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What's new in Obsidian 1.5.12

Apr 1, 2024
  • Fixed issues with East Asian input methods putting characters behind the cursor.

New in Obsidian 1.5.11 (Mar 19, 2024)

  • Breaking changes:
  • It is no longer possible to enable the "Translucent windows" setting on Windows.
  • Improvements:
  • Tables:
  • Added support for setting alignment of multiple table columns at once.
  • It's now possible to drag and drop content into table cells.
  • Fixed "Show context menu" command when cursor is inside a table cell.
  • Allow deleting line before table if its the first line of the file.
  • Obsidian Sync:
  • The deleted files list loads much faster for users with large vaults.
  • Before Sync has loaded the configuration data, the Sync status will indicate that its still loading, instead of saying "No remote vault connected."
  • Workspaces:
  • The list of workspaces now shows the last modified time of each workspace.
  • Added new "Save layout" command.
  • The active workspace is now highlighted in the workspace switcher.
  • Appearance:
  • Add system default font options for Windows and Linux.
  • Update monospace system font stack.
  • General:
  • Improved the performance of browsing community plugins and themes.
  • The font size slider no longer attempts to resize the interface while it is still being dragged.
  • Enabling "Restricted mode" in the settings will now automatically reload the app to ensure that plugins are completely unloaded.
  • The "Move current file to another folder" command now properly handles moving files into the same folder they are currently in
  • Properties: Ensure text property resets when pressing escape.
  • Fixed issue where cssclasses would sometimes stay applied to the tab when switching to another file.
  • Fix bug with unresolved link color being overridden.
  • Removed extra top padding when window is fullscreen and using "Obsidian frame" setting.
  • For developers:
  • Fixed revealLeaf failing to focus the correct window.
  • If you are using the SliderComponent in your app, be aware, the behavior of the component has changed in 1.5.9. Now, instead of updating the value when the slider is dragged, it will only update the value when the slider is released. If your plugin was relying on the old behavior, you will need to update your plugin code to call .setInstant(true) on the slider. Note: Because setInstant is a new function, you'll also need to check to see if the function exists before calling it. This will ensure your plugin maintains backwards compatibility when being run on older versions of Obsidian.

New in Obsidian 1.5.8 (Feb 22, 2024)

  • Tables:
  • Added RTL text support.
  • Tables are now automatically formatted as you type. This means columns will now render cleanly in source mode.
  • Tables will no longer break when typing in the line preceding a table widget.
  • The paragraph submenu is now disabled inside the table context menu.
  • Typing "---" will no longer autocomplete inside a table cell.
  • Fixed issue where long horizontal tables would lose their scroll position on edit.
  • Fixed issue where right-clicking inside a table would cause multiple context menus to appear.
  • Lots of small fixes to how we handle editing text adjacent to tables.
  • Fixed table not always getting focused when using "Insert table" command.
  • Fixed issue where undo/redo would put cursor in wrong position.
  • You can now press backspace after a table to select the table. Pressing backspace again will delete the table.
  • You can now click links and tags inside table cells.
  • Editing:
  • Formatting commands now recognize _ for italic and __ for bold.
  • Fixed issue where "Copy" would not work in a file where a PDF was embedded.
  • "Quick font size adjustment" is now disabled by default.
  • Fixed some weird behavior with "Toggle comment" command when it was used next to other comments.
  • It's no longer possible to accidentally edit text inside a fold. Navigating into a fold will automatically open the fold.
  • "Close" has been moved to the top in the tab menu.
  • Misc:
  • Sync: When viewing your remote vaults inside Obsidian, you can now see the total storage space used by each vault.
  • Improvements for indented text and lists in Live Preview.
  • No longer broken:
  • The focused item in the File Explorer will now hide after opening a file.
  • Fixed the appearance of the embedded backlinks for right-to-left interfaces.
  • Pressing Home when editing a table in source mode will now always go to the beginning of the line.
  • Fixed issue where Canvas would fail to render if a zero-byte image file was embedded on the canvas.
  • Fixed issue where files would fail to save when navigating between files at the same time the properties are being edited.
  • Fixed Live Preview issue where tokens inside Markdown code blocks will no longer get parsed and rendered.
  • Fixed Outgoing links "link" button missing for unresolved links.
  • Fixed "copy" button on the Sync history modal not working.
  • Fixed Outline view not showing leading numerics.
  • Fixed page preview sometimes getting triggered when mouse is not hovering over the app.
  • Fixed issue where Backlinks view would incorrectly render links if they are on the same line as an embed.
  • We have reverted the changes to how lists are displayed in Live Preview. They will be formatted how they were in v1.4.
  • Fixed Enter, F2, and Command + ArrowDown not working when File Explorer is focused. Enter should now open the focused file on Linux and Windows and rename the file on macOS. F2 will rename the focused folder/file. And Command + ArrowDown will open the focused file on macOS.
  • Editing a ordered checklist (i.e. 1. [ ]) will no longer cause the checkboxes to get wiped out.
  • macOS:
  • Double-clicking on the sidebar tabs will no longer trigger "maximize window."
  • Fixed View → Source Mode and View → Reading View app menu items getting out of sync with the app.
  • Fixed issue where dragging and dropping screenshots into Obsidian would produce broken links.
  • Vim:
  • Fixed issue where the Vim cursor got out of sync with the app cursor. This made it possible to accidentally edit Properties inside Vim mode.
  • The Vim cursor will now be hidden if the editor is not focused.
  • Restyled the Vim normal mode command panel.
  • Developers:
  • The installer has been updated to Electron v28.2.3.
  • See the API Changelog for a list of API updates.

New in Obsidian 1.4.16 (Oct 14, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Properties:
  • List property elements can now be edited. Right-click the list item and choose "Edit...".
  • General:
  • The backlinks and word count status bar elements will be hidden if the active view does not support them.
  • The icon for bookmarked files has been updated for clarity.
  • Pressing Enter or Tab when the file titlebar is focused will not revert the filename if the new name is invalid. Instead, an error message will be shown and the titlebar will stay active.
  • Improved layout of "About" settings tab.
  • No longer broken:
  • Properties:
  • Fixed "Show file properties" command not working if the Graph view is focused.
  • If frontmatter parsing fails, we will now always show a token where the parsing error is.
  • Fixed issue where status bar element did not update when closing a file.
  • Fixed issue where properties are invisible when dragging a tab.
  • List properties will now properly handle empty rows in the frontmatter.
  • General:
  • Triggering a command from the macOS Application menu will now un-minimize the vault if the window is minimized.

New in Obsidian 1.4.14 (Sep 27, 2023)

  • General:
  • Formatting commands (e.g. "Toggle bold") will now update the text selection to ignore leading and trailing whitespace.
  • The suggest box in the Search view will no longer appear when reselecting the existing search query.
  • Properties:
  • Added new indeterminate state to checkboxes.
  • Pressing arrow down (↓) from the inline title should focus the note content if no properties exist.
  • Fixed issue with inserting templates with properties failing to add new properties if the value is null.
  • Right-click on links in properties now opens the link context menu.
  • Sync:
  • Fixed a Sync bug that in rare cases could cause file duplication when editing a file and then immediately renaming it.
  • Property types will now be counted "Main settings" in the sync preferences.

New in Obsidian 1.4.13 (Sep 16, 2023)

  • The installer has been updated to Electron v25.8.1 to address several vulnerabilities. To update, you must manually get the latest installer from https://obsidian.md/download.

New in Obsidian 1.4.11 (Sep 12, 2023)

  • No longer broken"
  • Canvas: Fixed issue preventing Canvas cards from entering edit mode

New in Obsidian 1.4.5 (Aug 31, 2023)

  • This update introduces Properties, a simple and durable way to add tags, links, dates, and other metadata to your notes. The core plugins Search, Templates, and Backlinks have all received upgrades to support Properties.
  • With this update you can also enable two-factor authentication for your Obsidian account.
  • Properties:
  • Properties help your organize information about a note. Adding properties to a note helps you track structured data such as text, links, dates and numbers. Properties can also be used in combination with Community plugins that can do useful things with your structured data. Learn more.
  • Basic usage:
  • To add a property to a note, you have several options:
  • Use the Add file property command.
  • Use the Cmd/Ctrl+; hotkey.
  • Choose Add file property from the More actions menu (three dots icon) or right-clicking the tab.
  • Type --- at the very beginning of a file.
  • Once you add a property, a row will appear at the top of the file with two inputs: the property name and the property value. Once you choose the property name you can give it a value and type.
  • Advanced usage:
  • In addition to the inline property editor, there is a new Properties view core plugin that adds two new views for managing your properties:
  • All properties sidebar view shows a list of all the properties across your vault, and number of uses for each. Click on a property to search for all uses of it across your vault.
  • File properties sidebar view shows the properties for the active file. If you prefer to hide the inline property editor, you can choose to edit your file properties from the sidebar, without losing your place in the active file.
  • Properties are an extremely powerful yet flexible feature that gives you even more ways to organize your information. See the documentation for Properties for even more information.
  • Two-factor authentication (2FA) for Obsidian accounts
  • For even more security, you can now enable two-factor authentication on your Obsidian account. To do so, go to obsidian.md/account and enable "2-factor authentication". This will prompt you with setup instructions.
  • Note: Any devices logging into Obsidian must be running v1.4.5+ to log-in using two-factor authentication.
  • Core plugin upgrades:
  • Search: New search syntax for properties.
  • To find notes containing a property, use [property]
  • To find notes with a property and a corresponding value, use [property:value]
  • Both property and value allow complex sub-queries, such as parentheses for grouping, the OR operator, double-quotes for exact matching, and regex.
  • Templates: When using the "Insert template" command, properties inside template files will be merged with the current file.
  • Backlinks: Properties with links will now properly show in backlink entries.
  • Note Composer: Merging notes will now merge their properties.
  • Misc improvements:
  • Search: Search autocomplete will now be shown based on the current input context.
  • Live Preview now supports single column tables.
  • Tag autocomplete now uses a fuzzy search algorithm.
  • PDF: Added “Copy as quote” and “Copy annotation” context menu options
  • PDF: Added a button to copy annotations from the annotation popup
  • PDF: Added “Copy link to page” to PDF thumbnail context menu
  • Editor: Formatting commands for bold, italic, etc are now context-aware. For example, "Toggle bold" inside a bolded sentence will un-bold the sentence.
  • Search: Removed the delay between typing and search happening.
  • Sync: Always show a visual representation of storage usage.
  • Numbers everywhere should now be formatted in the app. For example, word count and character count will have thousands separators.
  • The Tags core plugin has been renamed to "Tags view".
  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed: PDF Viewer single page view resets to first page.
  • Fixed: PDF viewer search settings unclickable when toggling sidebar.
  • Fixed bug where closing an pop-out window with an active modal would keep the modal active.
  • macOS: In frameless window mode, the top-right buttons no longer shift when creating/closing tab groups.
  • File Recovery modal will now show a loading state when loading large vaults.
  • Workspace: fix "follow link under cursor" commands in Canvas.
  • Canvas: nudging selection should not cause stacked tabs to scroll.
  • Outline: Fixed outline not rendering if the view was opened via the "Show outline" command.
  • The "New tab" view will now show the current hotkeys.
  • Editor: Scroll bar should no longer affect the position of the text when it appears on long documents.
  • Vim: Fix for spellchecker.
  • Developers:
  • Vault: createFolder now return a TFolder.
  • Metadata: FrontMatterCache no longer inherits from CacheItem.
  • Theming: new CSS variables have been added for Properties that start with --metadata
  • Disabled soft line width in stringifyYaml (this was causing some breakages with other plugins reading the YAML).

New in Obsidian 1.3.5 (Jun 2, 2023)

  • Shiny new things:
  • New app icon! Learn more on our blog. Requires downloading the new installer.
  • Improvements:
  • Pressing Shift Enter while the [[ link suggest is showing will now skip the autocomplete and accept the current input as the full link.
  • No longer broken:
  • Pressing esc while renaming a file will now properly cancel the rename instead of accepting the change.
  • Fixed PDFs not loading in pop-out windows when the main window is minimized.
  • Fixed issue where the [[ link suggest would not always work if ]] was not found on the current line.

New in Obsidian 1.3.4 (May 24, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Reverted behavior change for links in pinned tabs. Clicking them will now open the link in another visible tab that is not pinned.
  • Reverted behavior for “Open to the right” as well as the Ctrl/Cmd + Alt + Click modifier. A new tab group will now always be created for the new tab.
  • No longer broken:
  • Prevent math from inserting links that execute JavaScript when clicked on.
  • Prevent plugins from breaking the PDF viewer.
  • Fixed lag issues from warnings generated by plugins misusing renderMarkdown.

New in Obsidian 1.3.3 (May 24, 2023)

  • In this update, we are introducing a brand new PDF viewer. We’ve also made some tweaks to how tabs and tab groups work which should simplify the experience for new users:
  • New PDF viewer — We’ve completely overhauled the PDF viewer in Obsidian to feel more integrated within the app.
  • Changes to pinned tabs — We’ve changed the behavior when opening links within pinned tabs.
  • Changes to “Open to the right” — “Open to the right” will only create a new tab group if one doesn’t exist to the right of the current tab.
  • Misc. improvements — We’ve also made improvements to bookmarks, overhauled all the tree components in the app, and embed support for YouTube and Twitter links within your markdown files.

New in Obsidian 1.3.3 Pre-release (May 23, 2023)

  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed “split right” command not always creating a new tab group.
  • Bookmarks: Fixed bookmark group rename not working.
  • PDF: Fixed PDF reload when other files are changed.
  • Fixed clicking in documents with embeds, images, or raw HTML sometimes causes scroll jump.

New in Obsidian 1.2.8 (May 10, 2023)

  • Breaking changes:
  • Removed support for app://local URLs. These were reported as a potential vulnerability when using iframes.
  • No longer broken:
  • macOS: Text in the “Look up” menu item will now be trimmed to 40 characters.
  • Bookmarks: New unnamed groups will now be called “Untitled group” instead of “Untitled folder”
  • Bookmarks: Bookmark context menu items will now also refer to “Bookmark groups” instead of “folders” to avoid confusion.
  • Bookmarks: Bookmark group must always have a title.
  • Developers:
  • Fixed issue with navigator.clipboard API not working in popout windows.
  • If you were relying on app://local for functionality within your plugin, you should use vault.getResourcePath(file: TFile) and vault.adapter.getResourcePath(vaultPath: string) as a replacement. These also works on mobile.

New in Obsidian 1.2.7 (May 2, 2023)

  • Bookmarks:
  • Say goodbye to the Starred core plugin. Say hello to Bookmarks.
  • Bookmark just about anything in Obsidian: files, folders, graphs, searches, headings, blocks. Organize your bookmarks in the much more robust Bookmark view. Reorder bookmarks with drag-and-drop. Create Bookmark Groups to organize your bookmarks into collapsible sections.
  • Publish Improvements:
  • We’ve put a lot of love into Obsidian Publish 14 recently. Some of those improvements are only available in Obsidian v1.2 and above.
  • In the Publish modal, there is a new configuration menu Site Options → Components → Customize Navigation. From the view, you can reorder the pages in your sidebar as well as hide pages or folders from the navigation list. Hidden pages will still be published and accessible via [[wikilinks]].
  • Search UI improvements:
  • We’ve reorganized the Search UI to make things more intuitive and make room for more options
  • Hotkey settings improvements:
  • New filtering options
  • Misc. improvements:
  • Added new setting called “Always focus new tabs” to Settings → Editor. Turn this off to open new tabs in the background.
  • Suggest modals now support page down and page up as well as home and end keys for faster keyboard navigation.
  • Links with folder paths will now automatically insert an alias to the base filename (e.g. [[folder/file]] will expand to [[folder/file|file]])
  • Added “Close tab group” command as well as option to close a tab group from the tab group dropdown menu.
  • The ribbon context menu will now show the ribbon icons next to each menu item to make it easier to identify which ribbon items are enabled/disabled.
  • Improved Live Preview rendering performance when scrolling quickly in longer markdown files.
  • MacOS: Added context menu item to show the macOS Lookup window for the selected text.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Added missing styling to Live Preview for bolded, italic text.
  • Escaped characters (characters proceeded by ) will no longer receive special styling.
  • Canvas: Fixed query blocks not rendering in text cards.
  • Canvas: Fixed bug where pressing “edit” didn’t always zoom in far enough to edit the file.
  • “Export to PDF” will now always export in “light mode.”
  • MacOS: Fixed “Export to PDF” rendering the wrong font.
  • Fixed slider tooltip overlapping with cursor.
  • Fixed folding arrows being misaligned on list items.
  • MacOS: double-clicking the sidebar close buttons in the window frame will no longer trigger the window getting fullscreened.
  • Fixed “Fold more” command not folding the current line if the cursor is on top of a heading.
  • Mermaid: improved colors for state diagram.
  • Reading Mode: Pressing Ctrl/Command+F will now always refocus the search input even if it’s already showing.
  • Fixed “Focus on tab group” commands not working properly in pop-out windows.
  • Templates: Fix {{Date}} and {{DATE}} not resolving correctly within templates.
  • Search: Operators such as tag: and block: will now work even if the operator is not lowercase (i.e. TAG:).
  • Ctrl-M will no longer minimize Obsidian on Windows.
  • The vim Codemirror extension has been updated to include all the latest upstream fixes and patches.
  • Fixed bug where sometimes it was impossible to drag files into a similarly named folder.

New in Obsidian 1.1.16 (Mar 2, 2023)

  • Zoom in” and “Zoom out” commands now respect the same min and max zoom levels in Settings › Appearance.
  • Canvas: fixed outline view and local graph view not updating to match the selected file card.
  • Canvas: improved canvas performance when setting a large background image.
  • Canvas: fixed images images inside embedded file cards not having the correct width.
  • Canvas: fixed “remove background image” not properly saving.
  • Fixed issue where native context menu does not appear in the correct location when window zoom is not 100%.
  • Canvas: fixed styling issue with rendering invalid frontmatter section.
  • Canvas: now displays message when trying to export an empty canvas.

New in Obsidian 1.1.15 (Feb 22, 2023)

  • Deleting a file now closes its tab if there are other tabs in the tab group.
  • Obsidian Sync’s settings page will now warn you if your vault is in Dropbox, iCloud, or OneDrive. Using multiple sync providers can lead to data conflicts.
  • “Follow link under cursor” commands will now create a new canvas file if the linked canvas (i.e. [[dashboard.canvas]]) doesn’t exist. Previously a markdown file called dashboard.canvas would get created.
  • Removed the redundant :link: icon from the tab header for linked tabs.
  • Fixed LaTeX syntax highlighting.
  • Fixed Mermaid gitgraph colors.
  • Fixed bug where embeds and code blocks in Live Preview were not properly unloaded when switching files.
  • Fixed context menu position when using “Show context menu under cursor” command while “native menus” is enabled.
  • Fixed but with “fold less” command not unfolding content on the selected line.
  • File BOM will now automatically be stripped when Obsidian reads a file.
  • When editing at the bottom of the window, the view will now scroll to have enough room to show the current line of text above the status bar.
  • Fixed an issue where dragging tabs around the workspace sometimes causes an image in your clipboard to get pasted into the open editor.
  • Color inputs now have a focus state when selected via the keyboard.
  • Improved Mermaid text colors.
  • The vim Codemirror extension has been updated to include all the latest upstream fixes and patches.
  • Code blocks in Live Preview now show a copy icon if there is no language set.

New in Obsidian 1.1.9 (Dec 23, 2022)

  • No longer broken:
  • The page preview popover no longer shows file names twice.
  • Canvas: Fixed “reload page” menu item not working consistently.
  • File recovery now supports canvas files.
  • Prevent obsidian://new URIs from creating folders outside of the vault.
  • Prevent external websites embedded in canvas and plugins from opening URI links.

New in Obsidian 1.1.8 (Dec 20, 2022)

  • Improved:
  • Canvas: YouTube embeds are now shown at 16:9 instead of square.
  • Canvas: Added a “privacy” toggle to the export modal. This will allow you to share the canvas while masking all the text on the cards.
  • Canvas: Added a command to export your canvas as an image.
  • No longer broken:
  • Canvas: Auto-resizing file cards now works more reliably.
  • Canvas: Fixed bug where pressing undo (Ctrl/Cmd + Z) would undo the file rename in addition to undoing an action on the Canvas.
  • Canvas: Fixed issue where creating a new text card does not always zoom in to edit automatically.
  • Canvas: Fixed crash when opening a modal while an iframe was focused.

New in Obsidian 1.0.3 (Oct 26, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • macOS: Double-clicking the tab bar now maximizes the window in Frameless mode.
  • Graph View: dragging a node is now canceled when you start panning the canvas.
  • No longer broken:
  • Theme dropdown properly refreshes when changing the theme in settings.
  • Update buttons properly refresh after updating the plugin via the plugin modal.
  • Removed duplicate drag element that appeared when dragging tabs.
  • Clicking on line numbers and other gutter elements now works properly.
  • webm embeds are now properly recognized as video instead of audio.
  • Fixed checkboxes not being selectable in Live Preview.
  • Fixed selections from multiple cursors not appearing.
  • Linux: “Adapt to system theme” now works properly.
  • Vim: Fixed gj and gk not working.
  • Fixed Empty lists getting collapsed in reading mode.
  • macOS: spellcheck now properly replaces word even when no text is selected.
  • The root folder in the File Explorer is no longer collapsible via the keyboard.
  • Editor commands no longer trigger if the inline title is focused.
  • Fixed alt-clicking multiple selections not behaving correctly.
  • Fixed opening vaults via obsidian://vault not properly marking other vaults as closed.
  • Fixed long suggestion titles not wrapping properly.
  • Added missing search icon to graph view.
  • Unique note creator: app no longer freezes when attempting to generate an invalid format.
  • Fixed bug where the wrong file could get renamed if you switch files mid-rename.
  • Fixed vim mode gj on the last line jumps up.
  • Fixed numbered lists in unordered lists not rendering the number.
  • Fixed long lines in sub-bullets adds jumping padding.
  • Fixed some rendering issues with translucency.
  • Fixed artifacts in tabs on Linux.
  • Removed Github fallback CDN which is no longer in operation.

New in Obsidian 1.0.0 (Oct 13, 2022)

  • Tabs – The workspace now supports tabs. To accommodate tabs, we’ve made a lot of tweaks to Obsidian behaviors.
  • Tab stacks – an alternative way to view your tabs, reminiscent of Andy’s Mode.
  • New appearance settings – Obsidian has gone through an extensive redesign process to make the interface more robust, accessible, and easier to tinker with.
  • Tons of other misc. improvements – New ‘fold’ commands, an overhauled Theme Gallery, and bug fixes galore!
  • Additional Improvements:
  • The Theme Gallery has gotten a major overhaul. Themes now support versioning just like plugins. Note: Themes that are not compatible with 0.16 have been marked as “legacy” and cannot be installed until they get updated.
  • Added “collapse all” button to file explorer and tag view.
  • Added “Fold more” and “Fold less” commands for folding lines under the cursor.
  • Added “Change theme” command for quickly switching between themes.
  • Auto-generated links to headings now keep more punctuation characters for better contexts.
  • Added “Find & Replace,” Export PDF, Share, and text formatting items to macOS app menu.
  • Added Shift + Up/Down hotkeys to expand search results while a search item is focused.
  • Renamed “Split vertically” and “Split horizontally” to “Split right” and “Split down” to avoid ambiguity.
  • Pressing Home will now move the cursor to the beginning of a list item.
  • Obsidian Sync: The history view has a toggle to choose between seeing the version of a file at a point in time or seeing the diff.
  • Release notes will now automatically show after Obsidian updates.
  • Improved community theme/plugin README.md relative images, added support for videos.
  • Renamed “active file” to “current file” in several commands for better consistency.
  • Improved the overall appearance of the app when “translucent window” is enabled.
  • Soft-wrapping of lines should now better avoid misaligned indents.
  • Added an option to Export to PDF to show the name of the note at the beginning of the document.
  • Publish: “new” and “unchanged” sections are now collapsed by default.
  • Fixed bug with search results containing “path:” sometimes showing duplicate text.
  • Fixed multi-line embedded queries not working.
  • Fix memory leak with loading native system fonts.
  • Fixed crash when file explorer is missing a sort order.
  • Ctrl/Cmd+W can now close the vault switcher and help window.
  • File explorer keyboard navigation properly ignores hidden files.
  • Clicking to edit Live Preview widgets (e.g. tables or callouts) will now scroll the view to the beginning of the widget.
  • Word count now works for any text file that can be opened, not just md files.
  • macOS: “obsidian” will now be capitalized in the App menu.
  • macOS: commands will no longer refer to Finder as “System Explorer.”
  • macOS: right-clicking on top of the cursor will no longer cause the word under the cursor to be selected.
  • For Developers:
  • Workspace information is no longer saved to the .obsidian/workspace file. It is now saved to workspace.json.
  • Added standard color picker component.
  • Added has-active-menu class to file explorer item that received the right-click.
  • Added list-bullet class to HTML markup for unordered list items.
  • Theme developers: we have published a guide for helping get your theme ready for 1.0 18.

New in Obsidian 0.15.9 (Jul 27, 2022)

  • Fixed copying and pasting using the context menu.

New in Obsidian 0.15.8 (Jul 22, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Added support for .mov and .mkv files. Exact codec support may vary by platform.
  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed “Inter” not showing up in the font list. It will now appear at the top of the list for easy access.
  • Graph view will now properly wait for fonts to load before rendering.
  • Graph view groups can now be reordered by dragging and dropping again.
  • Fixed markdown embeds showing up with a large empty space in pop-out windows.
  • Fixed editor search not showing up in pop-out windows.
  • Pressing “Escape” will no longer unfocus a sidebar editor pane.
  • The app will now fallback to a Github proxy when Github is inaccessible.
  • Switching workspaces will now properly close all pop-out windows.
  • Live Preview: Toggling checklist items in callout will no longer cause the callout to get collapsed.

New in Obsidian 0.15.6 (Jul 12, 2022)

  • Pop-out windows:
  • Introducing Pop-out Windows. Just drag a view outside of the app to open the view in its own window.
  • New Commands:
  • Open current pane in new window
  • Move current pane to new window
  • Toggle window always on top (only available for pop-out windows)
  • Pop-out windows work just like any other view within Obsidian; they can hold files, graphs, and even plugin views.
  • Striving to feel more native on macOS:
  • Will now use your system font by default on Windows and macOS. You can customize this in settings.
  • The app menu on macOS has been revamped to be more consistent with the OS.
  • The native scrollbar styling for macOS is now used throughout the app. This can still be overridden by themes.
  • Keyboard Accessibility:
  • Added keyboard navigation to the File Explorer, Tag pane, and Search views Arrow keys to move through items, Enter / Shift+Enter to select.
  • Sidebar panes can now receive focus. This change allows hotkeys to work in editors moved into the sidebar.
  • Pressing Esc within a sidebar view will refocus your last note.
  • Improved:
  • New users will now automatically start with Live Preview. Users currently using the legacy editor will be prompted about the legacy editor going away in a future release.
  • Window title will now include the active file name.
  • “Safe mode” has been renamed to “Restricted mode”.
  • “Open in default app” is no longer a Core plugin and the functionality has been moved into core.
  • On macOS, Ctrl+N/P can now be used to navigate suggestion results similar to Up/Down arrow keys.
  • Checkboxes within settings can now receive keyboard focus.

New in Obsidian 0.14.15 (Jun 7, 2022)

  • Fixed typing with IME causes fold indicators to move around the note.

New in Obsidian 0.14.9 (May 4, 2022)

  • Fixed Obsidian Publish frontmatter publish flag not working.

New in Obsidian 0.14.6 (Apr 18, 2022)

  • Shiny new things:
  • Electron update from v18.0.3 to v18.0.4, fixes PDF embeds not displaying. (Requires installer update from Download - Obsidian 58)
  • You can now add folders to an ignore filter. Files matched by this filter will be down-ranked when using Quick Switcher and link suggestions, and will be excluded in search results and graph view.
  • Improved:
  • Spellcheck corrections should now work better in text with styling applied such as headings, bold/italics, etc.
  • Show context menu under cursor should now also display the spellcheck options.
  • Obsidian Publish upload dialog now displays the total count of each section.
  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed backlinks linked mentions causes lag on large vaults.
  • Exporting to PDF when using dark mode no longer causes unreadable code blocks.
  • Dragging items and resizing panes should no longer get stuck when moving across <iframe> and <webview>.
  • Dragging and dropping files from outside Obsidian should no longer cause its contents to be inserted before or after the link.
  • Fixed soft-wrapping not working if line was folded when the note was opened.

New in Obsidian 0.14.5 (Apr 11, 2022)

  • Shiny new things:
  • Updated installer to Electron 18.0.3 which fixes several bugs that were in Electron 17.
  • Fixed performance issues with resizing the app.
  • Fixed window border issues on Windows.
  • Fixed developer tools performance snapshot issues.
  • Improved:
  • When selecting text and converting into a fenced code block, newline characters are now automatically added.
  • The insert callout command will now wrap any selected text into the callout body content instead of replacing it.
  • No longer broken:
  • Reduced lag caused by big exclusion filters with Obsidian Sync.
  • Fixed headings in lists causing indentation guides to misalign.
  • Fixed monospaced font not applied.

New in Obsidian 0.14.2 (Mar 28, 2022)

  • Shiny new things:
  • Starred files now support hover page preview.
  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed consecutive tables in Live Preview are rendered together.
  • Fixed queries in callouts not working.

New in Obsidian 0.13.31 (Mar 8, 2022)

  • Shiny new things:
  • Major engine upgrade from Electron 16 to 17. This version fixes issues with emoji rendering in Electron 16.
  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed headings in legacy editor not properly sized.
  • Fixed unable to open help vault.
  • Fixed comment %% parsing regression in edit mode.
  • Fixed cursor jumps back with some IMEs in Live Preview.

New in Obsidian 0.13.30 (Mar 7, 2022)

  • Shiny new things:
  • Major engine upgrade from Electron 13 to 16.
  • This will require downloading the latest installer from our website and installing over.
  • Updated macOS app icon.
  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed pasting images from websites.
  • Fixed search and replace commands not working when search is already open.
  • Fixed search in reading view always override search hotkeys from another pane.

New in Obsidian 0.13.23 (Jan 28, 2022)

  • Fixed external URLs with % encodings stopped working but wasn’t fully fixed last release.
  • Fixed renaming files with $ signs sometimes causes links to be generated incorrectly.
  • Fixed link suggestion crashes when using markdown links.
  • Fixed link suggestion showing “no results found” when only one exact match found.

New in Obsidian 0.13.19 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • Fixed automatic numbering of lists doesn’t stop at the end of the list and accidentally changes the numbers of lists further down the document.
  • Fixed sometimes undo/redo combines multiple consecutive operations like typing and pasting into a single change.
  • Fixed when redoing a change, the cursor would be put in the wrong spot afterwards.
  • Fixed sometimes bad HTML causes Live Preview to crash with an error.

New in Obsidian 0.13.14 (Dec 21, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • When changing default edit mode between Live Preview and Source mode, the new setting will now be automatically applied to all panes.
  • Fixed default edit mode, which will now use Live Preview when not using Legacy editor.

New in Obsidian 0.12.19 (Oct 19, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • Rename heading now has a command in addition to the previous context menu action.
  • Improved theme statistic handling.
  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed editor suggestions for links and tags sometimes not working due to a race condition.
  • Fixed current theme delete button sometimes shows in the next line.

New in Obsidian 0.12.15 (Sep 3, 2021)

  • Shiny new things:
  • You can now select text and right click to search for it globally.
  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed rename heading not working when using links from the same document.

New in Obsidian 0.12.12 (Aug 3, 2021)

  • shiny new things:
  • You can now use the keyboard to navigate and select context menus.
  • There is now a search bar to find core plugins better.
  • Graph view will now highlight the current focused file in a different color. This can be configured through the css class .graph-view.color-fill-focused, or disabled if you set the color to transparent.
  • There is now a YAML frontmatter flag for publish:. This flag affects the UI when uploading files to your publish site:
  • When publishing, the default behavior without this flag is to auto-select changed files, but not new files.
  • If you set publish: true, then new files are auto-selected to publish.
  • If you set publish: false, then we will pretend this file does not exist when publishing. This file will not show up in new/changed files. If this file was previously published, you will see an option to delete it instead.
  • Breaking changes:
  • The legacy obsidian.css has been deprecated and is no longer supported. If you were using it, you can migrate by moving it to .obsidian/themes/ and rename it to your theme’s name. Then, choose that theme in the Appearance > Theme setting.
  • Improvements:
  • For security reasons, there is now a confirmation box when clicking on links to non-standard URLs (any protocol that is not http:// or https://). You can ask the app to not ask again on a per-protocol basis.
  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed graph view’s hotkey/command not working.
  • Fixed note composer not leaving empty lines when splitting a heading.
  • Removing a local vault from the vault switcher will now properly clears any associated cache, as well as disassociate it from Obsidian Sync.
  • Fixed tables that are longer than the pane’s width previously couldn’t be scrolled all the way to the right side.

New in Obsidian 0.12.10 (Jul 11, 2021)

  • Migration notice:
  • Since hotkeys are now stored in a separate file, if you’re using Obsidian on multiple devices you might notice that your hotkeys will disappear on non-upgraded Obsidian instances when using Obsidian Sync to sync your app config. To migrate, upgrade Obsidian and turn on the hotkeys sync flag to receive the hotkeys, then restart Obsidian.
  • Improvements:
  • Obsidian Sync now allows you to view the version history of settings files through a button from the sync settings page.
  • Hotkeys are now saved in its own hotkeys.json file to facilitate independent syncing of hotkeys from the rest of the app settings.
  • Obsidian Sync now has an option to sync (or not sync) your hotkeys independently.
  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed applying fold multiple times causes the fold toggle to require many clicks to unfold.
  • Developers:
  • Obsidian’s config files will now be formatted json instead of all on one line.

New in Obsidian 0.12.5 (Jun 21, 2021)

  • Shiny new things:
  • The template core plugin now has commands to insert the current time or the current date.
  • There’s now a new dedicated command to focus on the editor.
  • Improvements:
  • Pasting images copied from Chrome’s “Copy image” menu action will now properly import the image to the vault, instead of creating a link to the image’s original URL.
  • On MacOS, in some rare setups, the file system API may stop working, which should now be caught by Obsidian if any action takes over 60 seconds.
  • Upgraded MathJax and Mermaid to latest versions.
  • No longer broken:
  • The strikethrough command now works properly instead of erroneously adding highlight markers.
  • Block math now no longer adds an extra empty line after it when immediately followed by a line of text.
  • Quick switcher no longer errors out when opening a non-existent file when the new file location is set to current note.
  • During link auto-completion, typing # or ^ when selecting an alias should now put the cursor in the correct place.
  • Opening the app no longer opens to an empty editor with a file called “No file” if the file was deleted. Instead it will correctly open the “No file is open” page.
  • Fixed performance issue with very long lines of text.
  • In the editor, using two : in text no longer causes text to be grayed out in between.
  • Fixed some Mermaid diagrams not rendering properly (journey missing text, gantt unreadable active task, class diagrams have very faint text).
  • Fixed autocomplete fuzzy sorting algorithm that previously prioritized punctuation over space characters.
  • Developers:
  • There is now a function available for converting HTML to Markdown called htmlToMarkdown, which is using a pre-configured Turndown Service.

New in Obsidian 0.12.3 (May 10, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • Update Electron to v12.0.6.

New in Obsidian 0.11.13 (Apr 7, 2021)

  • Shiny new things:
  • Page preview can now be configured to require Ctrl/Cmd on hover for each component independently.
  • A new option in the About section can now let you specify a folder name for the vault config different than .obsidian. It must still begin with a dot, and must be a valid folder under the vault root. This supersedes the .obsidian.nosync fallback from the last release.
  • Improvements:
  • Hardware acceleration has been moved to an advanced section.
  • Mermaid.js has been upgraded to 8.9.2.
  • No longer broken:
  • Empty aliases in frontmatter should no longer cause the backlink pane to spin forever.
  • Sync should now properly delete folders with .DS_Store.

New in Obsidian 0.11.9 (Apr 2, 2021)

  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed crash on new vault.
  • Fixed plugin tabs not added to the correct setting section.

New in Obsidian 0.11.5 (Mar 15, 2021)

  • No longer broken:
  • Toggle checklist now works again when the line is empty.
  • Fixed link suggestion incorrectly positioned sometimes, overlapping the link itself.
  • Fixed tables wrapping in edit mode.
  • Search suggestions should now be correctly rendered.
  • Fixed scroll sync with embeds that contain lists.

New in Obsidian 0.11.3 Beta (Mar 3, 2021)

  • Shiny new things:
  • Obsidian Publish now has an option to block search engines from indexing your site.
  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed couldn’t drag and drop text around the editor.
  • Drag and drop files from the system explorer has been restored to copy the file into the vault by default. Holding Ctrl will create a link instead.

New in Obsidian 0.11.0 (Feb 16, 2021)

  • Shiny new things:
  • You can divide nodes in graph view into groups based on queries, and customize the color of each group. Color all the nodes!
  • Folding is now persisted for edit mode and preview mode.
  • You can now create a new note with an optional content using the Obsidian URI. For details, see Using obsidian URI - Obsidian Publish 535
  • There is now an official Hook integration using the Obsidian URI.
  • You are now allowed to use more special characters on MacOS and Linux, such as ? and *. Keep in mind that if you synchronize your files with a Windows machine, those will not work.
  • When right clicking a link, there is now an option to rename the target file.
  • You can now hover search results, backlinks, and unlinked mentions to preview the match using the page preview plugin.
  • There’s now an option to automatically open your daily note whenever you open your vault.
  • Improvements:
  • Folding is now persisted for folders in file explorer.
  • Folding is now persisted for graph control sections.
  • Folding is now persisted for nested tags.
  • You can now use file:/// absolute paths to embed images and iframes from your local machine.
  • You can now hold Alt to drop a file anywhere on a pane to open it there, rather than having to drop it in the header.
  • Graph filters will now automatically apply after you finish typing.
  • Block references to list items now scrolls and highlights the exact list item, instead of the whole list.
  • Clicking on link to notes that don’t yet exist will now open the newly created note in edit mode.
  • No longer broken:
  • Playing a video in a hover preview no longer causes the video to continue playing after the preview is closed.
  • Preview panes will now attempt to keep your scroll location when you resize or split the pane.
  • Clicking on a search result now scrolls all linked panes to the result location.
  • Word count now properly counts Tamil letters.
  • Developers:
  • There is now an API available to handle URI actions using the obsidian:// protocol. Look for the function Plugin.registerObsidianProtocolHandler(action, handler).
  • You can now use App.fileManager to rename files and update links.
  • You can now use Workspace.onLayoutReady(callback) to have a callback run if and when the app’s layout is ready. This replaces the previous pattern

New in Obsidian 0.10.13 (Feb 7, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • Graph view can now zoom out more.
  • Sync will no longer accidentally sync a new vault if the .obsidian folder was copied.
  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed opening a note in the current pane does not focus on the editor.
  • Pressing Tab after typing in the file name bar should also focus on the editor.
  • Revert mermaid patch which caused links to stop working.
  • Fixed buttons in global search pane disappearing when pane is small.
  • Fixed markdown links sometimes not properly converting for space character.

New in Obsidian 0.10.11 (Jan 29, 2021)

  • Fixed unable to install or update plugins due to a change in GitHub’s hosting infrastructure.

New in Obsidian 0.10.8 (Jan 20, 2021)

  • Shiny new things:
  • Obsidian Publish can now restrict site access with one or multiple passwords.
  • You can now choose to store attachments in the same folder as the current note, or in a subfolder relative to the current note.
  • Huge PDF improvements:
  • PDF files will now render when embedded inside a note.
  • PDF files are now rendered using a native PDF viewer, which can scroll, zoom, select and copy text.
  • You can now link to a page of a PDF file by adding #page=number at the end. For example [[My file.pdf#page=3]]. This also works for embedded PDFs. Typing # while auto-completing a PDF file will automatically add #page= for you.
  • Improvements:
  • Folders now shows the number of files and subfolders when you hover over them.
  • The hover tooltips for the file explorer has been reprimanded for being too eager to show up on time. They will now only display once you stop your mouse over it.
  • An unlinked pinned outline pane will now attempt to open the file if it’s not already open.
  • Audio recorder will now generate file names with timestamps similar to pasted images.
  • Word count has been improved to handle numbers better.
  • No longer broken:
  • Changing active panes with hotkeys will now properly focus on them.
  • Tooltips no longer leave behind a lingering line sometimes.
  • Tooltips now appear on the correct side for backlinks and file explorer.
  • The editor text should now always stay clear using subpixel-antialiasing, instead of jumping to blurry grayscale from time to time.
  • Developers:
  • The file-open event is now fired in a debounced frame instead of synchronously running while the activeLeaf is being set.
  • The layout-ready event will now only fire once when the app finish loading the workspace, instead of also triggering when loading a different workspace.

New in Obsidian 0.10.7 (Jan 12, 2021)

  • Shiny new things:
  • Tags can now be clicked on Obsidian Publish to show a list of other pages containing the same tag.
  • You can now Ctrl/Cmd click tags in the tag pane to toggle them as a search filter, instead of replacing the search query.
  • Improvements:
  • You can now unlink and pin backlink, outline, or local graph panes to have them stay on the file that was open, instead of navigating along with the current active pane.
  • Daily notes will now only check for the daily note inside the selected folder.
  • tag:#mytag will now always use case-insensitive mode, since tags are always insensitively matched. For case sensitive match, use a plain #mytag query instead.
  • No longer broken:
  • Tags with underscore _ will now auto-complete properly.

New in Obsidian 0.9.22 (Dec 14, 2020)

  • Fixed preview “readable line width” option.
  • Fixed preview pane could not fold lists and headings.
  • Fixed YAML front matter not shown even when option is turned on.

New in Obsidian 0.9.20 (Dec 8, 2020)

  • Shiny new things:
  • Quick switcher now auto-completes for aliases as well.
  • Improvements:
  • Creating a new file from “no file is open” page now respects the default location option.
  • Invalid front matter now shows up as an error in the metadata section of preview mode.
  • No longer broken:
  • Deleting files and folders now properly remove them from the file explorer.
  • Footnotes now work properly in exported PDF files.
  • Fixed mermaid graphs don’t scale properly when using a HiDPI/retina monitor, or when zooming the app.
  • Link suggestion no longer suggests blocks for attachments like images or PDF files.
  • Fixed pressing Enter to finish rename a file not working properly when using an IME.
  • Developers:
  • SuggestModal and FuzzySuggestModal are now available for use

New in Obsidian 0.9.17 (Nov 26, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Tags in front matter no longer requires the # character. You can now write tags: [tag1, tag2, tag3].
  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed unable to type in edit mode after inserting a template or opening command palette or quick switcher.
  • Star/unstar file menu in more options has been added back.

New in Obsidian 0.9.10 (Nov 3, 2020)

  • Shiny new things:
  • Community plugins page now has a download count, and is sorted using it.
  • Clicking on the plugin information now goes to the community plugins page where more details can be found.
  • Improvements:
  • Third party plugins now store their plugin data in their respective folder.
  • Third party plugins that fail to initialize will now show a notice about the failure.
  • No longer broken:
  • Lists in slides no longer show the collapse indicator.
  • Tables in edit mode no longer shows a weird space in the middle.

New in Obsidian 0.9.6 (Oct 30, 2020)

  • Breaking changes:
  • Block references now require the ^ character to be part of the link, like so: [[Filename#^blockid]].
  • Block auto-complete will generate this new format automatically.
  • The old format from v0.9.5 [[Filename#blockid]] will stop working.
  • A conversion tool is added for existing block references from v0.9.5. Use the Markdown format importer plugin’s “Block ID upgrade”. Remember to backup your notes since this operates on the whole vault.
  • Improvements:
  • Block auto-complete will also display and search the block ID if one is present.
  • Block IDs can now contain the dash character -.
  • Auto-complete trigger with the prefix #^ such as [[Filename#^ now behaves identically to [[Filename^.
  • “Toggle checklist status” command/hotkey now adds the checkbox syntax - [ ] for any selected lines that does not already have a checkbox.
  • No longer broken:
  • Image size syntax now works for internal images using the markdown standard link format.
  • Link auto-complete no longer strip characters after a . in the filename when using Markdown links.

New in Obsidian 0.9.4 (Oct 19, 2020)

  • Shiny new things:
  • In preview mode, internal links to notes that don’t exist yet are now given the CSS class is-unresolved, and now shows up in a different color than links to existing notes.
  • You can now downsize images using the new syntax:
  • For markdown images, use ![AltText|100x100](https://url/to/image.png)
  • For embeds, use ![[image.png|100x100]]
  • To have the image scale according to its aspect ratio, omit the height ![[image.png|100]]
  • Obsidian Publish:
  • Backlinks! Turn it on to add the new backlink section at the end of each page.
  • Your site can now be styled with custom CSS! Just upload either obsidian.css or publish.css. You can also upload both so you can use your existing obsidian.css and add some extra tweaks for publish in publish.css.
  • There’s a new mode you can turn on called “sliding windows”. This overhauls your site’s navigation to open links beside the current page. Inspired from Andy Matuschak’s website https://notes.andymatuschak.org/ 216
  • Page URLs now encodes space characters as + instead of %20 for a cleaner look.
  • Changes:
  • Obsidian now recognizes .bmp, .svg, and .tiff images.
  • Hover preview now pops up where your cursor is, rather than at the position of the link.
  • Improved performance when computing backlinks for large vaults.
  • Improved performance when auto-completing links for large vaults.
  • Embeds got their styling tweaked to be less prominent and less distracting.
  • No longer broken:
  • Deleting folders on Linux should no longer give an error message.
  • Hover preview now fixed for graph view. It stays up nicely and disappears only when the cursor is off the hover and the graph node.
  • Fixed a possibility that the hover preview gets stuck when clicking on the link.
  • Fixed some characters not decoded properly when using obsidian:// URLs, such as the comma %2C.
  • Removed duplicate backlinks for links within footnote definitions.

New in Obsidian 0.9.2 (Oct 6, 2020)

  • Shiny new things:
  • There is now a publish plugin that works with Obsidian Publish. For more information, check out the Obsidian Publish Service 608
  • Graph now has an option to tweak when the text fades out.
  • You can now mouse hover in graph view with Ctrl/Cmd to bring up the hover preview if the page preview plugin is enabled.
  • If your vault is large, there is now a loading progress bar when starting the app, instead of freezing and not functioning until the app properly loads.
  • Changes:
  • Clicking on search results and backlinks now scrolls to the markdown section containing the first result in preview mode.
  • Clicking on search tab now focuses on the search textbox so it can be typed in right away.
  • The graph simulation engine has been rewritten to bring even more performance and save battery. Note that the graph simulation engine is responsible for computing where each node moves.
  • The graph rendering engine has been tweaked to initialize a bit faster.
  • Graph filters have been re-categorized to differentiate between display options and forces. Changing display options now no longer re-activates graph simulation.
  • When opening global search with selected text, the query is now properly double-quoted if the query contains space characters.
  • No longer broken:
  • Fixed styling of backlink/unlinked mentions broken by the previous release.
  • Navigating backward/forward should no longer cause the pane type to change from edit/preview to graph, backlinks or outline.
  • Slides can now be styled via custom CSS without having to use more specific rules.
  • obsidian:// URIs now fixed for Linux.
  • Fixed more instances where preview scroll was reset when scrolling with large images.

New in Obsidian 0.8.4 (Aug 22, 2020)

  • Shiny new things:
  • Search improvements:
  • If a file has more than one match, the number of matches will be displayed next to the file.
  • The collapsed matches that said “… and 8 more matches” can now be expanded to show all results separately.
  • Matched text now shows 1 line of surrounding context by default. A new button “Show more context” is added to show up to 5 lines of context instead.
  • Backlink and unlinked mentions improvements:
  • Results can now be collapsed on a per-file basis, just like search results.
  • Backlinks and unlinked mentions has a counter for how many total matches when expanded.
  • Numerous fixes to recognizing and rendering listed below.
  • A new command has been added for opening a local graph.
  • Changes:
  • Local graph now re-centers graph when switching file.
  • ![[Embed|Display]] now properly recognizes the link to “Embed.md” instead of “Embed|Display.md”.
  • Translations are now complete for Russian, Chinese (traditional).
  • No longer broken:
  • Backlinks now properly show context around the matched link, instead of ignoring some space and newline characters, and sometimes showing duplicate words.
  • Unlinked mentions that previously matched links or embeds now properly exclude them.
  • Fixed graph view plugin accidentally renamed to “File explorer” causing it to enable/disable the file explorer plugin instead.
  • Fixed plugin enabled status resets when switching languages.
  • Long file names that couldn’t be fully displayed used to have a tooltip when hovering that was broken a few versions back. We added it back.
  • When clicking on an unlinked local graph, backlink, or outline pane, the pane would previously reset or go blank. That no longer happens.
  • LaTeX rendering was broken in 0.8.3 due to an optimization. It should now render properly.
  • When deleting a file that’s currently open, the outline and backlinks pane no longer closes to “no file is open”.

New in Obsidian 0.8.2 (Aug 11, 2020)

  • Changes:
  • Opening very large documents in Preview mode will now work much better. We now only render block elements that are in view, and anything that’s outside of the visible scroll area is temporarily hidden for performance (tested on “War and Peace” at 3MB/570k words).
  • LaTeX now has full MathJax input library included, which should allow the imported libraries to work.
  • Pressing the Enter key in the search query will run the query again even if it hasn’t been changed.
  • The account tab now has a loading animation, instead of showing a “login” page before quickly flashing to the logged in version.
  • Search results are now sorted (by path alphabetic) instead of going through files in a somewhat-random order.
  • Tags can now use _ (underscore) as part of the name.
  • Video and audio embeds are now loaded in chunks as they are played, instead of being fully loaded into memory when they open. This should also fix any performance issues and crashes related to having many media embeds in the same file.
  • No longer broken:
  • Graph view now properly recognizes heading links to the same file.
  • Search should now properly show all results, instead of having the last few disappear when scrolling.
  • The highlighting for ]] was fixed again for some edge cases.
  • Panes that overflow to the right side should no longer push other panes around due to a CSS bug.
  • Spellcheck dictionary overflow in settings should no longer happen.
  • The outline when clicking a LaTeX expression in preview mode has been removed.
  • Long words and URLs now wrap correctly, instead of overflowing and requiring scrolling to see.
  • Daily notes settings page should show the format correctly now the first time when you open it.
  • Ctrl/Cmd+D used to not work in Vim mode because it was bound to another operation; that should now work properly to scroll down half a page.
  • Unsupported files, most notably obsidian.css, should no longer show up in quick switcher.
  • Some parts of the interface previously allowed text selection, which was confusing. That should no longer happen.
  • Fixed an editor crash issue caused by using a checklist inside a footnote.
  • Word count for large files should no longer cause lag.
  • Changing custom CSS no longer causes the editor to enter a broken state until the app is reloaded.

New in Obsidian 0.7.4 (Jul 1, 2020)

  • Select all has been removed from the context menu.
  • Rename now selects the whole file name.
  • We’ve revamped Automatic update. Now it checks every hour, has a button to check right away, and has a way to disable automatic updates. This requires the app to be installed with the new installer. (To check, see Settings > About > Installer version)
  • We now allow customizing Cmd/Ctrl+K, which was previously reserved for the markdown editor’s insert link.

New in Obsidian 0.6.7 Beta (Jun 5, 2020)

  • Changes:
  • More tags are now recognized. Previously tags could not start with a digit; now tags can start with a digit but must not be ALL digits (i.e. #365).
  • Links that are [[#heading]] will now properly link to headings in the same file. This will also work for [link](#heading).
  • No longer broken:
  • Table justification got broken in 0.6.5 by the html sanitizer, it’s not broken anymore.
  • The html sanitizer also broke checkboxes not working in preview mode. We fixed that too.
  • Hover tooltips were sometimes making a white bar show up at the bottom of the page. That should no longer be the case.
  • We fixed a bug where sometimes navigating back wouldn’t let you navigate forward again.
  • And we also fixed a thing where navigating back would not save layout when closing/opening the app.