Obsidian 1.6.2

What's new in this version:

- This update focuses on improving a few long-standing sore points. Notably, we overhauled support for right-to-left (RTL) languages. The editor now automatically detects language direction per line, making it more adaptable for mixed-language usage. In addition, when the app is set to an RTL language, the interface is mirrored accordingly.
- We've improved the editing and reading experience of footnotes. This release is jam-packed with bug fixes and small improvements. This release includes numerous bug fixes and small improvements, along with some performance enhancements for loading and editing.

Highlights:
- RTL UI and mixed-direction support. The interface direction is now mirrored when the app is set to an RTL language.
- New vault profile. The vault name is now always visible in the primary sidebar, making it easier to switch vaults
- The app ribbon can now be hidden in settings or by right-clicking on the ribbon and selecting "Hide ribbon"
- Character count and word count now update based on the current text selection
- Faster workspace loading and parsing longer Markdown files

Improvements:
- Tab now completes the path segment of the currently selected file in the Quick switcher and "Move files" prompt
- Added "Add alias" command
- Added "Create new folder" command
- Hotkeys and property types are now automatically reloaded if the settings are modified outside of Obsidian
- Added custom instructions and result when adding display text to a link
- Prompts now have a "clear" button to clear the input. Pressing the button when there is no input now dismisses the prompt
- Page preview popups should now have more consistent sizing and positioning

Footnotes:
- Added autocompletion for footnote references using [^
- Improved parsing and rendering of footnotes in the editor
- Added hover preview support for inline footnotes
- Hovering over a footnote ID displays a popup with the corresponding footnote

Properties:
- Merging properties now flashes the new property name in the global property list
- Double-clicking a property list item now allows you to edit it
- Added an edit button to the properties view if the open file has invalid frontmatter

Obsidian Sync:
- Updated the default selective syncing when setting up Sync. By default, Sync now syncs:
- Main settings
- Appearance settings
- Hotkeys
- Core plugins
- Core plugin settings
- Video, images, PDFs, and audio

Arbitrary files inside plugin folders are no longer tracked by Sync. The only files inside a plugin folder that are tracked are:
- data.json
- main.js
- styles.css
- manifest.json
- Improved loading experience while Sync connects to the remote vault
- The "purge" button now appears if storage is more than 95% full
- Added command to open the activity log
- Updated layout of the status bar menu
- Clicking the statusbar item now always shows the Sync menu instead of opening the activity log
- Improved appearance of the "Disconnect" button in settings
- Syncing is faster when processing pending changes
- No throttling when the main window is minimized or in the background
- Improved interface for inviting Sync collaborators
- Fixed issue with "View version history" not working if file is not tracked in Sync
- Disconnecting from vault no longer hangs indefinitely
- Automatically disconnect from vaults that do not exist
- Standardized the "Vault not found" error message
- Removed redundant disconnect button
- Fixed settings reset issues when switching between remote vaults

No longer broken:
- Fixed file contents flickering when switching away from a file with properties
- Resolved issues with "Collapse all" requiring multiple clicks
- Fixed Redo not working from the macOS app menu
- Properties now inherit the page preview setting of whatever mode the view is in
- Updated icons for "Move to new window" and "Open in new window"
- Consistent context menu icons in the Bookmarks view
- Fixed workspace layout not always saving after selecting a tab
- Attempting to open an invalid URL shows a notice instead of failing silently
- Fixed vim mode crashing when dragging cursor over folded text
- Allow clicking at start of line inside blockquote
- Fixed scrolling when clicking next to scrollbar in a PDF
- Fixed minimized main window doesn't adapt to system theme change
- Fixed Backlinks view not always showing an empty state
- Fixed toggling core plugins not always showing the settings "gear" icon immediately
- Fixed checklists getting unfolded when clicking on the checkbox
- Fixed list collapse indicators from extending into text in Live Preview
- Fixed callout images being clipped inside hover preview
- Improved appearance of "destructive" menu items when disabled
- Views that cannot navigate (e.g. the File Explorer) no longer shows pinned icons if they are pinned in the workspace
- Multiple consecutive spaces are no longer collapsed in file names
- Fixed Canvas cards appearing blurry when a card contains a callout with a list
- Fixed Outgoing Links unlinked mentions always showing the count as "0"
- Fixed "New" section in Obsidian Publish showing folders uncollapsed

Formatting:
- Fixed incorrect formatting getting applied if selection has trailing newline
- The "Toggle bullet list" command now turns a task list into a bullet list
- Fixed commands for toggling formatting sometimes not working on the last line of the editor

Settings:
- Improved the layout of the login screen inside settings
- Minor updates to the notices shown when installing community themes and plugins
- The "Light themes only" toggle is no longer displayed when using 'adapt to system'
- Improved drag and drop for the command palette reordering
- Fixed reorder handler not working in pop-out windows

Search:
- Search suggestions are dismissed when typing quoted string
- Search suggestions are not shown unless the cursor is at the end of the query, or the next character is a space
- Clicking the "clear" button no longer causes the search input to lose focus

Localization:
- The Norsk language is now mapped to the Bokmål locale

Table:
- Clicking in margin to right of table now focuses the editor
- Fixed shift + arrow key not responding
- Ensure cell updates from main editor correctly update cell offsets
- Fix parsing math blocks inside table cells
- Fixed double-click not working in table cells
- Fixed rendering tables inside callouts

Source mode:
- Fixed pressing End key not moving to end of line if cursor is in table

Live Preview:
- Fix callout menu overlapping with URL menu when right-clicking on a link
- Fix failing to render headings with trailing # at the end of the line
- Fixed checklist items getting unfolded if cursor was inside a folded region
- Allow blank lines in multi-line footnotes

Reading mode:
- Reading mode no longer renders footnote references that contain spaces
- Fixed rendering of inline footnotes in reading mode

PDF:
- Mitigation for PDF.js vulnerability

Developers:
- We have published a guide for how to adapt your theme or plugin to support RTL interfaces

Themes:
- Switched to Cascadia Mono instead of Cascadia Code as the default monospace on Windows
- Bold text is now computed based on the current text weight, so bold inside a heading still appears bold
- For theming we recommend using the --bold-modifier variable instead of --bold-weight. This enables Obsidian to use a heavier weight in situations where the text may already be bold, such as headings: ## Bold **bolder**
- Added --caret-color CSS variable to make it easier to style caret color on both desktop and mobile
- Added new --link-weight variable
- The user's interface language is added to the lang attribute on the html element, which allows language-specific CSS rules
- The .mod-rtl class is added to body element when the user's interface language is RTL

Plugins:
- Fixed processFrontmatter not processing files if all properties are removed
- Improved detection of external config changes
- Improved app.emulateMobile to make it easier to test if your plugins are mobile-compatible. Attempting to run a NodeJS library presents a Notice. Drag-and-drop more accurately mirrors mobile behavior. The app has default safe-area-inset properties set so that your views properly account for offsets in the mobile device viewport (such as the iPhone Dynamic Island).
- Modals should respect safe-area-insets without requiring additional CSS
- Added loading state to some settings buttons that make remote requests
- Completely removed global app from the API spec (previously it was marked as deprecated)