Page title update is lost

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Steps to reproduce

  • with community plugins off and live preview on
  • click the title of a note and change it
  • use hotkey to navigate back away from current page

(the changes to the note name will be lost)

This bug is not a large issue for me since I know it is there, it might be a modest confusion for others.

Expected result

edits are maintained

Actual result

edits are lost

Environment

  • Operating system: Mac OS Monterey
  • Debug info:
    SYSTEM INFO:
    Obsidian version: v0.14.0
    Installer version: v0.13.31
    Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 21.3.0: Wed Jan 5 21:37:58 PST 2022; root:xnu-8019.80.24~20/RELEASE_X86_64 21.3.0
    Login status: logged in
    Catalyst license: vip
    Insider build toggle: off
    Live preview: on
    Legacy editor: off
    Base theme: light
    Community theme: Minimal
    Snippets enabled: 0
    Safe mode: on

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Additional information

2

I am not sure I understand what your problem is. If I hit enter or tab it works. Which hotkey do you use?

3

Yes, if I hit any keys that keep me on the same page, then it will update the title as appropriate. but if you execute the ā€œNavigate Backā€ command while your cursor is still in the title then those changes are lost.

4

This is NOT an urgent bug for me. now that I know it happens, I just take the extra second to first hit enter, then navigate away. (but I was confused for a while since I was making edits that were not sticking, but since I had already left the page, I did not know my work was not saved.)

5

I donā€™t consider this a bug. Please, open a feature request.

6

Hah, no need for a feature request. It is easy for me to avoid, but I do suspect it confuses other usersā€¦

The primary case would be a user that wants to rename many outgoing links from a page. The natural action is to click on the link edit its title, then navigate back.

I would respectfully disagree thsi it is not a bug. The app clearly does ā€œsave in the backgroundā€ for all other data. It is not consistent for this one piece of data to operate differently.

All that said. I do agree there are bigger fish to fry, worry about this bug later. Probably it is not biting too many peopleā€¦ I just listed this bug as a public service.

Cheers!

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