Ability to disable editing of properties in bases

[toshiki]

Use case or problem

I have a property in the ISO time format, like 2025-08-21T07:27:51-12:00. It can be correctly displayed in Obsidian bases. I found that I can click on the property field in a base file and edit the date. However, the new date loses information in the original property like time and time zone.

It’s possible that I mistakenly edit the properties and lose information. In general, I want a mode that guarantees the original files never being modified.

Proposed solution

A switch in bases that disable all editing of original files.

Current workaround (optional)

None

[ilidio]

A workaround is defining a formula with the same name that returns the “frozen” property. Formulas are not editable.

[ariehen]

Related (possibly could be merged?) and some css options in this topic to prevent editing:

Bases: Readonly Mode

Use case or problem It’s currently very easy to accidentally hit the “X” next to a list item in a Base, and without an Undo feature, this can make it kind of anxiety-inducing to even have a Base open. Doubly so on mobile, where an undo feature would be hard to access. Proposed solution Like with normal pages, I would love to just toggle on a “Reading view”. And embedded Bases could inherit this property from the page they’re embedded into.