Obsidian Release Notes

Improvements

When navigation is hidden, swiping down from the top of the view triggers the pull down action. Tapping at the top of the view causes the navigation to reappear.
iOS: The View Note widget renders checklists with checkmarks.
The sidebar layout has been updated for tablets. The tab menu and view actions now appear at the top to better mirror the desktop experience.

No longer broken

• Fixed "Default file to open" failing when set to open a Markdown file.
• Fixed fade at bottom of custom views in the sidebar.
• Sidebar tab switcher no longer shifts content below it.
• Sync: Fixed "Prevent sleep" setting not saving after restarting the app.
• iOS: Fixed issue where scrolling up caused scrolling to abruptly stop.
• iOS: Fixed widgets and app shortcuts sometimes failing with error "could not find the date formatting script.".
• Android: Double-tap to switch to edit mode no longer interferes with double-tap to select text.

Improvements

URI

new, open, and daily URI actions now support a new paneType param.

Param

• paneType=tab
  Open in a new tab
• paneType=split
  Open in a new tab group
• paneType=window
  Open in a pop-out window (Desktop only)

No longer broken

• Fixed "Move file" selector not showing the vault root (/) as a valid destination.
• Fixed bug where "No plugin updates found" toast never disappears.
• Fixed minor visual regression of the sidebar tab buttons.
• Graph view: Attachments no longer show the full file path.
• Bases: Fixed issues with list view virtualization when grouping is configured. Fixed groups not displaying while scrolling.
• Daily note: Fixed "Open next daily note" and "Open previous daily note" commands not working when daily note format included a folder path.
• Fixed display of bolded links in reading mode (e.g. [[link]]).

Improvements

• When using the Daily Note widget, a warning will appear if you try to open a daily note without the Daily Notes core plugin enabled.
• Android now uses "Google Sans Flex" font when available.
• Refreshed design of our toast messages. On phones, toasts will now appear at the top of the screen instead of the bottom.
• Reduced text fade at screen edges when navigation is hidden.
• Dialogs now have a smaller border radius on tablet.

No longer broken

• Fixed search bar getting cut off at the top.
• Fixed text overflowing from pinned sidebar into main area on tablet.

Improvements

New setting: Community Plugins → Automatically check for plugin updates. Obsidian will check for plugin updates in the background every 3 days, or after the app updates.

No longer broken

• Fixed external links (e.g. link) inside text and list properties not opening in the browser.
• Fixed issues with the "Inter" font not being recognized in the app.
• Fixed border and spacing around embedded Base files.
• Right-to-left languages (RTL): Fixed layout of property editor.

Shiny new things

iOS

Lock Screen and Control Center widgets let you quickly Create a new note, Open a specific note, Open daily note, Open search, or Open Obsidian.
Home Screen widgets let you Create a note, View a note, or Open your daily note.
Shortcuts to Open a note, Open daily note, Capture to a note. Capture shortcuts allow you to append or prepend text to a note, without opening the Obsidian app.
Siri integration such as Capture using Obsidian, Capture to Obsidian, Open my daily note in Obsidian, Search in Obsidian.
Searching for Obsidian in Spotlight shows additional actions: New Note, Search, and Daily Note.

Android

New widgets: Open Note, New Note, Search, Daily Note, Open Obsidian. You can add multiple widgets of the same type to open different files, or trigger different search queries. Configure them by long-pressing the widget.
Quick Settings Tile (requires Android 7.0+)
New shortcuts (requires Android 7.1+): Open note, Daily note. Access them by long-pressing the app icon, or dragging the Shortcut icon to the home screen, or (for most device vendors) via the search bar on the launcher. Currently not configurable.

Improvements

Plugin developers can now request user location, e.g. for Maps.
The entire interface has been refreshed to improve both the editing and reading experience.
When scrolling down in a note, the navigation will automatically hide to maximize screen space for reading. Tap or scroll back up slightly to reveal the navigation again.
New sidebar navigation for switching sidebar tabs and actions, aligned to the bottom for better ergonomics.
Switching to the Search view immediately focuses the search input.
Added haptics to toggles and checkboxes.
Added double-tap to switch a note from reading mode to editing mode.

No longer broken

• Fixed bug where URIs that specify a vault and point to an iCloud vault would silently fail.
• If your vault is stored in iCloud, we check if any configuration files need to be re-downloaded from iCloud. After the files are downloaded, you will see a prompt asking you to reload the app.
• Fixed bug where tapping on the screen would put the cursor at the previous cursor location, instead of the tapped location.
• On tablets, the toolbar is now center aligned.
• Improved behavior of swipe gestures, content will no longer scroll when you start swiping (e.g. swipe to go back in settings).
• Fixed issue where scroll position would get lost when keyboard closes.
• Bases: Summary row is no longer hidden behind navigation bar.

Improvements

Added icons to settings sections.

Markdown links are now supported in text and list properties. Internal links are automatically updated when the destination file is moved or renamed.

Daily notes: The daily note format can be selected from a list of predefined formats.

Attempting to rename a file to include unsafe characters (such as '#' or ']') will only result in a warning.

When importing files (e.g. via drag and drop), Obsidian now automatically strips out invalid characters from the filename.

Added a "Copy path" submenu to the file context menu.

macOS: Toggles and sliders are now styled to match their native counterparts.

New setting Files & links → Default file to open. Choose between "Last opened files", "New note", "Specific note", or "Daily note". If you were previously using Daily notes option to "Open daily note on startup", be sure to update your vault to use this setting instead.

New "Keychain" settings section for storing plugin secrets. Plugin API is coming soon.

No longer broken

Reference links no longer allow spaces before the link definition.

Fixed issue where navigating between notes would sometimes cause a flicker when the properties list appeared/disappeared.

Developers

Obsidian is now bundled with Inter Variable font instead of Inter. Inter Variable supports variable font weights.

Added SettingGroup to the API. Settings can now be organized into logical groups with optional headers. This should provide a more standardized design language for settings organization.

No longer broken

• Fixed external links overflowing in property editor.
• Right-to-left languages: Fixed cursor positioning incorrectly when clicking at the end of a line. Also fixed several regressions with the interface, including the position of the calendar icon on date inputs.

Bases

• Bases: Fixed shift-clicking in table view sometimes creating an incorrect selection.
• Bases: Fixed formula suggestions being cut off.
• Bases: Table view now supports pasting single-column data (e.g. from Excel or Google Sheets) into multiple rows when multiple rows are selected.
• Bases: Filters menu now displays the correct property type when defining an equality filter (eg. x is y).
• Bases: Fixed table view not responding to clicks after creating a selection with Shift-click.
• Bases: Fixed items in the Sort menu appearing incorrectly when dragging to reorder.
• Bases: Fixed filter menu going off screen when filter contained a long text property or long list property value.
• Bases: Fixed formula autocomplete results getting cut off in the Filters menu.
• Bases: Fixed formula editor not working in pop-out windows.
• Bases: Creating a new note with "+" now automatically adds properties defined in "has property" filters.
• Bases: Fixed memory leak with the formula editor.

Canvas

• Canvas: Fixed YouTube embeds not loading.