Android Selection: Select all only partially selects

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open any long note in Obsidian on Android mobile.

  2. Try to select all text using the “Select all” function.

  3. Observe that text is only selected up to the next break between blocks/paragraphs.

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]

Y

Expected result

The “Select all” option should select the entire note content at once.

Alternatively, there should be a “Share” or “Copy all” feature to easily copy all text from a note on mobile.

Actual result

“Select all” only selects text up to the next block/paragraph break.

No option exists to copy or share the entire note in one step.

Environment

Samsung Galaxy A56, Android 15

Samsung Galaxy A22, Android 13

Poco X7 Pro, Hyper OS 2

Obsidian (latest mobile version at time of writing)

Additional information

This issue occurs consistently across all three devices.

The limitation makes it very difficult to copy and transfer text from Obsidian notes on mobile, which impacts workflows where large text needs to be moved elsewhere.

A “Copy all” or “Share note” option would provide a useful workaround if fixing text selection is not feasible.


3 Likes

“select all” works for me.

Can you post a screen recording of this not working in a new vault?

Also please attach a copy of the output of “show debug info” command

For some reason I cannot upload a video file and Google Drive Link is also not allowed.

So I will insert the link with spaces so it is not picked up as a link

drive dot google dot com/file/d/1_L_IYvxHikdY2PY1uFHn727P1St1NC0N/view?usp=drivesdk

I have this exact same issue. It’s very frustrating!

  1. Long-press a word, select “Select all” from context menu.

  2. Go to a different note, open clipboard, tap “Paste”

Original note: 2648 words

New Note: 230 words

Keyboard: Google Keyboard version 17.0.14.880768217-release-arm64-v8a

Android Version: 16

Phone: Pixel 6 Pro

Thanks I am able to reproduce on Android.
It doesn’t happen all the time but when it happens the selection handles disappear too.

1 Like

The bug about selecting with dragging was moved to a separate BR.