Mulitple mouse clicks changes reading view to source view

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Steps to reproduce

Multiple successive quick left-button mouse clicks results in the view changing from reading view to source view. It is also not consistent. Sometimes, depending on where I click, the reading view switches to source view. Other times it does not.

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

Yes. I was able to reproduce it in a fresh vault with no plugins.

Expected result

The reading view should remain reading view, even if I click many times in succession. Sometimes I click like this to copy a line in reading view. It should not result in a change to source view. I only noticed this bug on a recent version of Obsidian.

Actual result

Reading View ⇒ Source View

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Please, post a screen recording of this happening in the sandbox vault and provide the output of “show debug info command”.

Thanks

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I think Liam mentioned that they are aware of the issue. It only happens around embedded images for me.

Here I’m double-clicking with the mouse multiple times:

CleanShot 2026-01-17 at 11.19.31

SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: v1.11.5
	Installer version: v1.10.6
	Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 24.6.0: Wed Nov  5 21:33:58 PST 2025; root:xnu-11417.140.69.705.2~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 24.6.0
	Login status: logged in
	Language: en
	Catalyst license: supporter
	Insider build toggle: on
	Live preview: on
	Base theme: adapt to system
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 0
	Restricted mode: off
	Plugins installed: 0
	Plugins enabled: 0

RECOMMENDATIONS:
	none

Here going from Reading view → Source mode:

CleanShot 2026-01-17 at 11.36.23

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nevermind I was able to reproduce.

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Same bug here, i try in all my vaults with and without plugins or theme.