Desktop, Windows, v1.12.4: Image Resizing Feature breaks basic image operations in Live Preview

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  1. Steps to reproduce

    1. Update Obsidian to v1.12.4 on Windows.
    2. Open a note with images and switch to Live Preview mode.
    3. Try to delete an image with Backspace / Delete key, or cut it with Ctrl+X.
    4. Observe that normal quick image operations no longer work as expected.

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

  3. Expected result

    In Live Preview, images should support quick, convenient operations:

    • Delete easily with Backspace / Delete
    • Cut with Ctrl+X
    • Normal selection and editing behavior as in previous versions

  4. Actual result

    The new image resizing feature (drag corner to resize) breaks the original image selection logic.

    • Cannot conveniently delete images using Backspace / Delete
    • Cannot easily cut images with Ctrl+X
    • All image-related operations have become slow and cumbersome

  5. Environment

    SYSTEM INFO:
    Obsidian version: v1.12.4
    Installer version: v1.12.4
    Operating system: Windows 10/11
    Login status: logged in
    Catalyst license: none
    Insider build toggle: off
    Live preview: on
    Legacy editor: off
    Base theme: dark
    Community theme: none
    Snippets enabled: 0
    Restricted mode: off
    Plugins installed: 0
    Plugins enabled: 0

  6. Additional information

    Please add a **toggle option in Settings** to completely disable the new image resizing feature and restore the original image behavior in Live Preview.

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Please add a toggle option in Settings to completely disable the new image resizing feature.

After clicking on an image in Live Preview, keyboard operations stop working entirely (except ESC).

This feature feels quite disruptive, frustrating and is a much worse implementation compared to the mousewheel-image-zoom plugin.

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The feature also blocks images from being opened in a new tab by ctrl+clicking, which is annoying as that was a really quick way of opening the image in tab (e.g. to then rename it or move it)

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I confirm. There is no way to delete images by first selecting them. The only option left is to select the record itself like ![[Pasted image 20260302205630.png]]

It’s impossible to work. This needs to be fixed urgently. And I also didn’t like the reduction and increase in size. There is no multiplicity. If you take a screenshot in retina (on a MacBook), then there should be something fast so that you can reduce it by half, maybe with Shift held down or something like that. But for now, this function is generally inconvenient and there is no way to disable it.

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I believe this is a critical bug that requires immediate attention, as it severely breaks the user workflow. Please fix it as soon as possible.

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I agree