Pressing link on mobile in Live Preview isn’t opening Hover Editor.
daxmonson opened this issue · 7 comments
First off, this is in the top five essentials. I’ve looked for a buy me a coffee Etc link before and never found one, so I’ll ask for that as a feature request for you.
One thing that would make the mobile experience with it 10x here would be if (in Live Preview mode), the open in Hover Editor option worked. I can reliably bring the Modal up, but clicking on that text does nothing. It works fine in Reading mode. Maybe this should work, but there’s a plugin conflict?
I’ve come up with workarounds like with Commander, but that requires highlighting the link which is sometime finicky with the way I structure links and text before them. Thanks for considering it.
As I really only use desktop, I don't understand what you mean here by "option" and "modal". Are you talking about a long-press on a link to bring up a context menu? Are you saying there's an option on that menu but it doesn't work? Or are you talking about the command in the command palette?
Long-pressing on a link within a note and that opening the context menu where there's the option "open in hover editor" isn't opening the link in Live preview mode. Tapping on the link and selecting "open in hover editor" works when in reading mode. Would really be smooth if that worked in both modes. This should be easier to understand:
I've never seen "Open in Float Preview" before. I'm wondering if that's a mobile-only thing, or is it another plugin? Also, does it work?
"Open in Float Preview" is provided bye the Floating Search plugin.
Appreciate your Hover Editor. I use it everywhere, everyday. It has sped up my ability to flit around and edit content with zero friction. I especially like the ability to see properties.
Cheers!
That’s right, floating search is another plugin and it also doesn’t “Open in float Preview” when Obsidian is in Live Preview mode on mobile. Specifically, when pressing a link and trying to open in hover/ float from the context menu.
I know how it is programming, no need to implement this if it’s just me requesting it. I’ve come up with a few workarounds, varying from an extra tap to three. Thanks for your work on it.
That sounds like it's a common issue with Obsidian mobile, if another plugin that shows things on top doesn't work. I personally don't use Obsidian on mobile so I'm not sure what the deal is. If I had to guess it would be that on a device with no pointer, HE and FS are probably guessing wrong as to where to place the popup. Except then the question is why it works in reading mode... so yeah, it's a bit unclear to me what's going on.
Yes, seems so in Live Preview. I can quickly switch to reading mode, then open the link in Hover from that context menu, then switch back to Live preview and the opened link remains in Hover Mode on top. Doing it this way isn't a big deal. In Live preview, I can also highlight the link perfectly at the start and end of the markdown brackets, then use "Open link under cursor" (with a shortcut on the mobile toolbar via the Commander plugin) and this will open the highlighted link, in Live Preview mode, in a Hover Editor, on Mobile. So it's something about the context menu that comes up after a long-press on mobile specifically not being able to open plugin windows on top. Maybe that will help someone out if they're looking for a way to do similar.
If it becomes a bigger priority, I'll try to figure it out and do a pull request. Thanks again for your time and the plugin.