Ios: Text selection and cursor showing on top of header and toolbar

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Steps to reproduce

  • Open a long note
  • Select so much text that the view starts scrolling

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

Y

Expected result

Header and mobile toolbar cover up the selection styling

Actual result

Selection styling covers up the header and mobile toolbar

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Operating system: ios 16.5.1 (Apple iPad)
Obsidian version: 1.4.6 (105)
API version: v1.3.5
Login status: logged in
Catalyst license: none
Live preview: off
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on

Additional information

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+1, looks so janky

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Does this happen in a new vault?

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Yep, it does.

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This isn’t just an aesthetic problem — it blocks use of the toolbar. To use a toolbar button I have to scroll the highlight so it doesn’t overlap. I notice it more on phone than on tablet because of the smaller screen.

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This person encountered the problem over a year ago but apparently it cleared up when they disabled plugins. Looks like they were using Advanced Mobile Toolbar or Commander, which I remember having at least one scroll-related bug (I’m using neither, anymore). [Bug] Mobile toolbar unusable when selecting text from bottom to top

I added “and cursor” to the thread title and merged in a report about that.

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Place cursor on screen
  2. Move page down so that location of cursor is the same as header bar
  3. Observe cursor visible over header bar

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

Yes

Expected result

I expect the cursor to be covered by the header bar.

Actual result

The cursor appears above the header bar.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Operating system: ios 17.0 (Apple iPhone)
Obsidian version: 1.4.8 (107)
API version: v1.3.7
Login status: logged in
Catalyst license: insider
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on

Additional information

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When selecting text in Obsidian for iPhone, the highlight overlaps with the editing menu positioned above the keyboard.

This makes it awkward to modify the selection, as the selection handle merges with the editing toolbox, sometimes causing the handle to be hidden.

It appears that the editing toolbox on top of the keyboard shares the same layer as the text.

DEVICE: IPHONE

IOS: 17.2.1

OBSIDIAN VERSION: 1.4.16

PHOTO:

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Is there any chance that the developers will address this bug? It has been ignored continuously. I use Obsidian on my iPhone daily, and this issue is incredibly frustrating. Thx.

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This bug mainly affects me when I triple-tap to select the whole paragraph or when I use Select All. When dragging to select, the note typically scrolls to keep the selection off the toolbar.

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Select any text
  2. Scroll up

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SYSTEM INFO:
	Operating system: ios 18.1.1 (Apple iPhone14,5)
	Obsidian version: 1.7.7 (172)
	API version: v1.7.7
	Login status: not logged in
	Language: en
	Live preview: on
	Base theme: adapt to system
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 0
	Restricted mode: off
	Plugins installed: 3
	Plugins enabled: 0

RECOMMENDATIONS:
	none