Editing toolbar not showing in editing view

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Steps to reproduce

I open the app, a vault, a note. I place my cursor in the note in editing view. The editing toolbar/ribbon does not appear.

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

Y

Yes, I did, I promise.

Expected result

I expect to see the editing toolbar.

Actual result

There is no editing toolbar.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.8.7
Installer version: v1.8.7
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 24.3.0: Thu Jan 2 20:24:06 PST 2025; root:xnu-11215.81.4~3/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 24.3.0
Login status: logged in
Language: en
Catalyst license: none
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

I’d include a link to the screen recording I made, but apparently I’m not allowed to post a link. So I can’t follow instructions.

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What I’ve done:

  • Rebooted the app and my computer
  • Checked for updates
    -Confirmed I’m using the default theme
  • Confirmed I’m not using any community plugins
  • Re-installed the app
  • There are (2) issues in the developer console:
  1. SharedArrayBuffer will require cross-origin isolation. See
    …for more details.
    Affected Resources
    1 source
    app.js:1 Learn more: This change will go into effect with milestone 106.
  2. SharedArrayBuffer usage is restricted to cross-origin isolated sites
    SharedArrayBuffers (SABs) can be used to construct high-resolution timers. High-resolution timers simplify Spectre attacks on cross-origin resources.
    To mitigate security risks across browsers, SharedArrayBuffers are gated behind cross-origin isolated contexts starting with Chrome 92 (July 2021). To continue using SharedArrayBuffers, please ensure that this page opts-into cross-origin isolation by setting Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy and Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy appropriately.
    Note that for each iframe, only the first issue is reported for performance reasons.
    Affected Resources
    1 violation
    |Source Location|Trigger|Status|
    | — | — | — |
    |app.js:1|Instantiation|warning|
  • Learn more: Enabling SharedArrayBuffer

Background:

  • I just reinstalled Obsidian yesterday.
  • I’ve mainly been using it on my iPad.
  • I’m not 100% certain, but I believe the toolbar was there yesterday because I was using the app without an issue. This was the first thing I noticed today
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Can you put the link inside ` backticks? The link restriction is a spam protection measure for brand new users. You’ll be able to post links soon.

`www.yourlink.here`
4

There’s no editing toolbar on desktop Obsidian. Could that be the confusion?

An editing toolbar like this is only in mobile Obsidian:

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5

Lord yes that’s the confusion. :person_facepalming:

Is there any way to get such a feature in the desktop version? Editing is a real pain…

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I found a plugin: obsidian://show-plugin?id=editing-toolbar

:see_no_evil:

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