reference-links-and-images.md

Reference Links and Images

Valid Links

Full reference link: text

Collapsed reference link: label

Shortcut reference link: label

Same line: text label label

Mixed case: TEXT LABEL LABEL

With spaces: text text

With nested brackets: t[ex]t

With inline content: text

With inline code span: code

Shortcut inline code span: code

Multi-line full text: multi line

Multi-line full label: text

Multi-line collapsed label: multi line collapsed label

Multi-line shortcut label: multi line shortcut label

Multi-line full text: multi line

Multi-line full label: text

Multi-line collapsed label: blockquote multi line collapsed label

Multi-line shortcut label: blockquote multi line shortcut label

Multi-line shortcut label: blockquote blockquote multi line shortcut label

Dedicated line: text

Dedicated line with trailing colon: text:

Shortcut ending in colon: colon:

Use of multi-line label: multi-line-label

Use of link in label: link-in-label

Standard link: text

Wrapped in brackets: [text] [unique1] [unique2]

[Embedded text in unique4 brackets unique5]

Invalid Links

Missing label: [text][missing] {MD052}

Mixed valid/invalid: text [text][missing] {MD052}

Missing multi-line label {MD052}: [text][missing label]

Missing label in blockquote: [text][missing] {MD052}

Non-Links

Space: [text] [wrong]

Empty: [text][ ]

Code span: [wrong]

Code span: [wrong][]

Code span: [text][wrong]

Code span: [[wrong]]

Code span: [[wrong][]]

Code span: [[text][wrong]]

Escaped left text: [text][wrong]

Escaped right text: [text][wrong]

Escaped left label: [text][wrong]

Escaped right label: [text][wrong]

Valid Images

Full style:

Collapsed style:

Shortcut style:

Image in link:

Image in shortcut link:

Wrapped in brackets: []

Embedded [in brackets]

Invalid Images

Image only: ![text][missing] {MD052}

Image in link: ![text][missing] {MD052}

Non-Images

Escaped left text: ![text][wrong]

Escaped right text: ![text][wrong]

Escaped left label: ![text][wrong]

Escaped right label: ![text][wrong]

Valid Footnotes

Footnote¹

Invalid Footnotes

Missing[^2]

Valid Labels

Ignored Labels

Invalid Labels

Duplicate/unused:

blank-line-filler-0 blank-line-filler-1

[Escaped left]: text

[Escaped right]: text

Valid Links and Images after Labels

Link and image: text

More Invalid Links and Images after Labels

Bad link with image [][missing] {MD052}

Shortcut One-Way Handling

Validates the label: shortcut

Not flagged due to ambiguity: [ignored]

Open Bracket Pairs

Unmatched [ in text

Hidden reference: [hidden][] {MD052}

Link references inside reference definitions

Text with a ² in it

Footnotes

1. https://example.com/footnote {MD034} ↩

2. Footnote with an embedded-reference in it ↩