Because I just created a brand new empty note, I should be in “edit mode” for that note.
The new note is in “preview mode”, so I have to switch to “edit mode” before I can do anything useful with the newly created note.
+1 for me
In fact, when you create a new page, you can still edit its name, even if the page is in preview mode.
I have many empty pages, whose names are the the name of the many categories that I used for marking other notes.
Moreover, when you get used to using the hotkey (e.g cmd+e) to toggle preview/edit mode, you will find it is not an issue to change the mode whenever you want.
The following is my observation and opinion:
If you open your notes in multiple editor windows and set each of them in different mode(edit or preview), the new note you created will have the same mode with the note in the activated editor.
So I think this is not a bug.
+1 from me as well.
Add option to open newly created files in edit mode while existing files in default mode (likely preview)
purpose: speed up workflow by automatically setting most appropriate mode in every situation
Idea is also mentioned in comment: "Open today's note" command starts in edit mode
@Licat Excuse me, where can I find new option mentioned in Obsidian Release v0.9.13 ?
A new option has been added for changing the default mode (edit vs preview) when opening new notes.
It sounds like solution for this feature request.
But I did not find the option in Obsidian v0.9.15 (Installer version v0.6.2) on Windows 7.
Thank you Craig,
So then the formulation in the announcement is misleading.
It does not distinguish “new notes” from “old notes” (newly created vs already existing) and therefore does not fulfill this feature request.
It just makes already existing “option” (command “Toggle default view mode”, default hotkey Ctrl+Shift+E) available from settings window.
Although I see now that settings window is titled “OPTIONS” in Obsidian. Without being aware of this, formulation “new option” did(/does) not make sense.
It fulfills another request: Toggle Default View Mode In Settings
Was just going to file this also.
This also holds for notes created from templates. Adding following bug report.
Insert template should not pop up in preview mode.
Possibly also: When a new file is created, it should be in edit mode even if the default mode is preview mode.
(Why would I want to open a new file in preview mode, I already know it is empty.)
Nothing happened (and I am a bit annoyed because I spent time picking a template).
Will be implemented in v0.10.1
I would also like to see this change. BTW, as of 0.11.x, this feature is still not implemented. 
