Obsidian Release Notes

Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.6.

New

• Added swipe-to-close to close tabs in the tab switcher.

Improvements

• Tabs now animate to their new position after closing a tab from the tab switcher.
• The mobile toolbar settings page now shows icons next to each command.
• Checkboxes now scale proportionally to the font size.
• Minor improvements to Settings in landscape mode.

No longer broken

• Fixed "Open local graph" and similar commands opening tabs in a new tab group on phones, where tab groups are not supported.
• iOS: Fixed editor sometimes selecting entire paragraph after double-tapping on text or dragging cursor.

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Improvements

The app now waits for configuration files to finish saving when quitting to avoid the file getting corrupted.

Improved "Undo close tab" behavior. Tabs now reopen in the correct tab group, and if the currently active tab is the "New tab" page, it will no longer be reused.

Removed dialog to approve URI actions because it was creating even more confusion for non-technical users. 1.13 already introduced some new guardrails like Mermaid diagrams being off by default.

Settings

The settings window now closes when pressing Escape.

Tab and Shift-Tab now move focus to the next focusable element instead of staying locked to the current row, making it easier to navigate to links.

When Obsidian is fullscreen, the settings window now opens on top of the app window instead of creating an additional fullscreen window.

The settings window titlebar now scales with the current zoom level.

Sliders in settings now use the accent color.

The startup stats window now shows more granular information about startup speed.

Fixed font selection page crashing on Linux (requires latest installer).

No longer broken

Fixed a few issues with link suggestions in the property editor. For example, typing # in a link would cause the link to get overridden.

Fixed the window not getting focused when using a URI to open a specific vault.

Fixed internal links displayed inside the readme file for themes and plugins.

Fixed dragging links out of an embedded Base (e.g. ![[file.base]]) linking to the Base file and not the file you're dragging.

Settings: Fixed validation errors not disappearing after the issue was fixed.

Settings: Fixed settings crashing when navigating quickly between pages while the page is still animating.

Settings: Fixed right-click menu on the community plugins setting tab showing duplicate results.

Settings: Fixed bug where pressing the back button on a settings page would not always focus the setting item that opened the page.

Live Preview: The "Delete image" context menu item no longer appears when the image has already been deleted from the vault.

Live Preview: Fixed image not opening full screen if it contains a URL hash suffix (#).

Live Preview: Fixed memory leak caused by reordering rows or columns in a Markdown table.

Live Preview: Restored old behavior of embedded YouTube and Twitter links; they no longer have a selection state or an overlayed edit button.

Compatibility with latest installer

Fixed zoom level getting reset after reloading the window.

Fixed vaults on network drives not working.

Fixed devtools not opening correctly when using the Web viewer plugin.

Developers

The installer has been updated to use Electron v43.3.0. To upgrade, install visit the Obsidian download page and reinstall Obsidian.

API: Added SettingDefinitionBase#disabled.

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Improvements

Sliders in settings now use the accent color.

Removed dialog to approve URI actions because it was creating even more confusion for non-technical users. 1.13 already introduced some new guardrails like Mermaid diagrams being off by default.

No longer broken

Settings: Fixed bug where pressing the back button on a settings page would not always focus the setting item that opened the page.

Live Preview: Fixed image not opening full screen if it contains a URL hash suffix (#).

Live Preview: Fixed memory leak caused by reordering rows or columns in a Markdown table.

Live Preview: Restored old behavior of embedded YouTube and Twitter links; they no longer have a selection state or an overlayed edit button.

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Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.5.

New

• Added swipe-to-close to close tabs in the tab switcher.

Improvements

• Tabs now animate to their new position after closing a tab from the tab switcher.
• The mobile toolbar settings page now shows icons next to each command.
• Checkboxes now scale proportionally to the font size.
• Minor improvements to Settings in landscape mode.

No longer broken

• Fixed "Open local graph" and similar commands opening tabs in a new tab group on phones, where tab groups are not supported.

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Improvements

The app now waits for configuration files to finish saving when quitting to avoid the file getting corrupted.

Improved "Undo close tab" behavior. Tabs now reopen in the correct tab group, and if the currently active tab is the "New tab" page, it will no longer be reused.

Settings

The settings window now closes when pressing Escape.

Tab and Shift-Tab now move focus to the next focusable element instead of staying locked to the current row, making it easier to navigate to links.

When Obsidian is fullscreen, the settings window now opens on top of the app window instead of creating an additional fullscreen window.

The settings window titlebar now scales with the current zoom level.

The startup stats window now shows more granular information about startup speed.

No longer broken

Fixed a few issues with link suggestions in the property editor. For example, typing # in a link would cause the link to get overridden.

Fixed the window not getting focused when using a URI to open a specific vault.

Fixed internal links displayed inside the readme file for themes and plugins.

Settings: Fixed validation errors not disappearing after the issue was fixed.

Settings: Fixed settings crashing when navigating quickly between pages while the page is still animating.

Settings: Fixed the font selection page crashing on Linux.

Settings: Fixed right-click menu on the community plugins setting tab showing duplicate results.

Live Preview: The "Delete image" context menu item no longer appears when the image has already been deleted from the vault.

Fixed dragging links out of an embedded Base (e.g. ![[file.base]]) linking to the Base file and not the file you're dragging.

Compatibility with latest installer

Fixed zoom level getting reset after reloading the window.

Fixed vaults on network drives not working.

Fixed devtools not opening correctly when using the Web viewer plugin.

Developers

API: Added SettingDefinitionBase#disabled.

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This update introduces a new searchable Settings panel and iOS Share Sheet. Scrolling large files and selecting text should also be improved on both iOS and Android. Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.4.

iOS Share Sheet

The new iOS Share Sheet lets you save content from Safari, YouTube, and other apps without opening Obsidian. You can customize several Locations to define the vault, folder, and template that is used. Learn more.

New

• Tab switcher: Drag and drop tabs to reorder them.
• Tablet: Press-and-hold to resize splits and pinned sidebars.
• Bases: New menu item to resize columns in table views.
• Swipe down to dismiss a zoomed image.

No longer broken

• Settings pages now have enough padding to scroll fully into view when the onscreen keyboard is showing.
• Fixed double-tap to zoom on images.
• Fixed a bug where the input field in the Search view would sometimes autofocus when you open the sidebar.
• Fixed tabs not recomputing their width after another tab is closed.
• Live Preview: Fixed "Enter" from the iOS keyboard not working as expected inside Markdown lists.
• Live Preview: Fixed buttons for creating new columns and new rows not working on iOS.
• File Recovery: Fixed navigating between different files in file history on mobile.
• iOS: Fixed "Delete file" not updating the app interface on non-English devices.
• iOS: Fixed setting pages scrolling back to the top after changing setting values.
• iOS: Fixed app crashing when sharing screenshots via the Share Sheet.
• iOS: Fixed scrolling stopping abruptly when scrolling quickly in a large document.
• iOS: Fixed scroll stopping abruptly in reading mode when scrolling quickly in a document with large embeds.
• iOS: Fixed scroll position getting lost after toggling a plugin on or off.
• iOS: Fixed changing tabs with the Magic Trackpad causing the scroll position to reset.
• iOS: Fixed triple-tap at the end of a paragraph not selecting the paragraph.
• Android: Fixed "Select all" not selecting everything in long documents.

Developers

We have increased the minimum iOS version from iOS 14.5 to iOS 15. This should not impact any supported devices.

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This update introduces a new searchable Settings panel and new experience for working with images, including a full-screen image viewer.

Settings

Settings have been completely revamped with keyboard navigation, search, and new APIs for plugin developers.

Settings now open in a new window. You can turn this off in Settings → Interface → Open settings in new window.

Added search. You can now search for settings by name or description. This currently supports core settings and core plugins. Community plugins can migrate to the new settings API to appear in search results.

Added keyboard navigation. Use arrow keys to move between items, Enter to open a setting tab, and Ctrl/Cmd-F to re-focus search. Also supports Vim key bindings.

Some settings have moved into a new Interface settings page. Several settings pages have been redesigned to improve navigation.

Added the ability to exit Restricted Mode without re-enabling your plugins. Useful for debugging your vault.

Deprecated the Settings Search plugin as it overlaps with the new search functionality. Thank you to javalent for such a great plugin! It has been added to the Obsidian credits page.

Images

Image are now easier to resize and can be viewed fullscreen. Click an image or the Zoom button to open it. You can navigate between all the images embedded in the current file, and click and drag to pan within an image.

Live Preview: New editor experience when working with images. Images can now be selected via the keyboard, and they don't automatically expand to reveal their filename. When the image is selected, backspace and delete will delete the image, and Ctrl/Cmd-C and Ctrl/Cmd-X will copy or cut the image.

Live Preview: Added keyboard interactions when an image is selected. Press + or - to resize the selected image, and 0 to reset the image size. Press Enter to edit the image, or Tab to manually edit the image size.

Vim: Added a new :image Ex command to interact with the selected image. Use :image grow and :image shrink to resize the image, and :image reset to reset the image size. It also supports a count, so :5image grow will grow the image 5 times.

Improvements

Security

Obsidian URIs now present a confirmation dialog before firing the action. Choose "Don't ask again" to add that action to an allow list. Manage the allow list from settings.

Added a warning before attempting to load HTML resources if the source points to a network drive.

Added a warning dialog when choosing to sync plugins via Obsidian Sync.

Editor

Reading mode now supports external images with an image size and no alt text (e.g. ).

Note Composer: When extracting a section from a file, links in that section will now be rewritten to be relative to the new location.

File explorer

Pressing Escape to cancel the file rename keeps the File Explorer focused.

Pressing Escape clears the current selection.

"Auto reveal" will no longer activate when renaming a file or folder.

Added support for dragging links from a Base into the File Explorer to move the file to a new location.

Minor improvements to drag and drop behavior.

Properties

Improved keyboard navigation in the Global Properties view; Backspace now deletes the selected properties.

Improved the property type menu to make it clearer whether a property's type is set automatically or chosen manually.

Obsidian Sync

Removed spinning from the status bar icon because it impacted battery life when the app idles.

Files in the Sync sidebar view now show all file-related items in the context menu.

Files in the Sync sidebar view can now be dragged into other views or into the editor.

Added search menu item to the Sync sidebar view.

The Sync sidebar view now supports multi-selection with the keyboard (Shift-arrow keys) or the mouse (Alt-click).

The Sync sidebar view now supports deleting files with the Delete or Backspace key.

macOS

Updated button and input styles to better match macOS 26 defaults.

Canvas

Minor rendering performance improvements.

Other

Added search to the Bookmarks view.

Added a new one-time banner confirming that you want to render Mermaid code blocks in your vault.

On desktop, dragging a folder into the app now imports the entire folder and preserves the directory structure.

Ctrl-N and Ctrl-P to navigate to the next/previous item in suggestions now work on all platforms.

Updated the dialog that appears when opening an unrecognized vault with plugins installed. Wording has been improved to emphasize the risk of using untrusted plugins.

Closing the quick switcher or command palette with the Escape key now correctly restores the previous selection.

Pressing the Escape key now hides the search input in sidebar views.

File Recovery: Added keyboard navigation to the file history records. Use arrow keys to navigate through the list.

The Unique Note Creator plugin now links to its own settings when it fails to find a template.

No longer broken

Fixed a rare race condition where a file could get stuck and fail to save until the app was restarted.

Fixed the app failing to load if a view throws errors while the workspace is loading.

Fixed the app silently crashing on any installer older than Obsidian 1.6. We've also added an error message if this ever happens again.

Fixed clicking external links in pop-out windows causing the pop-out window to close.

Fixed ribbon buttons not responding to touch events on desktop.

Disabling a CSS snippet now properly removes the styles from all pop-out windows.

Fixed the placeholder text shown in the command palette prompt.

Fixed choppy horizontal scrolling when sidebar tabs overflow.

Fixed the "Copy" button not appearing on very large code blocks.

Fixed image resizing when an image is inside a Markdown table.

Fixed unique URI action not opening the new note in the correct tab when the paneType option is provided.

Fixed navigation inside embedded web content (webview).

Reading mode no longer interprets %%%% as a non-terminated comment. Comments are always fenced with exactly two % characters.

Live Preview: Fixed Ctrl/Cmd-A not working inside embedded inputs (e.g. a cell in an embedded Bases table).

Live Preview: Fixed embeds inside Markdown lists not showing the correct indentation.

Live Preview: Code blocks now re-render correctly when a plugin's post processor changes.

Live Preview: Fixed inline formatting not expanding properly when math or images are inside. For example, some $math$ text would not expand properly when the cursor moved within the bold formatting.

Live Preview: Fixed image disappearing when editing a Markdown embed and scrolling.

File Explorer: Fixed rare bug where files temporarily rendered with the wrong indentation level after moving the file to a new folder.

Properties: Fixed Global properties view not always saving sort order.

Properties: Fixed "Delete properties" menu item not working reliably when property name contains capital letters.

Properties: Fixed "Open link under cursor" hotkeys not working on list property items.

Properties: Fixed an error when rendering inside a list property.

Bookmarks: Fixed focus not moving to the next item after deleting a bookmark via the keyboard.

Bookmarks: Fixed keyboard navigation in the Bookmarks view sometimes getting stuck due to missing bookmarked files.

Bookmarks: Fixed middle-click inside the Bookmarks view activating AutoScroll on Windows.

Bases: Fixed error messages appearing when disabling and re-enabling the Bases core plugin.

Bases: Fixed automatic column sizing for number properties.

Bases: Fixed the formula editor not working for Bases in pop-out windows.

Bases: Fixed sort filters showing an incorrect background color.

Bases: "File links" no longer show the image size as the image display name.

Sync: Fixed a bug where clicking the status bar icon would not always open the menu.

Vim: A white "ghost" character no longer appears when the Vim cursor overlaps with a widget in the editor.

macOS

Fixed some elements showing scrollbars when they should not, such as the tab headers in the sidebars.

Developers

The installer has been updated to use Electron v43.1.1. To upgrade, install visit the Obsidian download page and reinstall Obsidian.

Added documentation and a migration guide for the new Settings API.

Added a new ConfirmationModal component.

Upgraded CodeMirror to the latest version.

Base colors have been migrated to OKLCH colorspace.

The --callout-color variable now expects a valid CSS color. This is a breaking change:

/* Previously callout colors expected an RGB triplet. */
--callout-color: 255,0,0;
/* Now any valid CSS color is valid */
--callout-color: #ff0000;
--callout-color: rgb(255,0,0);

CLI

Fixed Obsidian CLI for flatpak installs.

Third-party Libraries

Upgraded Moment.js to 2.30.1.

Upgraded Mermaid to 11.13.0.

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Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.4.

Improvements

Improved overall appearance of settings in dark mode.

No longer broken

Fixed search input getting automatically focused when browsing Community plugins.

iOS: Fixed the Share Sheet not including article content when sharing X links.

iOS: Fixed scroll position getting lost after toggling a plugin on or off.

iOS: Fixed changing tabs with the Magic Trackpad causing the scroll position to reset.

iOS: Fixed triple-tap at the end of a paragraph not selecting the paragraph.

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Improvements

The image lightbox now displays the file name of the current image.

Improved layout of Page Preview settings.

Settings: Download counts are now abbreviated for plugins and themes.

Settings: Moved the "Interface" tab above "Editor" in the settings sidebar.

Live Preview: Improved alignment of images inline with text.

Live Preview: Removed extra padding around images.

No longer broken

Fixed a rare race condition where a file could get stuck and fail to save until the app was restarted.

Fixed the app failing to load if a view throws errors while the workspace is loading.

Fixed appearance of image action buttons on older installers.

Settings: Fixed Page Preview settings not showing entries from Community plugins.

Settings: Fixed the close button not being visible in the settings window when "Open settings in new window" is turned off.

Live Preview: Fixed appearance of non-image embed actions.

Live Preview: Fixed image disappearing when editing a Markdown embed and scrolling.

Live Preview: Fixed the editor line height being preserved when editing an image embed on an indented line with no other text.

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Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.3.

Improvements

Added "swipe down" gesture to dismiss an image in the lightbox.

No longer broken

Tapping an image no longer shows the keyboard.

Fixed double-tap to zoom on images.

Live Preview: Fixed buttons for creating new columns and new rows not working on iOS.

Live Preview: Fixed a regression where "Enter" from the iOS keyboard was not working as expected inside Markdown lists.

File Recovery: Fixed navigating between different files in file history on mobile.

iOS: Fixed scroll stopping abruptly in reading mode when scrolling quickly in a document with large embeds.

Fixed tabs not recomputing their width after another tab is closed.

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Improvements

• Live Preview: When the image is the only text on a line, the editor line height is no longer preserved to match the image height.
• Live Preview: Added a new selection state to image embeds.
• Added a "zoom" button to image embeds.
• The image lightbox now supports click and drag to pan within an image.
• File Recovery: Added keyboard navigation to the file history records. Use arrow keys to navigate through the list.
• Unique Note Creator plugin now links to its own settings when it fails to find a template.

No longer broken

• Fixed image resizing when an image is inside a Markdown table.
• Fixed unique URI action not opening the new note in the correct tab when the paneType option is provided.

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