# Putting a Space before “—” causes Slides not to be separated

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/putting-a-space-before-causes-slides-not-to-be-separated/94867>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** slides\
**Created:** [January 15, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/putting-a-space-before-causes-slides-not-to-be-separated/94867 "2025-01-15T13:04:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![turtledovecare](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@turtledovecare](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/turtledovecare)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/putting-a-space-before-causes-slides-not-to-be-separated/94867/1 "2025-01-15T13:04:38Z")

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This is similar to [this reported bug](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/putting-a-space-after-causes-slides-not-to-be-separated/3370) but where there is a space before the three hyphens instead of after.

If I add a “—” a horizontal line is added an Obsidian recognises it as the start of a new slide.

If I include a space and add " —" a horizonal line _is still added_ but Obsidian does not recognise it as the beginning of a new slide.

It’s not tat I _want_ to include the leading space but I think the rules for splitting slides should be the same as for including a horizontal line. As it is now the accidental inclusion of a space caused me a lot of head scratching whilst I tried to figure out why two of my slides appeared as one.

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**Author:** ![liam](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/liam/32/3070_2.png) [@liam](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/liam)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/putting-a-space-before-causes-slides-not-to-be-separated/94867/2 "2025-01-15T15:54:10Z")

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I’m not able to reproduce. Are you sure you’re inserting `---`? Is it possible that the dashes are being converted to an en-dash? On iOS, the keyboard will autocorrect `--` to en-dash without you realizing.

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**Author:** ![rigmarole](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/rigmarole/32/29973_2.png) [@rigmarole](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/rigmarole)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/putting-a-space-before-causes-slides-not-to-be-separated/94867/3 "2025-01-15T16:04:48Z")

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The (reported) issue is if you insert `_---` where the underscore is a space. (Discord eats the space, but liam, I see you did type `---`. You would see the horizontal line, and make it harder to fix the (reported) problem.

**But I also can’t reproduce.** I am entering a space before the dashes, and my slides still separate properly. I tried a mix of both `_---` and `---`. All slides worked fine.

So @turtledovecare as we ask all bug reports, please fill in the requested template, including your Show Debug Info. This might be specific to a certain OS, or a problem with an old Obsidian installer, or a community plugin conflict, or something else.

(Moved to help for now, until this can be isolated as a bug.)

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/b/e/bec35fbd23ab28909bb6bfe62cb32eb82dd34019.png) [@system](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/putting-a-space-before-causes-slides-not-to-be-separated/94867/4 "2025-04-15T16:05:35Z")

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Closed on April 15, 2025, 4:05pm UTC

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