Obsidians Quick Look on macOS 27 - no keystroke possible after quick looking a Markdown file

Bug reports
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Steps to reproduce

  • disable current quick look viewer (qlmarkdown), enable obsidian quick look viewer
  • open macos finder, select a markdown and press space key to view
  • try go with keyboard to another file

Did you read and follow the troubleshooting guide ? [Yes/No]

yes

Expected result

Keystroke works after viewing a file with obsidians quick look viewer.

Actual result

No keystorke possible, keyboard hangs in finder. Workaround is selecting another file with trackpad/mouse.

Environment

macos 27

2

Please post the full output of the Show debug info command to complete the BR. Thanks.

3

we can’t reproduce this.

4

Can reproduce this issue. The issue only occurs when Finder’s Preview Pane is visible. Hiding the Preview Pane restores arrow-key navigation, while the standalone Quick Look window works correctly.

Here’s my debug info:

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: 1.14.4
Installer version: 1.14.4
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 25.6.0: Fri Jul 31 19:18:49 PDT 2026; root:xnu-12377.161.14~5/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 25.6.0
Login status: not logged in
Language: en
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: Minimal 8.0.4
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 10
Plugins enabled: 9
1: Calendar v1.5.10
2: Git v2.39.0
3: Iconize v2.14.7
4: Self-hosted LiveSync v1.0.15
5: Hider v1.7.1
6: Minimal Theme Settings v9.0.0
7: Style Settings v1.0.9
8: Easy Typing v6.0.9
9: Fix Math v1.0.34

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Custom theme and snippets: for cosmetic issues, please first try updating your theme and disabling your snippets. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community theme and snippets.
Community plugins: for bugs, please first try updating all your plugins to latest. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community plugins.