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Follow Obsidian updates and improvements.
August 5, 2026

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.