ArrowUp from the first line doesn't go to the inline title when no properties present

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Open the sandbox vault
  2. With the cursor on the first line, press ArrowUp

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

Yes.

Expected result

The cursor should be on the inline title.

Actual result

The cursor stayed on the first line.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.10.6
Installer version: v1.10.6
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 23.6.0: Wed Oct 15 21:15:50 PDT 2025; root:xnu-10063.141.1.707.11~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 23.6.0
Login status: logged in
Language: en
Catalyst license: insider
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
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Additional information

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I don’t think that’s a bug. I think that’s a way to protect users from unintentionally editing or deleting the filename as if it were content.

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According to this post, it seems that this interaction was previously implemented as a feature. So, it seems to me that this feature was previously requested.

About unintentional editing:

In one of the previous versions where it worked: The jump from the content to the file name requires the cursor to be positioned before the first character. Thus, the user needs to (1) navigate to this point before (2) pressing the arrow up. This two-step process already reduces potential unintentional editing.

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Workaround: You can press F2 from anywhere in a note to immediately edit the title.

It places your cursor in either the inline title, tab title bar, or a popup, in that priority order depending on which titles your settings are displaying.

And some symphathy: I also miss up-arrowing into the note title. It was into the tab title bar for me. I still forget sometimes but am growing accustomed to pressing F2 instead.

5

Oh good call.

In 1.7.1 the note said “Fixed keyboard navigation issues between the inline title, properties, and editor.” without specifying exactly what was fixed. But in other versions around that time, it only talked about pressing down.

In 1.8.8 again it only talks about down. “If properties are hidden, pressing Down Arrow from the inline title focuses the editor.”

In 1.8.9 it was repeated, “If properties are hidden, pressing Down Arrow from the inline title focuses the editor.”

So maybe if it was fixed, it got forgotten or regressed back.

If a file has properties (hidden or not), it is possible to move up/down to the inline title. So I think you’re right that this is a bug. Pardon me.

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Thanks. this is indeed a regression