BUG: Types Programattically Added When Not Used

[itsonlyjames]

Have you searched for existing issues (including closed ones)?

• [X] Yes, I have searched the existing issues.

Does this bug persist in a new vault with only Excalidraw installed?

• [X] Yes, I have verified the issue persists.

Your environment

SYSTEM INFO: Obsidian version: v1.6.7 Installer version: v1.6.3 Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 24.0.0: Mon Aug 12 21:27:51 PDT 2024; root:xnu-11215.1.10~5/RELEASE_ARM64_T6020 24.0.0 Login status: not logged in Insider build toggle: off Live preview: on Base theme: dark Community theme: none Snippets enabled: 6 Restricted mode: off Plugins installed: 10 Plugins enabled: 1 1: Excalidraw v2.4.1

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Describe the bug

Types are added on plugin load and reinstantiate even after deleting.

{
  "types": {
    "excalidraw-export-transparent": "checkbox",
    "excalidraw-mask": "checkbox",
    "excalidraw-export-dark": "checkbox",
    "excalidraw-export-padding": "number",
    "excalidraw-export-pngscale": "number",
    "excalidraw-export-embed-scene": "checkbox",
    "excalidraw-link-prefix": "text",
    "excalidraw-url-prefix": "text",
    "excalidraw-link-brackets": "checkbox",
    "excalidraw-onload-script": "text",
    "excalidraw-linkbutton-opacity": "number",
    "excalidraw-default-mode": "text",
    "excalidraw-font": "text",
    "excalidraw-font-color": "text",
    "excalidraw-border-color": "text",
    "excalidraw-css": "text",
    "excalidraw-autoexport": "text",
    "excalidraw-embeddable-theme": "text",
    "excalidraw-open-md": "checkbox"
  }
}

Comes from the object FRONTMATTER_KEYS.

Steps to reproduce

Remove types. Reload Obsidian.

Expected behavior

Should not be added without requirement, especially when they're not being used. If they are added when they're needed, this would be better.

Additional context

No response

[zsviczian]

not a bug, but a feature. with the introduction of the properties editor people no longer edit YAML frontmatter in source mode. As a consequence you are not aware of the available forntmatter switches to control Excalidraw behavior. These frontmatter switches are super powerful, I couldn't imagine using the full potential of excalidraw without having them available. Registering these properties is a deliberate step. If you don't want to see these there is a plugin setting to disable it, however, then you are going to be in the dark about these frontmatter switches. See the setting at the bottom of this screenshot.

[itsonlyjames]

Makes total sense and thanks for the info. For me, I use excalidraw so simplistically that the myriad features are cumbersome. I appreciate there is a setting however—my apologies for not having found this prior to opening this ticket. Thanks!