A workaround I found is to click on the pane of the PDF, not the contents.
Well, technically you can click anywhere that is outside the PDF and it would get the hotkeys to work again, but clicking on the pane itself has allowed me to do things that are specific to that pane; an example would be to maximize using the Maximize Active Pane plugin, where you would need to have the PDF active in order to do so.
I do have a related concern however, Imma ask here in case if it’s impossible to fix/add for the devs also.
In Mac (and Windows depending on the touchpad), we can use the trackpad to zoom in and out on a page and PDF like we would with an iPad or phone, yet this functionality is absent in Obsidian’s PDF viewer; though we have the zoom in and out buttons, it’s just not the same IMO. Is this likely to be included in a future update or is this also unfixable?
Try to naviagte back via the hotkey (i have mine set to ⌘ <-
Expected result
I expect it to naviagte back
Actual result
Nothing. I have to click on a file in the file directory or backlink sidebars to naviagte. Once I return to the pdf it works, but it’s that FIRST time I open the pdf that it gets stuck.
Environment
Operating system: mac
Obsidian version: newest, it’s been a problem for a long time
The quick switcher should open up, allowing me to either create a new note or open an existing one alongside the pdf.
Actual result
The keyboard shortcut simply doesn’t work. To make it work again, you have to click on a different note.
Environment
Operating system: Windows 11
Debug info:
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v0.15.9
Installer version: v0.15.9
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro 10.0.22621
Login status: not logged in
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: dark
Community theme: Tokyo Night
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 35
Plugins enabled: 31
1: Dataview v0.4.26
2: Sliding Panes (Andy’s Mode) v3.2.3
3: Note Refactor v1.7.1
4: Activity History v0.1.4
5: CodeMirror Options v0.9.5
6: Graph Analysis v0.15.4
7: Search on Internet v0.5.0
8: File Explorer Note Count v1.2.0
9: Copy as HTML v1.0.5
10: Text to Speech v0.4.0
11: Excalidraw v1.6.16
12: Citations v0.4.4
13: Obsidian Git v1.22.0
14: Focus Mode v1.8.2
15: Commits v0.2.2
16: Text Snippets v0.0.8
17: File Tree Alternative Plugin v1.8.3
18: Advanced Tables v0.17.2
19: Buttons v0.4.16
20: Admonition v7.0.4
21: Shell commands v0.11.1
22: Templater v1.11.3
23: Calendar v1.5.10
24: Natural Language Dates v0.6.1
25: Dual v0.1
26: Annotator v0.1.9
27: PDF Highlights v0.0.4
28: Kanban v1.2.39
29: File path to URI v1.3.0
30: Advanced Slides v1.6.0
31: Tag Wrangler v0.5.3
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Put the window focus inside it (if it isn’t already focused)
Press a hotkey such as CTRL+P → Command Palette for me
Expected result
Hotkey should Work → Command Palette should Open
Actual result
Nothing happens
Environment
Operating system: Windows 10
Debug info: SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.1.9
Installer version: v0.15.9
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19042
Login status: not logged in
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on
RECOMMENDATIONS:
none
Additional information
Note that the browser-native PDF viewer hotkey CTRL-F to seach don’t seem to work either, but CTRL-SCROLL zooming seems to work.
Ctrl+Shift+I should always open the developer console.
Actual result
When the PDF is opened, the developer console does not open most of the time (it might rarely randomly work), whether the PDF tab is in focus or not.
When the PDF is closed, opening the dev console works.
Environment
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.1.16
Installer version: v1.1.16
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19045
Login status: not logged in
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on