kithairon
commented
2 years ago Similar experience as OP. Saved workspaces with 6-12 panes that used to open at a pinch and be working fine with Sliding Panes erratically fail to load since a recent update – they sometime load as empty panes, don't slide anymore etc. Starting the app anew may resolve the issue temporarily. Opening individual new panes (rather than via the saved Workspaces plugin) seems to work fine.
I'm writing in much the way the OP described on notes with a number of sources open at the same time. I save all of these as a workspace and reload the latter when I continue writing after doing many other things as more of my digital life has moved into Obsidian. I have come to appreciate Sliding Panes as a deeply useful way of moving between my writing and collected source materials.
Things I have tried with no effect: changing to default theme, disabling all other of my plug-ins (including Pane relief), uninstalling Hover editor plug-in (this used to cause similar issues with Sliding Panes at some point last spring). Things that occasionally helps: re-starting app.
Your plug-in and the possibility of stacked and/or sliding panes is ingenious and brilliant.
Thanks for looking into the issue.
Obsidian Insider v0.15.9 / installer 0.15.6 | macOS 12.5
ebullient
stoweboyd
In the most recent version or two of Obsidian's Insider Build (0.15.8, presently) Sliding Panes malfunctions when working with many panes.
I recently attempted to open a total of 9 panes (one writing project and 8 associated source notes), with the idea that I would use the Pane Relief plugin to switch between panes as needed for references purposes (e.g. alt + 9 to access the 9th pane). And I did so while using auto-leaf width in sliding panes.
The idea was that I would freely swap between full size panes for any of the open notes by invoking the relevant hotkey. But unfortunately certain panes (it seems random which ones) will either open blank or, when focused, will not autoscroll to being at the center of the screen, as I would have expected. It might autoscroll halfway on to the designated note, or it might not scroll at all.
This was a real bummer, to be honest. Your plugin has become one of my favorites because it makes workspaces with many documents more feasible to work with.
In any event, I don't know if the iteration of the issue that I'm seeing (difficulties with autoscrolling when many panes are open) is distinct from the issue reports I've seen relating to auto-width more generally, or if it's all part of the same thing.
Thank you for making this wonderful plugin!