exported links to "named" notes should be preserved upon import

src/public/app/services/link.js

@@ -170,11 +170,16 @@ async function loadReferenceLinkTitle(noteId, $el) {
         title = note.isDeleted ? `${note.title} (deleted)` : note.title;
     }
 
+    if (note) {
         $el.addClass(note.getColorClass());
+    }
+
     $el.text(title);
 
+    if (note) {
         $el.prepend($("<span>").addClass(note.getIcon()));
     }
+}
 
 $(document).on('click', "a", goToLink);
 $(document).on('auxclick', "a", goToLink); // to handle middle button

src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js

@@ -361,12 +361,16 @@ export default class EditableTextTypeWidget extends AbstractTextTypeWidget {
     }
 
     async createNoteForReferenceLink(title) {
-        const {note} = await noteCreateService.createNoteWithTypePrompt(this.notePath, {
+        const resp = await noteCreateService.createNoteWithTypePrompt(this.notePath, {
             activate: false,
             title: title
         });
 
-        return treeService.getSomeNotePath(note);
+        if (!resp) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        return treeService.getSomeNotePath(resp.note);
     }
 
     async refreshIncludedNoteEvent({noteId}) {

src/services/export/zip.js

@@ -432,7 +432,18 @@ ${markdownContent}`;
 
     for (const noteMeta of Object.values(noteIdToMeta)) {
         // filter out relations which are not inside this export
-        noteMeta.attributes = noteMeta.attributes.filter(attr => attr.type !== 'relation' || attr.value in noteIdToMeta);
+        noteMeta.attributes = noteMeta.attributes.filter(attr => {
+            if (attr.type !== 'relation') {
+                return true;
+            } else if (attr.value in noteIdToMeta) {
+                return true;
+            } else if (attr.value === 'root' || attr.value?.startsWith("_")) {
+                // relations to "named" noteIds can be preserved
+                return true;
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     if (!rootMeta) { // corner case of disabled export for exported note

src/services/import/zip.js

@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ async function importZip(taskContext, fileBuffer, importRootNote) {
             return "";
         }
 
+        if (origNoteId === 'root' || origNoteId.startsWith("_")) {
+            // these "named" noteIds don't differ between Trilium instances
+            return origNoteId;
+        }
+
         if (!noteIdMap[origNoteId]) {
             noteIdMap[origNoteId] = utils.newEntityId();
         }
@@ -318,7 +323,7 @@ async function importZip(taskContext, fileBuffer, importRootNote) {
                     return `href="${url}"`;
                 }
 
-                if (isUrlAbsolute(url)) {
+                if (url.startsWith('#') || isUrlAbsolute(url)) {
                     return match;
                 }
 
@@ -330,7 +335,13 @@ async function importZip(taskContext, fileBuffer, importRootNote) {
             content = content.replace(/data-note-path="([^"]*)"/g, (match, notePath) => {
                 const noteId = notePath.split("/").pop();
 
-                const targetNoteId = noteIdMap[noteId];
+                let targetNoteId;
+
+                if (noteId === 'root' || noteId.startsWith("_")) { // named noteIds stay identical across instances
+                    targetNoteId = noteId;
+                } else {
+                    targetNoteId = noteIdMap[noteId];
+                }
 
                 return `data-note-path="root/${targetNoteId}"`;
             });

src/services/search/search_result.js

@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ class SearchResult {
 
         // add one more time for note title alone (already contained in the notePathTitle),
         // thus preferring notes with matches on its own note title as opposed to ancestors or descendants
-        this.addScoreForStrings(tokens, becca.notes[this.noteId].title, 1.5);
+        const note = becca.notes[this.noteId];
+        this.addScoreForStrings(tokens, note.title, 1.5);
+
+        if (note.isInHiddenSubtree()) {
+            this.score = this.score / 2;
+        }
     }
 
     addScoreForStrings(tokens, str, factor) {

src/services/search/services/search.js

@@ -151,9 +151,6 @@ function findResultsWithExpression(expression, searchContext) {
         noteIdToNotePath: {}
     };
 
-    const ancestorNote = becca.getNote(searchContext.ancestorNoteId || 'root');
-    const showNotesInHiddenSubtree = ancestorNote.hasAncestor('_hidden');
-
     const noteSet = expression.execute(allNoteSet, executionContext, searchContext);
 
     const searchResults = noteSet.notes
@@ -168,10 +165,6 @@ function findResultsWithExpression(expression, searchContext) {
                 throw new Error(`Can't find note path for note ${JSON.stringify(note.getPojo())}`);
             }
 
-            if (!showNotesInHiddenSubtree && notePathArray.includes('_hidden')) {
-                return null;
-            }
-
             return new SearchResult(notePathArray);
         })
         .filter(note => !!note);