Link rendering doesn't differentiate existing vs non existing files

What happened?

When I render a file link to a file that doesn’t exist, the link shows up the same as when the file does exist.

When I create links without using dataview, then links to files that don’t exist are rendered in a lighter color. The following screenshot demonstrates the difference:

Test case

Here is a sample text (note that PageA exists, but PageB does not):

[[PageA]] exists but [[PageB]] doesn't exist

```dataviewjs
dv.span(
  `${dv.fileLink("PageA")} exists but ${dv.fileLink("PageB")} doesn't exist`
);
```

DQL

No response

JS

dv.span(
  `${dv.fileLink("PageA")} exists but ${dv.fileLink("PageB")} doesn't exist`
);

Dataview Version

0.5.41

Obsidian Version

0.15.9

OS

MacOS

[renarl]

Yes, parity with Obsidian’s behavior would be great. I’m auto-generating links, and it’s important to know if the link target exists or not.

I’m happy to try a workaround if you have suggestions.

[blacksmithgu]

As far as I know, there isn’t much I can do about this in the general case of “render text with links in it”, since all Dataview is doing is calling the obsidian markdown API (MarkdownRenderer.renderMarkdown), which is actually responsible for rendering links. I.e., this is an issue with the obsidian API and not dataview in particular (you may see this behavior in similar plugins which render markdown).

I can special case the rendering of standalone links in tables to explicitly do the check and add the appropriate CSS, though that is about it.