Released May 19, 2023
Shiny new things
- YouTube and Twitter links can now be embedded within your notes using the markdown image embed syntax (i.e.

). - Clicking on external links inside
<iframe>
now properly open them in the default browser.
Improvements
- Improved Live Preview rendering performance when moving the cursor.
- Quick switcher: Bookmarks no longer rank higher in the search results.
- PDF tabs will now automatically reload the PDF file when it is modified outside of Obsidian.
- New hotkeys for interacting with the File explorer:
-
F2
to start renaming the focused file. -
Space
to open the focused file. - macOS:
Enter
to start renaming the focused file (to follow the OS convention). - macOS:
Cmd + ArrowDown
to open the focused file.
-
No longer broken
- Linux: fixed issues with middle-click triggering paste when it shouldn’t.
- Renaming a file in the tab title bar now finishes the rename when using the
Enter
andTab
key. - Long tables that exceed the view width will now show a scrollbar.
- Fixed missing first column when pasting a markdown table.
- File Explorer: fixed “Reveal file in navigation” not always scrolling the file into view.
- Fixed
Alt + Click
in file explorer not setting the focused file properly. - Fixed alignment of icons inside tree components.
- Search: Clicking filenames in the search results will now respect the “Always focus new tabs” preference.
- Frontmatter will now still be recognized if there are spaces after the ending
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. - Fixed file saving interrupted when closing or quitting. Now Obsidian will properly wait for the file to be saved before closing.