Difficult to select and delete checklist lines

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Steps to reproduce

Paste the following into a new note and follow the instructions

- [x] Click anywhere on this line
- [ ] Press *Home* key twice
- [ ] The cursor should now be at the beginning of the first checklist line
- [ ] Press *Shift + Down Arrow*

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

Yes

Expected result

  • All of the first checklist item is selected
  • None of the second item is selected
  • Pressing Delete key should delete only the first item

Actual result

  • All of the first checklist item is selected
  • Bullet and checkbox (- [ ]) of second item are also selected
  • Pressing Delete key deletes the first item and the checkbox of the second item.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: v1.5.12
	Installer version: v1.4.13
	Operating system: #35-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Apr 26 11:23:57 UTC 2024 6.5.0-35-generic
	Login status: not logged in
	Insider build toggle: off
	Live preview: on
	Base theme: adapt to system
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 0
	Restricted mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
	none

Additional information

This bug has been around for a while now. Maybe it was introduced in v1.5.x? Not sure exactly when it appeared, but Iā€™m fairly certain checklist item selection did not always work this way.

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Iā€™m not sure if it would help, but maybe download and reinstall to a more recent installer version.

Perhaps it is also OS-dependent?

I canā€™t reproduce this on MacOS, Obsidian 1.5.12 (installer 1.5.12) or Obsidian 1.6.1 (installer 1.5.12). Pressing shift-down selects only the first line and no portion of the second line. Deleting deletes only the first line.

(Iā€™ll just sneak in one quick workaround too. Delete Paragraph command would also delete the line without needing to Home-Home-Shift-Down-Delete. Can also be mapped to a hotkey.)

3

I can reproduce this also on mac (replace pressing Home by Cmd + ā†. The bug appears in live previewā€”on source mode the cursor moves as expected. Pressing shift is unnecessary to observe the unexpected behaviour.

I tested on Obsidian v1.6.2 (installer v1.6.2). mac Sonoma 14.5

4

Oh I stand corrected. I can reproduce this in the Sandbox vault in 1.5.12 and 1.6.2 on MacOS.

One of my CSS snippets somehow corrects the issue. But even if I completely empty the CSS file (and restart Obsidian), it still corrects itā€¦ Very strange.

5

You can press Cmd + X or Ctrl + X to delete checklist items.

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I can see that there is something odd going on here. It doesnā€™t not happen all the time.
In the mean time, keep in mind that you can do shift-end too.

7

This issue still exists on v1.8.9.

keep in mind that you can do shift-end too.

It works, but does not delete the newline, so have to press delete twice.