Web Clipper selection capture fails on Chrome/Edge, imports entire page

[Pikadilly]

Hello everyone,

I’m experiencing an issue with the official Obsidian Web Clipper extension. The feature to capture only the selected or highlighted text is not working. Every time I try to use it, the clipper imports the entire webpage, ignoring my selection.

What I’m trying to do

When I select a paragraph on a webpage and use the “Clip selection” feature, I expect the new note in Obsidian to contain only that selected paragraph.

What’s actually happening

A new note is created, but it contains the full content of the entire webpage. The selection is ignored.

My Environment

• Obsidian version: v1.5.12
• Operating System: Windows 10 Pro
• Browser(s):
  • Chrome: v125.0.6441.208
  • Edge: v125.0.2535.94
• Web Clipper extension version: v0.12.0

Things I have already tried

• I have fully updated both browsers to the latest version and restarted the system.
• I have tested in Incognito/Private mode with all other extensions disabled.
• The issue occurs on various simple websites (like Wikipedia), so it doesn’t seem to be site-specific.
• I know this feature used to work in the past, as shown in several video tutorials.

It seems to be a compatibility bug with the latest browser versions. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Thank you!

[Pch]

In Obsidian’s Web Clipper settings, what’s the option you chose for the Clip behavior under the Highlighter section ?

From my quick test on wikipedia (in a completely different environment though ) the option Highlight the page content captures the whole page and adds markdown highlights around the clipped content in the page (e.g.: ==clipped content==).

The Replace page content on the other hand, only clips/captures the highlighted content on the page …

Maybe you just need to change that setting ?