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

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Another +1 for a toggle to disable this mode. In addition to what @Miska_Moloka said about not being able to delete images by selecting them, you can also no longer rename them without additional steps.

This is one step further away from WYSIWYG editing and feels like feature bloat for the sake of it.

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I don’t understand why a feature that is obviously a bug hasn’t been fixed even after a month. Of course, I’m still using the old version, and I won’t update until this bug is fixed.

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will be fixed in v1.13.0. ETA unknown.

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Sorry, I hearted your comment before I tested - but unfortunately, 1.13.0 seems to have actually made things worse.

While I agree with OP that 1.12.4’s image resizing feature was a flawed and unnecessary change, at least we were able to click near the image and then use the arrow keys on the keyboard to enter the image link. Now the arrow keys just focus the image resizer. 1.13.0 has made it so you must use the mouse to resize an image.

When I resize an image, I want to be able to type in a specific size - not guess approximately the correct number of pixels.

I understand that the change has addressed some of the issues raised - for example, now you can press Delete to delete an image - but hiding the image link feels opposed to Obsidian’s philosophy. I no longer have exact control over the size of images, I cannot see the image name or edit it without additional clicks, and Backspace deletes the whole image rather than a single character, as if it were a Word document and not a text file. We don’t need Obsidian to reinvent Microsoft Word.

Let me know if I’m missing the actual change, but I couldn’t find any option to configure this with the new Settings search.

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Sorry again! I’m new to early access versions and didn’t realise 1.13.0 was a pre-release. I’m going to give it some more time, looks like the fix you were talking about just isn’t in the app yet! :sweat_smile: