Changelog

Shiny new things

• Added rename heading utility in editor context menu, which will rename the heading and update links.

Improvements

• Note composer's "extract heading" function now has a command and can be assigned to a hotkey.

No longer broken

• Removed timelapse button from local graph.
• Fixed Enter key for CJK input methods in several places when confirming a selection.
• Note composer will no longer accidentally create files with leading or trailing empty spaces.
• Fixed Obsidian Publish upload interface unable to check and uncheck folders when collapsed.
• Fixed can't check for updates when auto-update is turned off.
• Fixed undo pasting also undoes the previous characters typed.

Improvements

• Graph view timelapse animation improvements:
  • The animation now animates according to the note's creation date to generate a true "time" lapse.
  • The graph will now start empty and fill in gradually, without the need to hide orphan notes.
  • The timelapse feature is now more accessible. You can find the new button in the "Display" section, or click the magic wand when the settings panel is closed.

No longer broken

• Fixed deleting a file that is currently open sometimes causes the file to come back.

• Includes all new functionality and bug fixes of Obsidian Desktop v0.12.9.
• Added a way to pin sidebars for tablet mode.
• You can now click on an image in preview mode to see it full screen, and zoom in.
• The "Open in default app" menu option has been reworded to "Share" to avoid confusion.
• Sidebar settings, such as which panes are open and which one is active, are now properly saved.
• Plugins that are marked "desktop only" will no longer attempt to run on mobile.
• Fixed padding above frontmatter section.
• Vault stats and note stats should now stay up-to-date.
• Obsidian Sync now has improved handling of illegal characters on Android.
• Fixed Shift+Option+Up/Down duplicating line instead of selecting up/down.
• Alt+B/F/D now properly inputs text on iOS.

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.

Shiny new things

• Note composer now adds a context menu item to headings which lets you extract the heading as well as all of its child content to a different note.

Improvements

• You can now Ctrl/Cmd+Click the graph view ribbon icon to open it in a new pane.
• Upgraded MathJax to v3.2.0.
• Upgraded Prism.js to v1.24.1.

No longer broken

• Fixed deleting to trash sometimes doesn't work.
• Moving files to subfolders will no longer cause Markdown links to add the folder name to the display text.

Developers

• The Editor interface now has a way to set multiple selections.
• There is now an API to perform HTTP requests without any CORS restrictions. The API is called request().

• Includes all new functionality and bug fixes of Obsidian Desktop v0.12.12.
• Improved startup speed for large vaults.
• Fixed Android app couldn't select locations in the external SD card.
• Fixed Android app crash or behave unexpectedly when file names contain :, % or # characters.

• Android: Fixed crash when files and folders contains # or % in their names.
• iOS: Obsidian will now properly create the iCloud folder on first boot up.
• iOS: Fixed minimum iOS requirement back down to iOS 12.

• Includes all new functionality and bug fixes of Obsidian Desktop v0.12.10.
• Fixed rare case sync error when synchronizing deleted community plugins.
• Fixed Android 10 "path cannot be resolved" error when selecting vaults in Documents folder.

• This version is aimed for public release soon!
• Includes all new functionality and bug fixes of Obsidian Desktop v0.12.10.
• Most notably, you might need the configuration sync improvements for hotkeys.
• Graph view is now functional.
  • Pinch zoom has been implemented.
  • Graph nodes can now be easily dragged around, or tapped on.
  • Graph no longer crashes the second time it's opened.
• On Android, you can now choose to open folders as vaults anywhere on your device.
• On Android, you can now share text, links, or attachment files like images and PDFs to Obsidian.
  • You can decide to insert the shared text into the current note, choose a note, or insert into your daily note.
  • Shared attachment files will be imported into your vault's attachment folder, and after that you can choose to insert them as links into a note or your daily note.
• Sharing for iOS will come in a later release.

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.

No longer broken

• Fixed settings don't get saved if they've been ever changed before the new format migration in v0.12.8.
• Fixed hotkeys don't get saved through a restart in some situations.

Shiny new things

• Obsidian Sync can now be used to synchronize your settings, appearance tweaks, custom CSS, and installed plugins.
• Obsidian Sync can now sync any file type using the "Sync all other types" option.
• Quick switcher now has configuration options to show or hide attachments and unsupported file types, in addition to the current option to show links to non-existent files.
• An option to open file in new pane has been added to file explorer's context menu.

Developers

• Obsidian's config file has been split up into 4 different files. Previously, it was just config. Now it's app.json, appearance.json, core-plugins.json and community-plugins.json.
• registerMarkdownPostProcessor and registerMarkdownCodeBlockProcessor will now return the MarkdownPostProcessor callback function to facilitate manual un-registration.

Improvements

• Obsidian Sync will now no longer store the sync configuration in sync.json, and instead store it inside the app's storage using IndexedDB. This should prevent third party sync tools from accidentally corrupting the sync status database.
• Obsidian Sync will now show the paused icon when uninitialized, instead of the green checkmark.
• Note composer's merge functionality will now update links to point to the newly merged file.

No longer broken

• Fixed template core plugin not applying to all dates in the template.
• Fixed note composer not respecting new file location setting.
• Fixed quick switcher not showing links to non-existent files even when enabling the option.
• Fixed search operators line:, section: and block: not showing correct explanation text.
• Fixed Obsidian Sync sometimes causing duplicate files when creating and then immediately renaming files when latency to the sync server is high.
• Fixed unable to use certain characters on non-english keyboards when renaming files because the app thinks the keyboard is entering an illegal character.

Shiny new things

• There's a new core plugin called "Note Composer" that can help you merge and split notes quickly.
  • New command and menu option are available for merging current note into another one.
  • Select text and right click for the option to extract it into a separate note.
  • You can choose to apply a template for extracted notes. The extracted text will be filled into the {{content}} variable in the template. Other variables like {{fromTitle}}, {{newTitle}}, {{date:YYYY-MM-DD}} are also available.

Improvements

• Core plugins now has their commands prefixed with their plugin name, which makes them easier to find in Command Palette.
• The right click menu in edit mode is now unified into a single consistent menu, which contains the cut/copy/paste/select all options, spellcheck suggestions, as well as link options if available.

No longer broken

• Syntax highlighting will now properly recognize any character for task lists.
• Pasting images from Chrome now properly works to import it on MacOS.
• Quick switcher now no longer ranks subfolder matches significantly lower than poor file name matches.
• Text overflowing modals now properly scroll rather than clip at the edge of the screen.
• Plugins causing an error in checkCallback no longer breaks the command palette.
• Fixed backlink in document not showing up in an empty file.
• Fixed drag-and-drop panes not working when right sidebar has no panes and is completely hidden.

Developers

• Fixed data-path not updated when folders are renamed.
• There is now a editor-menu event on Workspace, which can be used to add more options to the context menu inside the editor.

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.

• Includes all new functionality and bug fixes of Obsidian Desktop v0.12.5.
• Fixed iOS app freeze when typing Chinese, Japanese or Korean.
• Fixed app freeze when indenting list at the end of the file.
• Added new command to focus on the editor.
• Fixed iOS Cmd+Option+I emitted as Cmd+Option+6. Thanks Apple.
• Fixed switching Workspaces causes the sidebars to stop working.

• Includes all new functionality and bug fixes of Obsidian Desktop v0.12.4.
• You can now add global (non-editor) commands to the toolbar.
• Fixed readable line length not working.
• Fixed iOS editing toolbar (for selection/pasting) not showing up when tapping empty line.
• Fixed up/down not highlighting selected auto-complete items, such as quick switcher and command palette.
• Improved link/tag popover location and styling.
• Fixed multiple consecutive tags recognized into a single tag.
• Fixed some setting pages have text that goes out-of-screen.
• Added commands to insert template, current date, and current time (requires templates core plugin).
• Fixed iPad trackpad unable to click on some items the first time.
• Audio recorder now keeps the device awake to avoid losing the recording.
• Fixed unable to type polish ł on iPad keyboard.

Shiny new things

• Quick switcher now has an option to show links to files that haven't been created yet.
• A new core plugin "Outgoing links" is now available.
  • It shows a list of destinations your note links to.
  • It also gives a list of unlinked mentions from the current note that can be linked.
  • This plugin is disabled by default, and you must enable it first to see the new side panel.

Improvements

• Graph view's right click menu now has an option to open the note in a new pane.
• The last opened setting tab is now saved when you close and re-open the setting dialog.
• The folding state of the metadata section in preview is now saved, and will be synced with the folding of the frontmatter in edit view.
• Obsidian Sync's status icon will now show red when not connected to the server.
• Exiting from editor search using the escape key now puts the cursor back.

No longer broken

• Fixed Obsidian Publish dialog checking a folded folder doesn't work.
• Fixed removing the right sidebar still left a gap.
• Fixed resizing sidebars can sometimes go beyond the app window.
• Graph now updates correctly when files are renamed.
• Renaming files while using Markdown links no longer cause unnecessary characters to be url encoded.
• Markdown links to files that haven't been created yet will no longer cause an entry with .md to show up in link auto-complete.
• Fixed navigation history sometimes skips a note.
• Fixed navigating from a non-active linked pane causes the navigation history to forget the previous note.

Developers

• Status bar elements now have a css class of the plugin ID added to it, for example, plugin-word-count.

Improvements

• Update Electron to v12.0.6.

• Fixed indented lists flicker when scrolled.
• Fixed line wrapping not properly applied on iOS, causing horizontal scroll.
• Fixed display issue on iOS where left side of the editor is cut off.
• Fixed sharing not working on iOS.
• Fixed strikethrough command adds highlight syntax instead.