#- character in tags visible in read mode

[alba63]

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Steps to reproduce

1. Create a new note.
2. Add a line containing one or more tags, for example: tags:: #test #idea
3. Switch to Reading View.

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

Y. The issue persists in Restricted Mode with the default theme enabled and no CSS snippets.

Expected result

In Reading View, the tags should be rendered as “pills” (with a background color and rounded corners) and the # symbol should be hidden.

Actual result

In Reading View, the tags are rendered as plain text. The # symbol remains visible, and the “pill” styling is not applied. The tags are functional (clickable), but the display is incorrect.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:

Obsidian version: v1.8.10

Installer version: v1.8.10

Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 24.6.0: Mon Jul 14 11:30:40 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.140.69~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 24.6.0

Login status: not logged in

Language: en

Insider build toggle: off

Live preview: on

Base theme: light

Community theme: none

Snippets enabled: 0

Restricted mode: off

Plugins installed: 18

Plugins enabled: 10

1: Omnisearch v1.27.2

2: Dataview v0.5.68

3: Tag Wrangler v0.6.4

4: Style Settings v1.0.9

5: Templater v2.14.1

6: Pandoc Plugin v0.4.1

7: Buttons v0.9.9

8: Advanced URI v1.45.0

9: Metadata Extractor v1.1.0

10: Slash snippets v1.0.13

Additional information

The issue started a few days ago. Before that, the “pill” styling for tags worked as expected with the Minimal Theme. The issue now also occurs with the default theme in restricted mode.

Additional troubleshooting steps taken:

• Reinstalled Obsidian completely.
• Tested with multiple other community themes (e.g., “Default”, “minimal”), the issue persists across all of them.
• started Obsidian in Save mode
• same on my Macbook which has access to the same Vault via iCloud

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[ariehen]

@alba63

In Reading View, the tags should be rendered as “pills” (with a background color and rounded corners) and the # symbol should be hidden.

I don’t understand this report. The # mark in inline tags has always been visible in Reading view as long as I’ve been using Obsidian.

[alba63]

Thank you, this led me to the solution. I am Obsidian beginner & didn’t know the difference between “YAML- tags” and “inline tags”. To make the tags inside the YAML visible, you have to switch on an option in preferences → Editor → “properties in document” set to “visible”. This is makes the tags visible inside the note and is what I remembered as “pills without the #- character”.
Inline tags seem to always show the #.

I already had the suspicion that this is more a user error on my side which is why I initially did not post it as a “bug”; just the moderator suggested me to do so. I consider this as solved.

Thanks again.