PDF new window bug when closing and re launching obsidian

cerros · September 14, 2023, 2:39am

Very often I open a PDF in a new window in a second monitor while working in obsidian in my main monitor.
This is how it looks when working.

If I close the main obsidian window, it will also close the PDF window, which is expected. When I re-launch obsidian it automatically opens 2 windows, the main obsidian window, and the PDF window. However, the pdf window won’t show the PDF It is just a blank window with the title of the PDF it is supposed to show. This is how it looks:

I’m using windows 11. Obsidian v1.4.12 and no plugins or snippets.

Thanks.

cerros · September 21, 2023, 4:05am

I could not try this in a sandbox, since I am required to quit and reopen obsidian in order to see the bug. But i ran the test in a newly created vault.

cerros · October 27, 2023, 2:23am

Has anyone been able to reproduce this?
It keeps happening to me in v 1.4.16

WhiteNoise · October 27, 2023, 3:13am

I’ll double check.

cerros · October 27, 2023, 3:59am

Thanks

cerros · November 6, 2023, 8:48pm

@WhiteNoise Hi. Where you able to check if this is indeed a bug?
Thanks.

WhiteNoise · November 6, 2023, 10:21pm

yes I can reproduce.

cerros · November 7, 2023, 3:16pm

Thanks. I hope it can get fix soon.
Nice day.

Mikelesi · February 3, 2024, 6:09pm

Steps to reproduce

Open obsidian and put a PDF on a second monitor
Close obsidian
When reopening obsidian you will have the tab with the PDFs blank
You can take the tab from the second monitor to the first one to reset it

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

Yes, I did this test both on my vault without plugins enabled and in a new vault.

Expected result

I expected that once I reopened obsidian to have all my tabs with PDFs visibles

Actual result

Once opened obsidian all my tabs with PDFs on the second screen are blank.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.5.3
Installer version: v1.4.16
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro 10.0.22631
Login status: logged in
Catalyst license: none
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on

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