iPad Obsidian 1.8.10 (197) has an enormous delay when viewing 2 documents split screen using a small (14px or below) font size. The system catches up after a few seconds, but then the lag will come back if you spend too much time in one of the two documents. Here’s a video of the issue in a completely fresh vault with only 2 small text documents: Watch ScreenRecording_07-03-2025 10-44-16_1 | Streamable . (It’s a little hard to capture, but you can see the cursor change when I click, then there’s several seconds before the selection happens.)
Steps to reproduce
- Create 2 documents
- Display them side-by-side (right click on the tab and select “Split Right”
- In the appearance setting, set font to a small size (I’ve experienced this using 14px and below)
- Try and set the cursor at different positions between panes.
Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y]
Expected result
No delay
Actual result
2-3 second delay. It goes away after a moment, then will come back.
Environment
SYSTEM INFO:
Operating system: ios 18.5 (Apple iPad13,8)
Obsidian version: 1.8.10 (197)
API version: v1.8.10
Login status: logged in
Language: en
Catalyst license: insider
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on
RECOMMENDATIONS:
none