enter ⌘K to edit the link. The address is wrong.
  7. Empty the address.
  8. Click the Done button. It’s still a link.
  9. Enter ⌘K to edit the link.

    I cannot remove the address.

By the way, this Japanese translation is strange.

Hello,

Bear comes with automatic URL detection. Example.app is a valid domain that is automatically linked and can’t be unlinked. This is pretty common for note-taking and writing apps, as it’s meant to facilitate opening, copying, and pasting links.
The Apple one is a markdown link and you possibly copied the URL from somewhere and pasted it into Bear which has generated the MD link.

The label is supposed to say Show Preview, can you suggest an alternative translation?

There is no problem that Bear automatically recognizes strings as URLs.

However, don’t you think it’s not a good specification that the user can’t unlink? Because it is in a different state from the intention of the user who typed the string.

I often share sentences I created with Bear on GitHub or Slack. In that case, I’m in trouble because meaningless links will also be shared.

Please let me know if there is a good workaround.

I manually remove the link every time I copy the text, but I inevitably overlook or forget to change it.

The Apple one is a markdown link and you possibly copied the URL from somewhere and pasted it into Bear which has generated the MD link.

Yes. I copied the URL from the Safari address bar. And I recognize that Bear made the MD link.

Is it also a specification that the URL of example.app in issue 2 is replaced by Apple’s URL?

After deleting the Apple string, type example.com in that location. Why did it become the deleted Apple URL?

The label is supposed to say Show Preview, can you suggest an alternative translation?

“Show Preview”

“Preview” → “プレビュー”
“Show” → “表示する”
“Show Preview” → “プレビューを表示する”

Proposal 1:
“プレビュー表示”

Proposal 2:
“ピレビュー”

I recommend proposal 1.

I think it’s a pretty common feature of many markdown note-taking app but I can understand some people don’t want it.

You are not editing the link example.com because is not an MD link. When you create a markdown link Bear detects if you have a URL in the pasteboard and proposes it in the link panel.

Thanks for the translation suggestions.

I understood what you and the Bear team think. If you have the opportunity in the future, please consider it.

I was able to understand that this is also a specification. However, if the user does not understand how it works, the user (like me) may wonder.

You’re welcome!