Clicking on object in metadata overwrites it to [Object object]

[ariehen]

If you use the Properties UI at all, the YAML will be reformatted.

Here are two relevant topics about this (there may be more):

API: processFrontMatter removes string quotes, comments, types, formatting

Calling processFrontMatter will destroy all previous formatting, and most YAML features/syntax. As you will see from the expected vs actual output, the behavior is quite odd. Steps to reproduce Modify the sample’s ‘sample-editor-command’ code in the onload method here to the content below this.addCommand({ id: 'sample-editor-command', name: 'Sample editor command', editorCallback: (editor: Editor, view: MarkdownView) => { console.log(editor.getSelection()); editor.replaceSelection('Sam…

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Properties: Support multi-level YAML (nested attributes)

Use case or problem We need to be able to support multi-level YAML. Especially for Dataview users --- parent: - child1: - grandchild1: 1 - grandchild2: 2 - child2: - grandchild3: 3 - grandchild4: 4 ---