Outline Heading Clicks Do Not Accurately Change Editor View

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Unzip the attached demo zip file “TestVault.zip” (This zip file contains 4 md files in a folder called “TestVault.”)
  2. Open the TestVault folder in Obsidian as a new vault. No plugins, no snippets.
  3. Open the files “Test Main 1.md” and “Test Main 2.md” (These files contain embeds from the other 2 md files in the vault.)
  4. Open the right sidebar and switch to outline view.
  5. Click on the headings in the outline view.

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

Y

Expected result

The editor view changes to display the section identified by the heading that was just clicked in the outline view.

Actual result

About half the time, the editor view changes, but does not display the section identified by the heading that was just clicked in the outline view.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.8.9
Installer version: v1.8.3
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 24.3.0: Thu Jan 2 20:24:16 PST 2025; root:xnu-11215.81.4~3/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 24.3.0
Login status: not logged in
Language: en
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
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Test files and screen recording

TestVault.zip (37.2 KB)

Screen Recording.mp4.zip (3.1 MB)

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I don’t understand why you opened another bug report. I replied you yesterday in the other thread about this.

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Thank you for letting me know that my bug reports were inconsistent.

Please see new, differentiated bug reports.

This current bug report, and this one: