Steps to reproduce Create a metadata file with nested properties, like this: --- test: thing1: value1 thing2: value2 another: value3 --- Expected result I want to change various property values in Preview mode as easily as before. Strangely, some can be changed, some can’t. It’s confusing, ar…

I think nested YAML are not supported within Properties :thinking: … But you could add your voice here: [image] Properties & Bases: Support multi-level YAML (Mapping of Mappings, nested attributes, nested properties) Feature requests Use case or problem We ne…

Thank you. I view this as a bug in the new YAML display, not a feature request, because a week ago, nested properties used to work fine and be easy to edit, now it’s a big cluster-fluke. This strange new point-and-click YAML interface is absolutely awful in Preview mode, much harder to use and imp…

Well, it is a beta, not the stable release. (Tho that doesn’t rule out that it could have been a bug.)

I ran into the same issue. I have not even been able to find a way to disable the properties feature entirely (disabling the core plugin doesn’t even do it). Not a fan of this feature at all; plain text YAML worked just fine.

I still don’t understand what is “better” at all about it. It requires more clicking and typing to do any given task than it did before. Is it fancier? Not worth it if it’s just for chrome.

I’m having the same issue. I’ve used nested YAML since I started with Obsidian, and now I’m forced to switch. To be honest, nested YAML isn’t as useful as I thought it might be, but still I’d like to have the choice. I’m also having trouble seeing the benefit of properties vs traditional frontmatter…

This is some of the thinking behind the new properties setup: [image] API: processFrontMatter removes string quotes, comments, types, formatting Developers: API & Custom CSS So we’ve had long debates about this, and it mostly comes down to a trade-off between allowing use…

Cannot edit nested properties in Preview mode

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Pch August 3, 2023, 5:39pm 2

I think nested YAML are not supported within Properties …

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