Single clicking links in Live Preview Mode flashes opening the link to edit

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1

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a link to another note.
  2. Open Live Preview Mode.
  3. Single click on the link.

Expected result

It takes you to the new note immediately.

Actual result

The link flashes open to edit before taking you to the new note.

Environment

  • Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
  • Debug info:
    SYSTEM INFO:
    Obsidian version: v0.13.30
    Installer version: v0.13.30
    Operating system: Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19044
    Login status: not logged in
    Insider build toggle: off
    Live preview: on
    Legacy editor: off
    Base theme: dark
    Community theme: Yin and Yang
    Snippets enabled: 5
    Safe mode: off
    Plugins installed: 11
    Plugins enabled: 8
    1: Find unlinked files and unresolved links
    2: Show Current File Path
    3: Vault Statistics
    4: Templater
    5: Tag Wrangler
    6: Smart Random Note
    7: Hotkeys for starred files and searches
    8: Dataview

Additional information

This is more noticeable with links which use placeholder text.

2

I am not sure I understand the issue?

3

Let’s say you have a note which includes this (with “embedded” as a link):

All these types of files can be embedded in a note.

When you click on the link in Live Preview Mode, it flashes to open the link to edit, as such:

All these types of files can be [[Embed files|embedded]] in a note.

It only then follows the link.

It’s the visual error of “opening the link to edit” before switching to the new note which constitutes the bug.

4

Ok I understand. I am not even sure I consider this a bug, it’s more a glitch.

5

When I click or cmd-click on a wikilink in the new editor, it’s momentarily shown as source code before the new page is open. This looks unpolished.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Add a wikilink to a page
  2. Click on it

Expected result

The rendering of the link is not changed by following it.

Actual result

The link is suddenly rendered as markdown source.

Environment

  • Operating system: MacOS Big Sur
  • Debug info:

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v0.14.6
Installer version: v0.14.6
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 20.6.0: Mon Aug 30 06:12:21 PDT 2021; root:xnu-7195.141.6~3/RELEASE_X86_64 20.6.0
Login status: not logged in
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: light
Community theme: Minimal
Snippets enabled: 0
Safe mode: off
Plugins installed: 5
Plugins enabled: 5
1: Calendar
2: Outliner
3: Obsidian Git
4: Minimal Theme Settings
5: Spaced Repetition

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Custom theme: for cosmetic issues, please first try updating your theme to latest. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the help vault or disable community theme and snippets.
Community plugins: for bugs, please first try updating all your plugins to latest. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the help vault or disable community plugins.

Additional information

6

I have the same problem in V1.6.x (Windows 11), tested with sandbox vault.
It concerns every kind of link, wiki link, markdown link, internet link, file link.

With a normal (short) mouse click in edit mode the link is opened AND at the same time expanded to edit. When returning to the calling page the link remains expanded.
You have to click a second time at another point of the page to close the expanded link.

I remember that in earlier versions a normal mouse click opened the link without expanding. You could edit the link with a long mouse click.

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