Trailing space in Bases list view when using date (or date time) property

HappyBird · November 25, 2025, 2:58pm

first reported in help forum: Trailing space in Bases list view

Steps to reproduce

In the sandbox, create a base. Display any date property (created time in the example below) and any other property (file extension). Change to the list view.

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]

Y

Expected result

Similar space between properties.

Actual result

Conspicuous gap after date properties.

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Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.10.5
Installer version: v1.9.14
Operating system: Windows 11 Pro for Workstations 10.0.26200
Login status: logged in
Language: en
Catalyst license: insider
Insider build toggle: on
Live preview: on
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 0
Plugins enabled: 0

RECOMMENDATIONS:
none

HappyBird · November 24, 2025, 8:41pm

What I’m trying to do

I have an embedded base - that lists books I’ve read in order of the date. The date is the first property to display on each line (date type), but rather than formatting normally, it displays more like a table column with a lot of trailing space befor the field seperating comma. (see attached image)

Is this a bug/feature? or any way I can fix this?

rigmarole · November 24, 2025, 8:49pm

Have you been through the troubleshooting steps? About the Bug reports category - #11 by system

Particularly: updating, testing with no theme, no css snippets, no plugins, etc.

HappyBird · November 24, 2025, 9:00pm

Yes. Plugins disabled, and I didn’t have any themes or css snippet to start with.

And yes Obsidian and plugins are all up to date.

dawni · November 25, 2025, 12:35am

Kind of looks like space for a null value or empty value. Can you paste your full base code here (in a code block) as well as the relevant YAML (copied from source mode) of one of the short-story notes?

HappyBird · November 25, 2025, 8:31am

```base
filters:
  and:
    - file.folder == "The Cthulhu Mythos/z_Reference Sources"
formulas:
  authors: authors.join(" & ")
properties:
  formula.authors:
    displayName: Author(s)
views:
  - type: list
    name: Books by Author
    groupBy:
      property: formula.authors
      direction: ASC
    order:
      - file.name
      - year
      - formula.authors
    sort:
      - property: year
        direction: ASC
    indentProperties: false
  - type: list
    name: Books A-Z
    order:
      - file.name
      - year
      - formula.authors
  - type: list
    name: Stories I've read
    filters:
      and:
        - '!note["last read"].isEmpty()'
    order:
      - last read
      - file.name
      - formula.authors
      - year
    sort:
      - property: last read
        direction: DESC
    indentProperties: false
    markers: none
```

it's the 3rd view here that is giving the problem.


and an example record

The Red Offering
---
title: The Red Offering
authors:
  - Lin Carter
year: 1997
type: Short Fiction
length: Short Story
note:
ISFDB: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?555045
last read: 2025-11-23
---

anon5277159 · November 25, 2025, 10:52am

I see the space before the comma in a test note in the sandbox vault. It seems to come from the spacing set by Obsidian for the date value (last read). If it is moved to be the last item in the list, the comma disappears because it is no longer needed as a point of separation. Bug? Quirk?

HappyBird · November 25, 2025, 12:54pm

It looks to me as if the output is reserving space for Date & Time, but only displaying date (even though the property is set to just Date).

dawni · November 25, 2025, 2:40pm

Even with a datetime, the gap is there:

The width is set longer than necessary for all dates and datetimes in the list view, regardless of location it seems.

I’d call it a bug. If you do a bug report (or turn this into one?), the team will likely be able to fix this.

If you’d like to draw from this, then… For your debugging pleasure:

“Bases: Large gap after dates in list view”