Obsidian 1.15.1 Desktop (Public)

Obsidian 1.15.1 for desktop added a Relevance sort option to Search, which orders notes by how well they match your query.

Search also now ignores accents, so "cafe" finds "café". The same applies to search filters in Backlinks, Outline, and Bookmarks. Letters like ø, ł, đ, ð, ħ and ı are treated as o, l, d, d, h and i, and ß, æ, œ and þ as ss, ae, oe and th. That means "lodz" finds "Łódź" and "strasse" finds "Straße". Results should also show up much faster when a query matches thousands of notes, and update faster as you keep typing.

Startup changed too. The workspace appears right away, with progress shown in the status bar instead of a loading screen. Reading mode, vault indexing (especially with long notes), the Files view, and large canvases are all faster.

A few changes might need action on your end:

• "Allow URI callbacks" is now set per device instead of syncing with the vault, so if you use callbacks, turn it on again on each device.
• The web viewer's Homepage and Search engine settings are also per device now.
• New vaults no longer show the ribbon. You can turn it on in Settings → Interface → Show ribbon.
• Opening an unrecognized file type in another app from a note link now asks for confirmation.

Plugin authors should know that Array#contains and String#contains are deprecated in favor of includes. The installer now uses Electron v43.8.9, so you'll need to download the latest installer.