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tgrosinger / advanced-tables-obsidian

Improved table navigation, formatting, and manipulation in Obsidian.md
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Tab doesn't work #321

Closed OnkelTem closed 8 months ago

OnkelTem commented 8 months ago

Describe the bug

Tab doesn't do anything.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Go to a new note
  2. Enter | Name and press tab
  3. Obsidian just indents the line

Expected behavior

Advanced tables would be engaged to start managing the table.

Screenshots

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Before pressing the Tab key:

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After:

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Desktop (please complete the following information):

After I installed the plugin, I restarted Obsidian.

Additional context

SYSTEM INFO:
    Obsidian version: v1.5.8
    Installer version: v1.5.8
    Operating system: #21~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Feb  9 13:32:52 UTC 2 6.5.0-21-generic
    Login status: logged in
    Catalyst license: none
    Insider build toggle: off
    Live preview: on
    Base theme: adapt to system
    Community theme: none
    Snippets enabled: 5
    Restricted mode: off
    Plugins installed: 9
    Plugins enabled: 8
        1: Quick Latex v2.6.5
        2: Natural Language Dates v0.6.2
        3: Various Complements v9.2.0
        4: Soundscapes v1.2.0
        5: Dataview v0.5.64
        6: Find orphaned files and broken links v1.9.1
        7: Nuke Orphans v1.2.5
        8: Advanced Tables v0.21.0
OnkelTem commented 8 months ago

Nevermind. The thing is - Advanced tables only work in Source mode, while I was using Preview mode.

Also note that Obsidian v1.5.3+ invents a table editor for Preview mode (but not in Source mode): https://obsidian.md/changelog/2023-12-26-desktop-v1.5.3/

So basically here is how we can edit tables: