ALT+V character gets hijacked, cursor jumps to top

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Steps to reproduce

While editing any note, press ALT+V.

Expected result

The character according to your keyboard layout should be typed. Eg. √ on the US English layout for macOS, or „ (left quote) on my native layout.

Actual result

No character is typed, and the cursor jumps to the first line of the note.

Environment

  • Operating system: macOS Big Sur
  • Debug info:
SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: v0.13.19
	Installer version: v0.13.19
	Login status: not logged in
	Insider build toggle: off
	Live preview: on
	Legacy editor: off
	Base theme: dark
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 0
	Safe mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
	none

Additional information

This can be easily reproduced in the built-in Obsidian help vault too, without any plugins or tweaked configuration. SHIFT+ALT+V works fine, and apparently every other ALT combo, but ALT+V.

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what is your native layout?

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ALT+V = √ is not US English layout for macOS at least not in the default layout.

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Well, yeah it is. Here are screenshots for both the US and Hungarian layouts. The blue arrow points from ALT to V.

us
us815×358 92.6 KB

hu
hu827×356 96.1 KB

BTW I can reproduce this on both Big Sur (newer M1 computer) and Mojave (older i7 MacBook).

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And one correction to my original post: the cursor does not jump to the first line of the note when I press ALT+V, but rather it jumps upwards one page. I tested on a short note, so I was misled. Anyhow, the gist of the bug is the same.

My ALT+V works as expected in all other apps, but Obsidian. Just wanted to clarify that.

Thanks for looking into this, and do please let me know if I can assist you further in your investigation.

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no it’s not. This is a mac-only layout (not the standard) that is overwritten by mac-only shortcuts (alt-v for pageup)

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Thanks for your reply @WhiteNoise! What do you mean when you say “overwritten by mac-only shortcuts”? Is there something I can do so it does not get overwritten?

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No problem, we will fix this in one of the next releases.

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Should be fixed in 0.13.22

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Thank you @WhiteNoise , that was quick!

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I’ve updated to 0.13.22 insider build, and the behavior has not changed. ALT+V still jumps up one page.

SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: v0.13.22
	Installer version: v0.13.19
	Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 20.6.0: Wed Nov 10 22:23:05 PST 2021; root:xnu-7195.141.14~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101 20.6.0
	Login status: logged in
	Catalyst license: insider
	Insider build toggle: on
	Live preview: on
	Legacy editor: off
	Base theme: dark
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 0
	Safe mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
	none
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ok thanks

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will be fixed 0.13.23

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