diff --git a/src/providers/xref.provider.ts b/src/providers/xref.provider.ts
index 949452d9..6ebbda91 100644
--- a/src/providers/xref.provider.ts
+++ b/src/providers/xref.provider.ts
@@ -30,18 +30,41 @@ function shouldProvide (context: Context): boolean {
 }
 
 async function getLabels (): Promise<string[]> {
+  const files = await vscode.workspace.findFiles('**/*.adoc')
+  const contentOfFilesConcatenated = files
+    .map((uri) => readFileSync(uri.path).toString('utf-8'))
+    .join('\n')
+  const labelsFromLegacyBlock = await getLabelsFromLegacyBlock(contentOfFilesConcatenated)
+  const labelsFromShorthandNotation = await getLabelsFromShorthandNotation(contentOfFilesConcatenated)
+  const labelsFromLonghandNotation = await getLabelsFromLonghandNotation(contentOfFilesConcatenated)
+  return labelsFromLegacyBlock.concat(labelsFromShorthandNotation, labelsFromLonghandNotation)
+}
+
+async function getLabelsFromLonghandNotation (content: string): Promise<string[]> {
+  const regex = /\[id=(\w+)\]/g
+  const matched = content.match(regex)
+  if (matched) {
+    return matched.map((result) => result.replace('[id=', '').replace(']', ''))
+  }
+  return []
+}
+
+async function getLabelsFromShorthandNotation (content: string): Promise<string[]> {
+  const regex = /\[#(\w+)\]/g
+  const matched = content.match(regex)
+  if (matched) {
+    return matched.map((result) => result.replace('[#', '').replace(']', ''))
+  }
+  return []
+}
+
+async function getLabelsFromLegacyBlock (content: string): Promise<string[]> {
   const regex = /\[\[(\w+)\]\]/g
-  const labels = await vscode.workspace.findFiles('**/*.adoc').then((files) => {
-    const contentOfFilesConcatenated = files
-      .map((uri) => readFileSync(uri.path).toString('utf-8'))
-      .join('\n')
-    const matched = contentOfFilesConcatenated.match(regex)
-    if (matched) {
-      return matched.map((result) => result.replace('[[', '').replace(']]', ''))
-    }
-    return []
-  })
-  return labels
+  const matched = content.match(regex)
+  if (matched) {
+    return matched.map((result) => result.replace('[[', '').replace(']]', ''))
+  }
+  return []
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/test/xrefCompletionProvider.test.ts b/src/test/xrefCompletionProvider.test.ts
index 2f92aa43..5ea973b9 100644
--- a/src/test/xrefCompletionProvider.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/xrefCompletionProvider.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Position } from 'vscode'
 let root
 
 suite('Xref CompletionsProvider', () => {
-  const createdFiles: vscode.Uri[] = []
+  let createdFiles: vscode.Uri[] = []
   setup(() => {
     root = vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders[0].uri.fsPath
   })
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ suite('Xref CompletionsProvider', () => {
     for (const createdFile of createdFiles) {
       await vscode.workspace.fs.delete(createdFile)
     }
+    createdFiles = []
   })
   test('Should return other ids from old style double-brackets as completion after "xref:"', async () => {
     const fileToAutoComplete = vscode.Uri.file(`${root}/fileToAutoComplete.adoc`)
@@ -33,4 +34,53 @@ suite('Xref CompletionsProvider', () => {
       label: 'anOldStyleID[]',
     })
   })
+  test('Should return ids declared using the shorthand syntax as completion after "xref:"', async () => {
+    const fileToAutoComplete = vscode.Uri.file(`${root}/fileToAutoComplete.adoc`)
+    await vscode.workspace.fs.writeFile(fileToAutoComplete, Buffer.from('xref:'))
+    createdFiles.push(fileToAutoComplete)
+
+    const fileThatShouldAppearInAutoComplete = vscode.Uri.file(`${root}/fileToAppearInAutoComplete.adoc`)
+    await vscode.workspace.fs.writeFile(fileThatShouldAppearInAutoComplete, Buffer.from('[#aShortHandID]'))
+    createdFiles.push(fileThatShouldAppearInAutoComplete)
+
+    const file = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(fileToAutoComplete)
+    const completionsItems = await xrefProvider.provideCompletionItems(file, new Position(0, 5))
+    const filteredCompletionItems = completionsItems.filter((completionItem) => completionItem.label === 'aShortHandID[]')
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(filteredCompletionItems[0], {
+      kind: vscode.CompletionItemKind.Reference,
+      label: 'aShortHandID[]',
+    })
+  })
+  test('Should return ids declared using the longhand syntax as completion after "xref:"', async () => {
+    const fileToAutoComplete = vscode.Uri.file(`${root}/fileToAutoComplete.adoc`)
+    await vscode.workspace.fs.writeFile(fileToAutoComplete, Buffer.from('xref:'))
+    createdFiles.push(fileToAutoComplete)
+
+    const fileThatShouldAppearInAutoComplete = vscode.Uri.file(`${root}/fileToAppearInAutoComplete.adoc`)
+    await vscode.workspace.fs.writeFile(fileThatShouldAppearInAutoComplete, Buffer.from('[id=longHandID]'))
+    createdFiles.push(fileThatShouldAppearInAutoComplete)
+
+    const file = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(fileToAutoComplete)
+    const completionsItems = await xrefProvider.provideCompletionItems(file, new Position(0, 5))
+    const filteredCompletionItems = completionsItems.filter((completionItem) => completionItem.label === 'longHandID[]')
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(filteredCompletionItems[0], {
+      kind: vscode.CompletionItemKind.Reference,
+      label: 'longHandID[]',
+    })
+  })
+  test('Should return id for inlined anchor', async () => {
+    const fileToAutoComplete = vscode.Uri.file(`${root}/fileToTestXrefAutoComplete.adoc`)
+    await vscode.workspace.fs.writeFile(fileToAutoComplete, Buffer.from(`* [id=anInlinedAnchor]demo
+
+xref:`))
+    createdFiles.push(fileToAutoComplete)
+
+    const file = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(fileToAutoComplete)
+    const completionsItems = await xrefProvider.provideCompletionItems(file, new Position(2, 5))
+    const filteredCompletionItems = completionsItems.filter((completionItem) => completionItem.label === 'anInlinedAnchor[]')
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(filteredCompletionItems[0], {
+      kind: vscode.CompletionItemKind.Reference,
+      label: 'anInlinedAnchor[]',
+    })
+  })
 })