Live Preview vs. Read Mode Major Incongruity
I need help. There are a lot of inconsistencies between Live Preview and Read Mode that effect both how I type things out (if I see bullet points) vs. how it looks Read mode (but Obsidian sees it as something else in read mode), and it prints out what Read Mode sees not what I am seeing.
My research into this matter suggests that this is somewhat to be expected; but I am finding the differences to be greater than what I think I am supposed to expect (and some of it appears unfixable with CSS modification).
No matter what theme I use, with or without snippets, these issues exists:
Blockquotes
Blockquote in Read Mode can only handle approximately 96 words, 732 characters. In Live Preview and Source Mode there is not a single indicator that when I go into Read Mode and export to PDF it will not show the entire quote.
Blockquote in Live Mode
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce consectetur sollicitudin ex, molestie pellentesque augue scelerisque tincidunt. Curabitur vestibulum ut arcu sed rhoncus. Cras et elit eget nisl facilisis sodales. Pellentesque condimentum posuere lobortis. Sed tempus commodo varius. Aliquam rhoncus dignissim pellentesque. Praesent tempor blandit metus eget molestie. Integer quis mollis augue, bibendum dapibus ipsum. Aliquam faucibus ligula in sapien commodo, id feugiat libero ullamcorper. Vestibulum sollicitudin elit vel nisl finibus vestibulum. Nulla eget semper turpis. Aliquam ex odio, dictum vitae gravida ut, mollis at ligula. Vestibulum congue libero vel erat pellentesque, vel consequat tellus ullamcorper.
Duis tempor libero eros, nec bibendum tellus pellentesque et. Donec suscipit eget lectus quis convallis. Pellentesque id consequat erat. Cras magna leo, bibendum vel bibendum non, faucibus vel turpis. Nunc quis purus ut massa aliquam egestas. Morbi sed suscipit eros, et iaculis velit. Nam tempus neque eu sapien maximus, quis vestibulum mi euismod. In hac habitasse platea dictumst.Maecenas faucibus eget urna et semper. Ut convallis lorem a elit cursus tristique. Aliquam purus mi, imperdiet sit amet luctus quis, tempor at arcu. Morbi dignissim, ligula id dignissim tincidunt, dolor nulla molestie metus, vitae vehicula elit nulla in ante. Ut sit amet interdum leo. Cras pharetra lorem in nibh varius tempor. Ut sagittis tortor eu varius dapibus. Mauris posuere libero at luctus ultricies. Etiam dapibus ligula vitae sollicitudin gravida. Sed id erat a ipsum ultricies pretium a tincidunt neque. Donec in magna congue, mollis ligula vel, maximus libero.
Blockquote in Preview Mode
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce consectetur sollicitudin ex, molestie pellentesque augue scelerisque tincidunt. Curabitur vestibulum ut arcu sed rhoncus. Cras et elit eget nisl facilisis sodales. Pellentesque condimentum posuere lobortis. Sed tempus commodo varius. Aliquam rhoncus dignissim pellentesque. Praesent tempor blandit metus eget molestie. Integer quis mollis augue, bibendum dapibus ipsum. Aliquam faucibus ligula in sapien commodo, id feugiat libero ullamcorper. Vestibulum sollicitudin elit vel nisl finibus vestibulum. Nulla eget semper turpis. Aliquam ex odio, dictum vitae gravida ut, mollis at ligula. Vestibulum congue libero vel erat pellentesque, vel consequat tellus ullamcorper.
Duis tempor libero eros, nec bibendum tellus pellentesque et. Donec suscipit eget lectus quis convallis. Pellentesque id consequat erat. Cras magna leo, bibendum vel bibendum non, faucibus vel turpis. Nunc quis purus ut massa aliquam egestas. Morbi sed suscipit eros, et iaculis velit. Nam tempus neque eu sapien maximus, quis vestibulum mi euismod. In hac habitasse platea dictumst.
Maecenas faucibus eget urna et semper. Ut convallis lorem a elit cursus tristique. Aliquam purus mi, imperdiet sit amet luctus quis, tempor at arcu. Morbi dignissim, ligula id dignissim tincidunt, dolor nulla molestie metus, vitae vehicula elit nulla in ante. Ut sit amet interdum leo. Cras pharetra lorem in nibh varius tempor. Ut sagittis tortor eu varius dapibus. Mauris posuere libero at luctus ultricies. Etiam dapibus ligula vitae sollicitudin gravida. Sed id erat a ipsum ultricies pretium a tincidunt neque. Donec in magna congue, mollis ligula vel, maximus libero.
Lists
Lists Asterics in Live vs. Read mode
In read Mode: if I indent the ādiskā style bullet point, it turns into an asterisks. This gives the illusion of it being a list, but instead creates an āitalicā, even though I have not closed it with a following asterisk. *italic*
.
In Live Preview mode it appears as a list like any other list:
*Item1
*Item2
*Item3
But in Read Mode it appears as:
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Item1
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Item2
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Item3
Incongruity between Read and Live lists
I realize that Read and Live Mode both use separate CSS codes entirely and so when you try to style bullets you have to ācodeā it twice, once in Live and then again in Read.
As of right now I cannot target Live Modes bullet structure:
* Item1 - style disk
* Item1 - style disk
* Item1 Style -disk
But in Read Mode I can target the Live modes so I can see:
- Item 1- style disk
- Item2 - style circle
- Item3 - style square
- Item2 - style circle
I have found no work-around to fix it so that what I see in Read Mode matches up with Live Lists
Is this how it is supposed to work?
I do not know if these are bugs or how Obsidian is supposed to work, but I desperately need help to find a work around as it has added an extra layer of challenge for me as āWhat you see is not what you getā adding a layer of complexity when it comes to formatting and prepping each note for export. I am happy to work around it, but, I donāt know how to fix it.
Also my blockquotes often are longer than the character limit with <br>
and I currently have no work around to fix that. (Is there some code I can tweak to adjust the character limit and add spaces?)
I had attempted to request help finding a work-around here (Help Changing List-style) but no one responded; This has gotten bad enough that I can no longer rely on exporting through Obsidian as it has rendered Read mode inconsistent and only semi-useful.
Conclusion
I would be grateful for any help, worker around and insight.