Obsidian is unable to resize on Mac, since a recent release (v0.16.x).
Looks like the window’s title bar is not capturing the double-click event.
Steps to reproduce
Use Mac, start Obsidian
Double-click the window’s title bar
Expected result
The window should resize / maximize / zoom
Actual result
Nothing happens. The window is not resized.
Environment
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v0.16.3
Installer version: v0.14.15
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 21.6.0: Mon Aug 22 20:17:10 PDT 2022; root:xnu-8020.140.49~2/RELEASE_X86_64 21.6.0
Login status: logged in
Catalyst license: insider
Insider build toggle: on
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 11
Plugins enabled: 0
RECOMMENDATIONS:
none
Additional information
Happens since Obsidian v.0.16.x.
Can’t remember the exact minor version, but I remember v.0.15.x working properly (double click on title bar did maximize/resize).
I’ve tried disabling all plugins, and launching a “Sandbox vault”, still didn’t work.
All other Mac apps (in example, Chrome) are working as expected.
Mac allows to configure a different option (Settings > Dock > “Double-click a window’s title bar to…”)
I’ve set it to “Minimize”, but still didn’t work. So I guess it’s not about “maximize”, but about capturing the double-click.
I experience this too. Double clicking the title bar does nothing. (I don’t know if it used to work. I never Zoom by clicking on title bars.) I know there are many native MacOS things that have had issues in Obsidian over the years.
Workarounds in the meantime:
hold alt and click the green button to maximize
Use a window snapper such as Divvy or Hammerspoon (many others) to resize windows quickly with hotkeys
You can likely map an app-specific hotkey to “Zoom”.
Your installer is very out of date. You need to download the latest 0.15.9 installer from the website and reinstall. The auto-installer can’t auto-update past certain major updates, and your app is out of date.
This is unrelated to your issue. It’s just something you really need to do.
It’s understandable (minor impact), but inconsistent (Chrome, with hidden window frame, is double-clickable) by default (and most users won’t find the work-around).
Open Obsidian. There is no Window/Zoom option as in almost every other macOS app. Double clicking on the titlebar doesn’t zoom the window either.
Environment
Operating system: macOS Monterey
Debug info:
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.0.0
Installer version: v1.0.0
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 21.5.0: Tue Apr 26 21:08:29 PDT 2022; root:xnu-8020.121.3~4/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101 21.5.0
Login status: not logged in
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on
Just to answer that question, yeah that’s right. In MacOS, the command is called Window → Zoom. Same thing as maximize.
But by default clicking the green button fullscreens an app, hiding all surrounding UI, and moves the app to a separate virtual desktop. option-click “Zooms” or Maximizes to the size of the screen.
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.0.0
Installer version: v1.0.0
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 21.6.0: Mon Aug 22 20:20:05 PDT 2022; root:xnu-8020.140.49~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101 21.6.0
Login status: not logged in
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on
RECOMMENDATIONS:
none
Additional information
In the screenshot below, I’ve outlined the areas in red that I’d expect to be able to double-click to minimize:
It would be nice for this to work so it’s similar to other macOS apps – it’s kind of jolting when you try to do it and it doesn’t work. Additionally, I’m pretty sure this used to work before version 1.0.0, so my guess is that the tab functionality got rid of it. But moving the window by clicking and dragging in those areas still works, so I would expect double-clicking to minimize to work also.