Decreased contrast after updating to Version 1.4.14 (Installer 1.4.5), after opening the Sandbox vault the user vault automatically returns to it’s proper appearance. Then after closing the sandbox vault the user vault once again returns to the bad contrast.
Environment
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.4.14
Installer version: v1.4.5
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 22.6.0: Fri Sep 15 13:41:28 PDT 2023; root:xnu-8796.141.3.700.8~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 22.6.0
Login status: not logged in
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on
RECOMMENDATIONS:
none
Additional information
The sidebar had a light background and had good contrast until the recent update. I think I had version 1.4.5 or some such version before updating today.
I don’t see this behavior in MacOS 14 when enabling the “increase contrast” accessibility feature (the feature seems to not affect Obsidian). Turning on the translucent window setting also doesn’t do it, but I might have a different wallpaper. Also, “increase contrast” automatically toggles “reduce transparency” but that doesn’t affect Obsidian either.
Do you happen to have the obsidian window maximized? I don’t see it working in that case (regardless of the background), but when I turn on translucent window setting in a non-maximized window, the result is similar to @nbcg’s image
The app wasn’t in full screen; it might have been taking up all the space below the menu bar, I don’t remember.
I tried again, no change. But then I opened the Sandbox vault and set the needed settings and saw the behavior. When I double-clicked the app’s top bar to make it fill the screen below the menu bar, the problem went away. When I reverted to the smaller size, the problem didn’t return.
So I can confirm the behavior, and may have found a workaround.
