Clicking on a note pane or opening a note, forcibly reveals the note in navigation

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Issue: Clicking on a note window or opening a note, forcibly reveals the note in navigation

Steps to reproduce

  • Use Obsidian 12.16 on MacOS 11.6
  • open any note or file, or click on any open note pane
  • Note can be opened from navigation list directly, through CMD-O or through a link in another note

Expected result

  • The note opens or the note pane becomes active
  • the navigation pane does not change state

Actual result

  • the note is revealed in navigation in the same way that the “Reveal file in navigation” button will do it.
  • if the file navigation pane is minimised, it will open the pane and reveal the file.
  • This is very annoying

Environment

  • Operating system: MacOS 11.6
  • Obsidian version: Obsidian 12.16

Additional information

  • I recently reinstalled MacOS on my Mac from scratch and installed Obsidian using installer version 0.12.15
  • I can’t be certain, but I believe this issue started when I installed Obsidian update 12.16
  • The issue is present regardless of any settings I can find
  • Issue persists with no community plugins installed
  • issue ceases when I disable “File Explorer” core plugin
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please post a screen recording of this happening in the help vault.

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I just tested it, the issue doesn’t occur in the help vault

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Some plugin is causing you this problem.

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That makes sense. The confusing part is that it persists even after disabling all core and community plugins, with the exception of the file navigation plugin.

could a plugin be affecting this even when it is not enabled?

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have you tried disabling the thirdparty plugins and restarting obsidian?

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Lo and behold! That fixed it. I guess there was a cache somewhere with the gremlin.
Of course, in the end “have you turned it off and on again” was what did it.

Thanks WhiteNoise!

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How do I mark as solved?

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If you find which plugin did this, please open a BR to the author of that plugin because disabling plugins should cleanup things and not need a restart.

was it this plugin Automatically Reveal Active File ?

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I did at one point have that plugin installed, so its possible. but I had already uninstalled it and when the bug was occurring. Though I don’t think I had disabled plugins AND restarted Obsidian since I uninstalled