Obsidian 1.9.5 Desktop (Early access)
By Steven Van ·
Shiny new things Bases has a new formula editor. It includes syntax highlighting, autocomplete, and shows documentation about the current expression.
Obsidian 1.9.5 for desktop, out now in early access, gives Obsidian's Bases feature a new formula editor with syntax highlighting, autocomplete, and inline documentation for the expression being written.
The update also includes:
- The "Download attachments for current file" command now pulls attachments from file properties as well as the note body.
- Canvas: right-click an embedded Base and choose "Pin view..." to select a specific view.
- The Markdown parser handles large tables and callouts more efficiently: these notes take slightly longer to load, but then render instantly.
Bases picks up several smaller changes: it now remembers scroll position when navigating history, Cards view can show cards with no properties (useful for cover-image-only cards), and formula and file properties display dates and datetimes in the OS locale. New commands "Bases: Add item" and "Bases: Add view" have been added, along with "Edit formula..." and "Clear sort" options in the table header's right-click menu.
On the formula side, String#icon() has been removed in favor of a new global icon() function, a breaking change. New List#filter and List#map functions have been added, file.links now includes embeds, link() supports non-HTTP URLs, and comparing a date to a datetime with == now ignores the time component.
The release also fixes several bugs in Bases and Graph view; see the full changelog for details.
