Comments Disappear in Tables in Hybrid Mode (Not Source, Not Reading View)

Bug reports
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Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Obsidian on macOS.
  2. Ensure neither “Source Mode” nor “Reading View Mode” is enabled — this is the hybrid “Not-Source-Not-Reading-Mode.”
  3. Create a table in a note.
  4. Add a comment inside one of the table cells using %% comment %% or <!-- comment -->.
  5. Observe the visibility of the comment.

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

Y — default theme, no third-party plugins, no CSS snippets.

Expected result

I expect the comments inside table cells should be visible in this hybrid mode, just like comments outside of tables.

Actual result

Comments inside table cells are hidden, while comments outside tables remain visible.

Environment

  • Obsidian 1.9.14 (Installer 1.8.9)
  • macOS 26.0.1 (25A362)
  • Default theme, no plugins, no CSS snippets

Additional Information

I’m sure this is done as a design choice, because in this mode someone thought you might want to view the finished table size in this hybrid mode. But, I believe the correct behavior is for the comment to be visible in this hybrid mode. I never use the source mode, so if comments are not visible in this hybrid mode, that seems danger.

There shouldn’t be any hidden characters in this hybrid mode.

I’d queue this as a bug to be fixed.