Middle-click-opening a Base note doesn't respect pinned notes

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a Base (or open an existing Base)
  2. Pin the Base
  3. Pin 2-4 other notes
  4. Open a note from inside the pinned base (using mouse middle click)

CleanShot 2026-08-03 at 13.00.58

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Expected result

The note opens in a tab after the pinned notes

Actual result

The note opens in a tab adjacent to the pinned Base note, ignoring the other pinned notes

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: 1.13.4
Installer version: 1.13.4
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 24.6.0: Tue Apr 21 20:19:01 PDT 2026; root:xnu-11417.140.69.710.16~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 24.6.0
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Language: en-GB
Catalyst license: vip
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Live preview: on
Base theme: light
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 4
Restricted mode: on
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Additional information

Note that the behaviour works correctly when clicking a link inside the Base (e.g. the note opens in a new tab after the pinned notes). Only by using the middle-mouse-click is the behaviour incorrect/inconsistent

2

This is not a bug

Pinned notes means don’t open links in this tab.
Pinned notes doesn’t mean that a new tab will be created after all pinned notes.

3

@whitenoise It’s inconsistent behaviour.

A left-mouse click opens the note after the pins (last tab) and a middle-mouse click opens the note after the adjacent note (2nd tab). See the GIF.

4

This is not related to bases, happens with regular notes as well.

Click opens in the rightmost location (when the current tab is pinned), Middle-click always opens next to the current tab

Ok, please create a FR for this. Thanks.

5

Will do. Thanks for the additional explanation! :folded_hands:t3: