# How to insert an internal link in an org roam note? **URL:** \ **Category:** How To\ **Created:** [September 15, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754 "2020-09-15T06:07:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![roi.holtzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@roi.holtzman](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/roi.holtzman)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/1 "2020-09-15T06:07:52Z")
I want to add an internal link to a section inside an org roam note. The problem is that when I put the cursor on the link emacs thinks I want to create a new org-roam note. So I guess this is not the proper way to insert an internal link. How should I do it? MWE: ``` * Section 1 :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: my_custom_id :END: * Section 2 see section [[#my_custom_id]] ``` ---
**Author:** ![sinqbad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/sinqbad/32/414_2.png) [@sinqbad](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/sinqbad)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/2 "2020-10-01T15:45:37Z")
1. Place the cursor over \* Section 1 2. `C-c L` to label the the section. A `:PROPERTIES:` drawer will appear along with a _generated_ id. 3. Copy the id 4. where "see section [[#my\_custom\_id]] instead, C-c C-l and select `id:` and paste the id. `org-toggle-link-display` shows the link as [[id:f27926b3-0333-4233-9c96-4d716d1fb5ee]] in my case. 5. This link will work on any file, the same one and outside files. ---
**Author:** ![roi.holtzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@roi.holtzman](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/roi.holtzman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/3 "2020-10-01T16:29:07Z")
Thanks! Isn’t there a way to use some informative name for the label (i.e. the `custom_id`)? ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/4 "2020-10-02T06:10:09Z")
@roi.holtzman I do not know a way to use the `custom_id` property, but quick three examples to use the heading itself within a note: ![org-roam-link-to-heading](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/orgroam/original/1X/20efe715abe928f0b93ee9480a0ea8d9143e92f5.gif) The first example is a plain Org Mode’s capability, I think (I believe it’s called “fuzzy link”). The second is an Org-roam capability. The last example looks to be a bug (the asterisk “\*” should be inserted after “roam:” to be the same as the second example – not reported yet, I don’t think). I believe if you want also a backlink for the heading, then you would need the ID property for the headline (but that does not seem to be what you are going for). Here is the relevant [Org-roam manual page](https://www.orgroam.com/manual/Inserting-Links.html#Inserting-Links). ---
**Author:** ![roi.holtzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@roi.holtzman](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/roi.holtzman)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/5 "2020-10-04T14:02:02Z")
Do you need to set something in order for that to work? I don’t have that functionality in my setup for some reason. ![org-link](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/orgroam/original/1X/4a13e2c443db63005437448f546be900635f2853.gif) ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/6 "2020-10-04T19:30:30Z")
Try Company mode. I believe [this post](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782) gives you some direction. You can jump to the section named “Configuration”. ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/7 "2020-10-05T16:57:26Z")
> [@nobiot](#): > > The last example looks to be a bug (the asterisk “\*” should be inserted after “roam:” to be the same as the second example – not reported yet, I don’t think). This is now fixed. Lightening speed (⚡ ⚡), @jethro, thank you. ![org-completion-at-point-fixed](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/orgroam/original/1X/35ceefbc01890ba7b0d091973b06897a235662cf.gif) ---
**Author:** ![roi.holtzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@roi.holtzman](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/roi.holtzman)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/8 "2020-10-26T19:21:41Z")
How do you set the double bracket `[[link here]]` to stay there after the cursor goes out? ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/9 "2020-10-26T20:54:26Z")
Like in the demo? That’s the standard behavior of Emacs I think. I don’t configure anything for that. ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/10 "2020-10-26T20:56:14Z")
Oh wait. What do you mean? You are not talking about cursor? ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/11 "2020-10-26T20:57:19Z")
org-toggle-link-display or something. It’s a command (function that you can call interactively) ---
**Author:** ![roi.holtzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@roi.holtzman](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/roi.holtzman)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/12 "2020-10-26T21:46:33Z")
Great! thanks! When I put a link and the cursor is before the closing brackets `[[link|]]` (in the `|` sign), then `TAB` does not take me out of the link. Do you have the same behavior? I use org-cdlatex which might cause problems here… ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/13 "2020-10-27T07:28:31Z")
Same in my Emacs. I think that is deliberate design choice. I asked Jethro (believe it was somewhere in the forum); you may want to follow the link by a “\*” to further look for a headline within the note, like this: `[[link*headline]]` That’s why the cursor remains inside the bracket. I usually use `C-e` to get out as a link is almost always (for me) at the end of the line I am writing (because I’m in the middle of the writing). ---
**Author:** ![WAKA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/waka/32/668_2.png) [@WAKA](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/WAKA)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/14 "2021-02-22T12:48:51Z")
Dear nobiot, Please check this link ! I can not open this [Org-roam manual page], yet. Yours, WAKAMATSU ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/15 "2021-02-22T17:29:20Z")
It’s probably easy for you to do the following: 1. Refer to the manual in Emacs (`C-h i`) If you are on Windows and use Doom, you may not easily have the in-system manual, if so, consider Option 2 below. 2. Go to [Org-roam User Manual](https://www.orgroam.com/manual.html), and find the page Search for the term you are looking for ---
**Author:** ![roi.holtzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@roi.holtzman](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/roi.holtzman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 7:38am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-insert-an-internal-link-in-an-org-roam-note/754/16 "2022-12-05T07:38:38Z")
I wanted to update this thread for future reference. I am using org documents to export to latex. I find this solution for references very useful: ```auto * Section 1 \label{sec:test} reference to Sec. \ref{sec:test} ```