editor.setCursor() not working when cursor is in table in preview mode

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I also worked on cursor manipulation inside Live Preview tables.

The public Obsidian API alone doesn’t seem to be enough — you need to access CodeMirror directly via an internal API:

import { EditorView } from '@codemirror/view';

const cm = (editor as any).cm as EditorView;
cm.dispatch({
    selection: { anchor: pos, head: pos }
});

Here, pos is the offset of the position where you want to place the cursor — in ooooo’s code, that’s startOffset.

One caveat: since this uses an internal API, it’s worth double-checking after Obsidian updates.

I’ve also handled a number of other edge cases in my plugin, so feel free to take a look if you’re interested.
Plugin: Universal Cursor Hotkeys — Ctrl+P/N/B/F that work inside Markdown tables