Toggle Editing View

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Bug: “Toggle Editing View” menu item stays grayed out when a custom hotkey is assigned — macOS Tahoe

Environment

  • Obsidian version: 1.12.7
  • Installer version: 1.12.7
  • OS: macOS Tahoe [26.4 (25E246)]
  • Safe mode: tested — bug persists
  • Community plugins: disabled (Safe Mode active during testing)

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open a vault with a note already open.
  2. Assign a custom hotkey to the “Toggle editing view” command via Settings → Hotkeys.
  3. Open the View menu in the macOS menu bar.
  4. Observe that the “Toggle editing view” / “Editor” menu item is grayed out and unclickable.
  5. The custom hotkey also does not work.

Expected behavior

The “Toggle editing view” menu item should be enabled whenever a markdown note is open and in focus, regardless of whether the default or a custom hotkey is assigned.

Actual behavior

  • The menu item View → Editor (Toggle editing view) is permanently grayed out.
  • Clicking on the note text does not switch to Editing mode.
  • The custom hotkey assigned to the command has no effect.

Additional observations

  • The default hotkey Cmd+E (which was NOT remapped) still works correctly and toggles editing view as expected.
  • The bug appears to be triggered specifically by assigning a custom hotkey to “Toggle editing view”: after the remapping, the menu item becomes non-functional.
  • Removing the custom hotkey and restoring the default Cmd+E likely fixes the issue (not yet confirmed — please test if you can reproduce).
  • The bug persists in Safe Mode (all community plugins disabled), ruling out plugin interference.
  • This may be related to how Electron handles menu item state updates on macOS Tahoe when hotkey bindings are modified.

Workaround

Use the default Cmd+E shortcut (if not remapped) or the Command Palette (Cmd+P → “Toggle editing view”) to switch modes.

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide?

Yes.