iPadOS/iOS - Unable to scroll PDFs with external mouse or touchpad

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a blank vault.
  2. Place within it a PDF
  3. Try to scroll the PDF using an external mouse or the Magic Keyboard touchpad

Bonus

  1. Make a markdown note and embed the PDF within it
  2. Try to scroll the embedded PDF using an external mouse or the Magic Keyboard touchpad

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

Yes. Download my repro vault here: Dropbox

Expected result

It should be possible to scroll the PDF like any other file, or like in any other app.

Actual result

Unable to scroll PDF either directly or as an embed. Able to scroll note with embedded PDF, just not the PDF itself.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Operating system: ios 17.5.1 (Apple iPad13,16)
Obsidian version: 1.6.7 (149)
API version: v1.6.7
Login status: logged in
Catalyst license: none
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
none

Additional information

I don’t know if it’s related in any way, but enabling the plugin “PDF++” breaks scrolling in every note, not just PDFs.

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I have never installed PDF++ so I don’t know why I can’t scroll. For me, it has nothing to do with that plugin. In fact, a default vault (without any plugins) does it as well.

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Yes, sorry if I didn’t make this clear - this bug has nothing to do with PDF++, it’s just that there’s a similar bug in PDF++ that might be related somehow.

This particular bug is about how PDFs cannot be scrolled, not markdown notes in general.

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Ah I could have been more clear as well. For me, both PDFs and Notes do not scroll with the smart keyboard. iPadOS 18 Beta, latest Obsidian.

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If you use the Magic Keyboard’s trackpad to mouse over the icon in the dock it doesn’t do the pop-out thing icons normally do. Apple Pencil hover also isn’t supported. Maybe there’s something more generally not working with mouse support?

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With magic keyboard on iPadOS:

  • Cannot scroll down with up and down arrows
  • Cannot scroll down with keyboard touchpad
  • Can navigate pages back and forth with left and right arrows
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Just to clarify, it was a bug of PDF++, and it has been fixed in PDF++ v0.40.11. And importantly, it was a completely separate problem from the bug of Obsidian discussed here.

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Bug is still present in v1.7.4 (same repro as before)

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