# Following internal link from canvas always opens note in edit mode

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/following-internal-link-from-canvas-always-opens-note-in-edit-mode/56791>\
**Category:** Bug graveyard\
**Tags:** tracked\
**Created:** [March 22, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/following-internal-link-from-canvas-always-opens-note-in-edit-mode/56791 "2023-03-22T15:54:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![veenu](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/f1d935/32.png) [@veenu](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/veenu)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/following-internal-link-from-canvas-always-opens-note-in-edit-mode/56791/1 "2023-03-22T15:54:45Z")

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I’m not sure if this is intended behavior, but I find it highly annoying. Maybe I’m missing something?

### Steps to reproduce

- Create a new note, type some stuff into it
- Create a new canvas
- Add a card to the canvas
- In that card, add a link to the new note
- Click the link. The note always opens in edit mode, even if you had reading mode on beforehand

### Expected result

If the last active mode was reading mode, the note should also open in reading mode.

### Actual result

It always opens in edit mode.

### Environment

Windows 10. I also tried this in a completely fresh vault without anything added to it.

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**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/following-internal-link-from-canvas-always-opens-note-in-edit-mode/56791/3 "2023-03-23T14:57:57Z")

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Not a bug.  
Opening a note from canvas (or anywhere else) in a new tab, always open the target note in the default editor state.

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**Author:** ![veenu](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/f1d935/32.png) [@veenu](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/veenu)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/following-internal-link-from-canvas-always-opens-note-in-edit-mode/56791/4 "2023-03-23T15:07:12Z")

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Ah, I wasn’t aware that opening a note in a new tab behaves differently to opening it in the same tab. Changed the default view to reading view now and all is well!

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/following-internal-link-from-canvas-always-opens-note-in-edit-mode/56791/5 "2023-04-01T14:27:11Z")

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Closed on April 1, 2023, 2:27pm UTC