Known issues with plugins, sync and themes

[johansan]

Known issues

Updated April 2, 2026

Plugins

• The plugin Editing toolbar patches the Obsidian Editor and depends on the built-in File Explorer to be visible when starting Obsidian. This is a bug in Editing toolbar - it should check the class of the view before messing with the contents. To continue working with Editing toolbar switch to the built in File explorer, restart, then switch over to Notebook Navigator. This is due to an incorrect implementation in the plugin.
• Same with the plugin Simple banner. It hacks into the Obsidian document model and when changing files with Notebook Navigator sometimes it shows the previous note banner. This is due to an incorrect implementation in the plugin.
• The plugin Quiet outline hacks into the left panel and automatically shifts focus from list pane to navigation pane in Notebook Navigator if the setting "Persist Markdown States" is enabled in that plugin. Try disable that setting if you are using this plugin, see [BUG] clashes with notebook navigator- steals foucs from the main notebook navigator pane guopenghui/obsidian-quiet-outline#277

Themes

• Enabling the Cards workspace in theme AnuPpucin can cause artifacts to the Obsidian window border when NN plugin is loaded and Obsidian use transparency

Sync

Be aware that if you are using a service like iCloud sync, LiveSync, Remotely-save or Settings-profiles, you might experience sync issues with plugin settings. This is not related to Notebook Navigator, contact the other plugin authors if you experience issues. None of these services are recommended to use with Obsidian since they cause conflicts with many plugins.

• If you are using iCloud to sync data there is a risk settings are being reset on your devices. This is mainly because iCloud has issues with files being overwritten and syncing folders with dot prefix (all settings are saved in .obsidian/plugins/notebook-navigator/data.json). If you have sync issues please consider purchasing the official Obsidian sync service for $5 or switching to Dropbox.
• If you are using LiveSync checkout this Reddit post that describes how to get it working with plugin settings.
• If you are using the Remotely-save plugin, do yourself a favor and stop using it. It has so many issues. Check this thread, or this thread, or this thread. It will reset your plugin settings and it has hundreds of open issues.
• If you are using Settings profiles for global settings profiles, you might experience issues where settings on some devices are overwritten by other devices.
• If you are using Google Drive for sync always use Mirror mode, not Streaming mode. See Slow start-up 2.5.4 #1003

[RobinLandy]

Re: deprecation of Favourite Tags.

Is there any functional difference between adding a tag to "Shortcuts" vs adding it "Favourite tags"?

Losing Favourite Tags doesn't seem like a big deal as (for my usecases at least) Shortcuts appears to do the same thing. (I know you also mentioned that we can also pin tags to the top of the main tags list)

[johansan]

Almost the same, so no big deal I hope. 👍