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Steps to reproduce
- Open Obsidian
- Go to the body of any note
- Press ⇧⌥M
Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]
Y
Expected result
Whatever character your keyboard layout produces when pressing the key combination – it’s the closing quote (”) in the Nordic layout – should be inserted into the note.
Actual result
Nothing happens.
Environment
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.8.4
Installer version: v1.8.3
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 23.6.0: Fri Nov 15 15:11:49 PST 2024; root:xnu-10063.141.1.702.7~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6020 23.6.0
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
The problem appeared in the latest version of Obsidian – previous versions have worked fine. It seems to be only this one key combination – just ⌥M without the Shift key works (it produces the ’ character in my layout), and other Shift + Option key combinations work (such as ⇧⌥N for the opening quote “).
I’m using the Nordic keyboard layout (where ⇧⌥M is the standard key for the closing quote, i.e. it is not a shortcut defined by me). But the issue was duplicated on the Obsidian Discord by another user with a different layout (where the key combo normally produces the  character but does nothing in Obsidian).
The issue is limited to the note body – in the note title, the key does work. I normally use Vim key bindings, but tried also with that setting disabled – same behavior in both.
There is no keyboard shortcut defined for the key combination in the Obsidian settings.
Attached is a short video clip of me moving around and pressing keys in the Sandbox vault, demonstrating this issue.
obsidian-shift-opt-m.mp4.zip (376.6 KB)