Searching file aliases

main.ts

@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ export default class Blockreffer extends Plugin {
 			if (cache && cache.blocks) {
 				const fileContent = await app.vault.cachedRead(file);
 
+				const aliases = cache.frontmatter && cache.frontmatter.aliases ?
+					cache.frontmatter.aliases :
+					[];
+
 				for (const [id] of Object.entries(cache.blocks)) {
 					const blockContent = fileContent.slice(
 						cache.blocks[id].position.start.offset,
@@ -92,6 +96,7 @@ export default class Blockreffer extends Plugin {
 						file: file,
 						id: id,
 						content: blockContent.trim(),
+						aliases: aliases
 					});
 				}
 			}
@@ -113,6 +118,7 @@ interface BlockSuggestion {
 	file: TFile;
 	id: string;
 	content: string;
+	aliases: string[];
 }
 
 type BlockRefAction = "embed" | "open";
@@ -175,13 +181,14 @@ class BlockSearchModal extends FuzzySuggestModal<BlockSuggestion> {
 
 	// fuzzy-searchable content
 	getItemText(item: BlockSuggestion): string {
-		let toSearch = ""
+		const toSearch = []
 
-		if (this.plugin.settings.toSearch.content) toSearch += item.content.replace(`^${item.id}`, "").trim();
-		if (this.plugin.settings.toSearch.path   ) toSearch += item.file.path;
-		if (this.plugin.settings.toSearch.id     ) toSearch += item.id;
+		if (this.plugin.settings.toSearch.content) toSearch.push(item.content.replace(`^${item.id}`, "").trim());
+		if (this.plugin.settings.toSearch.path   ) toSearch.push(item.file.path);
+		if (this.plugin.settings.toSearch.id     ) toSearch.push(item.id);
+		if (this.plugin.settings.toSearch.aliases) toSearch.push(item.aliases.join(" "))
 
-		return toSearch;
+		return toSearch.join(" ");
 	}
 
 	renderSuggestion({ item }: FuzzyMatch<BlockSuggestion>, el: HTMLElement) {

settings/settings.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ export interface BlockrefferSettings {
 
         /** Whether to search for matches by file ID. */
         id: boolean;
+
+        /** Whether to search for matches by file aliases. */
+        aliases: boolean;
     };
 
     /** Maximum number of search results to display. */
@@ -43,9 +46,10 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: BlockrefferSettings = {
     toSearch: {
         content: true, 
         path: true, 
-        id: true
+        id: true,
+		aliases: true
     },
     searchLimit: 10,
     removeIdFromContent: true,
     fileName: "base" as const,
-}
+}

settings/settingsTab.ts

@@ -168,5 +168,16 @@ export class BlockrefferSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
                     await this.plugin.saveSettings();
                 })
             );
+
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName("File aliases")
+            .setDesc("Search for file aliases.")
+			.addToggle(toggle => toggle
+                .setValue(this.plugin.settings.toSearch.aliases)
+                .onChange(async (value) => {
+                    this.plugin.settings.toSearch.aliases = value
+                    await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+                })
+            );
 	}
-}
+}