Steps to reproduce
Sorting by a frontmatter property which is defined as text, but contains only numbers, will have the leading zero (maybe multiple zeros) removed during sorting. The field is still correctly displayed, but the sort order is broken.
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Expected result
If creating items, in my case, a BoxID property which is a hexadecimal number - but stored as text. 01 should proceed 0A. 03 should also proceed 0A.
Actual result
01 will appear after 0A, as if it is sorted as “1”. 03 will appear after 2F as if it is sorted as “3”.
Environment
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: 1.13.7
Installer version: 1.13.7
Operating system: #5 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun Mar 29 21:34:09 BST 2026 6.6.130
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Plugins enabled: 9
1: Homepage v4.4.4
2: Tag Wrangler v0.6.4
3: Templater v2.20.6
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5: Commander v0.5.7
6: Tasks v8.3.0
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Distro Name: Fedora
Distro Version: 44
Desktop Environment: Sway
Installation method used: Flatpak
