relative md links not working when in subdirectories

If I have the following md directory structure:

/var/www/html/docs/ /var/www/html/docs/index.html /var/www/html/docs/test/ /var/www/html/docs/test/top.md /var/www/html/docs/test/subdir/ /var/www/html/docs/test/subdir/subdir.md

With index.html contains: <zero-md src="test/top.md"></zero-md>

And top.md contains: [subdir](subdir/subdir.md)

Then when browsing to “http://<domain.com>/docs/” the “subdir” link in the zero-md rendered html of top.md incorrectly points to: http://<domain.com>/docs/subdir/subdir.md

whereas the “subdir” link should point to: http://<domain.com>/docs/test/subdir/subdir.md so there is a missing path sub dir of “test”

[zerodevx]

Better handling of relative links is definitely in the pipeline. This is especially true for the use case @fbalady-synamedia described:

Regarding why the link, although the issue is the same, the primary use case I’m after is linking to an image in an “images” subdirectory using notation. That also doesn’t work correctly when using relative links.

However, in the case of intercepting anchor links to another .md file (within the same domain), and doing a re-render, this falls within the realms of client-side routing and SPA, so I’m not sure if it’s something people would expect.

Instead, a gist (or a recipe) like what @neskk posted would work quite well outside the remit of zero-md - where you can optionally chain History API pushState to update the URL bar if your use-case requires it.

IMO, what zero-md needs is a more elegant (and more up-to-date) way that exposes hooks where consumers can subscribe to and extend functionality, customised to their needs, if required. This also goes to my Long List of Stuff to Change in the new release. 😅

[zerodevx]

Thanks for the feedback @fbalady-synamedia - since zero-md is due for an update I’ll probably add logic for relative link handling in the next release soon. Let’s keep this issue open for now - stay tuned!