Error - The markup provided is not valid link markup - when trying to add a link to a wiki page

Question

This feature was working. When I try to insert a link to another wiki page (Insert, Advanced), I type [ and automatically get The markup provided is not valid link markup.

No matter what I type after the [ symbol or even if I type a word (of a page title I know exists) and press Control+Shift+K, nothing happens.

Is there something in Confluence that I removed or changed by accident to cause this problem now.

Jonathan Starr_66uezz · Answer

This can be caused by a leading space in the markup string (i.e., a space before a document name to which you wish to link).

Kip Coleman · Answer

I'm having this issue. Confluence 5.7

loretta rinaldi · Answer

4.3.2 - Not sure if it is related, but I had two plugins from Bob Swift Software - Excel Plugin and Table Sorter Library. I installed them and did not like them so I disabled.  That is only thing I am aware of, that changed in Confluence. Thanks.