Org mode supports clickable images in the following form: [[https://orgmode.org][file:/tmp/org-mode-logo.png]]
This is also displayed by =org-display-inline-images= as the second case: #+begin_quote An inline image is a link which follows either of these conventions: 1. Its path is a file with an extension matching return value from image-file-name-regexp and it has no contents. 2. Its description consists in a single link of the previous type. In this case, that link must be a well-formed plain or angle link, i.e., it must have an explicit "file" type. #+end_quote However, this docstring isn't quite true. - The image link is parsed as a plain link, and thus if it contains spaces, it must be wrapped in angle brackets. This should be mentioned in the docstring. - More crucially, it does not support =org-link-abbrev-alist=, which works in case 1. Yes: [[file:/tmp/org-mode-logo.png]] Yes: [[my-abbrev:org-mode-logo.png]] Yes: [[https://example.com][file:/tmp/org-mode-logo.png]] Yes: [[https://example.com][<file:/tmp/with a space.png>]] No: [[https://example.com][file:/tmp/with a space.png]] (docstring should mention this and suggest angle links) No: [[https://example.com][my-abbrev:org-mode-logo.png]] (this should work)