#1

Hi all,

I don’t know if this is a bug since I don’t think it’s an intended feature. Mods feel free to move this if needed.

Before using the workspace plugin I was able to drag and drop notes in my sidebar that would stay there even if I quit Obsidian. After adding workspaces I’ve noticed that the notes I add to the sidebar will go away and show an empty note. See below for screenshots.

I’ve set up my sidebars in a way I like, including saving a note to a sidebar, and saved the setup as a workspace. If I switch to a different workspace and quit Obsidian the next time I open the program and go to a different saved workspace the note will be gone. Is there a way to keep these notes saved to the workspace?

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Workspaces as panel/list (and or notes)
#2

Hmm, this would seem like a bug, but I can’t reproduce it. I have a saved workspace with a note in the sidebar. I load a different workspace, quit, open, load the original workspace, and the note is still in the sidebar.

#3

It seems a little intermittent? After posting here I noticed my sidebar notes were still showing up after switching between workspaces and quiting/opening Obsidian. This morning though the sidebar pages are empty in the two workspaces I saved them in.

#4

Today I learned you can drag notes to the sidebar! Cool! :smiley:

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#5

So I guess there is something else to this. Is it intermittent with the same workspace or is there something particular about the workspace where this is occurring?

#6

I’ve seen this happen across 2 workspaces but I didn’t pay enough attention to see if happened more with one or another. I have two where I wanted to save a reference note in the sidebar but a third where I didn’t need it. I’ve seen the space where I saved the note as “empty” in both workspaces that had it.

I don’t know why this would matter, but could the file name make a difference? I usually save files in lowercase with dashes but this reference has an emoji in the file name.

#7

I don’t think this is the problem because I had an emoji in the filename I was testing.

How about the configuration of the workspace? Maybe the stacked panes?

#8

I have the outline and note up top, backlinks and tags in a lower pane. So try testing with them all in one pane? See screenshot.
Screen Shot 2020-10-26 at 13.32.24

I saved this as a new workspace and tried switching around to other workspaces and restarting Obsidian a few times. So far the note has stayed put. :woman_shrugging:t2:

Edit to add that I saved a few variations with the note being displayed in the saved workspace and others with the outline pane displayed. I also have one with all the views (outline, tags, backlinks, my note) in one pane, one with these split up. So I guess I’ll see if any of them lose the note in the future!

#9

Sounds good. If you are able to repeat the issue, feel free to post in #bug-reports

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