#1

Things I have tried

I’ll admit, I’m REALLY new to Obsidian… but I am LOVING the possibilities of it.

I’ve tried different ways of inserting and formatting the 3 dashes “- - -“. I’ve made sure they start on the first line. I’ve tried putting in this….
- - -
Foods: [Apple, Orange, Pineapple] pear
Just some other junk
- - -

And I don’t get a YAML error at all.

Plus, when I put it in correctly….

 - - - 
   Foods: [Apple, Orange, Pineapple]
 - - -

it doesn’t change to a YAML block.

I’ve watched YouTube videos and done web searches and I can’t find what I’m missing.

What I’m trying to do

At this point… I’m just trying to get YAML to work from my iPad so I can start using DataViewer.

Oh… I supposed I should mention… I’m also trying to do a “mobile only” workflow… where the iPad is my main compute device. I have a MacBook and could go to that… but it still doesn’t solve the problem.

Thanks for the help and listening… and putting up with my first post here.

#2

There shouldn’t be any spaces on the top/bottom lines, just dashes. I don’t think the indent is valid either.

#3

OK…

So this is what I’ve found out…

the “dashes” on the iPad… or my iPad, at least, are different. (Not sure how that works)

When I went to YAML front matter and copied / pasted the example from there… it worked… and the dashes looked different.

I then deleted the first line and tried every “dash” I could find on the iPad keyboard and couldn’t get the YAML to come back. Not until I re-pasted the dashes from the example.

I’ve also noticed… that if I type 3 dashes, anywhere else, it does not give me the horizontal line… however, if I include spaces or type 3 underscores it does.

I’m thinking something is up with iPad’s keyboard and dashes.

#4

Try turning Smart Punctuation off in keyboard settings.

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#5

Stevelw… you are my hero!!

I mean, I’m an IT guy and claim to be an Apple “Fan Boy” and I didn’t even know of that option!

Thank you so very much! You have made my day!

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