(The title may be quite confusing, so please feel free to edit it if you have ideas on how to make it clearer.)
When I double click a word in order to select it and then replace it with something by typing, sometimes Obsidian will remove more text than just the highlighted word. Circumstances:
The text must be in a list item.
You need to first click some italized text before double clicking a word. Then double click some text after the italic text.
(The video is unlisted on YouTube, so it’s only visible for people who know the link.)
Expected result
Only the selected/higlighted word should be removed and replaced with the typed text.
Actual result
All italic text is removed.
Environment
Operating system: Windows 10
Debug info:
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v0.13.23
Installer version: v0.12.15
Operating system: Windows 10 Home 10.0.19042
Login status: logged in
Catalyst license: none
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: light
Community theme: Red Graphite
Snippets enabled: 0
Safe mode: off
Plugins installed: 2
Plugins enabled: 0
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Custom theme: for cosmetic issues, please first try updating your theme to latest. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the help vault or disable community theme and snippets.
Tried also on my Linux machine (Xubuntu 20.04): The installer version was some 0.9.x, and Obsidian version 0.13.23.
I was able to reproduce the bug just like in the video that was recorded on Windows 10. The bug happened for both the bullet list item and the task list item.
I upgraded the “installer version” by downloading a new AppImage from Obsidian.md. Now installer version is 0.13.23.
Then tried to reproduce the bug: the bug only reproduces on a task list item, not on a normal bullet list item anymore.
Another try on Windows:
Restarted the computer and upgraded the “installer version” by downloading a new installer from Obsidian.md, then reinstalled Obsidian. Now installer version is 0.13.23.
Tried to reproduce the bug, and it happens just the same way as in the video, both on the bullet list item and on the task list item.
I guess it’s due to the Red graphite theme I’m using, it has some red accents. (I’m probably using some old version of it, I think I haven’t upgraded in a year maybe?)
I tested this more. This is a bit simpler way to test it:
First the caret needs to be located outside of italic text.
Double click a word in the middle of an italic text (so that the word does not beging or end with a star *, i.e. italic2 in the example).
Type something.
This does not occur every time, might need multiple retries. Also it most likely happens on bullet list lines and task lines, but this time I was also able to reproduce it on the non-list line, but just a couple of times (unfortunately it did not happen when recording the below gif).
This is in help vault, on Windows 10. I tested on Linux too (again), and the same happened on there too. The machines are different and use different keyboards and mice. So it should not be anything input hardware specific.
