Steps to reproduce
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Create or open a note where a Markdown table is the very last element (no blank lines after the table).
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View the note in Reading view or Live Preview — everything renders correctly.
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Switch to Source mode.
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The bottom portion of the note breaks: text is rendered as a vertical single-character column on the right side of the editor.
Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? Y
Expected result
Switching to Source mode should render the note correctly regardless of whether a table is the last element in the file.
Actual result
When switching to Source mode, the text near the bottom of the note becomes vertically stacked — each character appears
on its own line in a narrow column on the right side of the editor, making the content completely unreadable. See the attached screenshots.
Workaround that confirms the cause: If I switch back to Reading view, add a blank line after the table, then close and reopen the note, Source mode renders correctly again. However, simply adding the blank line and switching to Source mode within the same session does not fix it — the note must be closed and reopened.
Environment
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OS: Windows
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Community plugins: None (I don’t use any community plugins)
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Duration: I have been experiencing this bug for approximately one year across multiple Obsidian updates.
Additional information
The bug is 100% reproducible on any note where a Markdown table is the final element. The issue is purely visual — the underlying file content is not corrupted. I am attaching two screenshots:
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Screenshot 1: Source mode showing the broken rendering — characters stacked vertically on the right side.
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Screenshot 2: The same section in Reading view, rendering correctly.
