BUG: Markdown not rendered in reading mode of hybrid excalidraw/markdown note.

[0phoff]

Your environment

Obsidian version: v1.5.12
Installer version: v1.5.12
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Describe the bug
When converting an existing markdown note to an excalidraw file, the reading mode stops working.
I would assume the reading mode still shows the original markdown file, but it instead only shows the excalidraw drawing.

To Reproduce

1. Open a markdown file with content
2. Run Command Palette/Excalidraw: Convert markdown note to Excalidraw Drawing
3. Open the file as markdown
4. Open the reading view

Additional context
I imagine this behaviour is logical, as this was the intended behviour for embedding the note in other markdown files, where you want the drawing to show up as an image.

A potential solution for this issue would be to set a YAML tag that tells the system this is a hybrid note.

• When viewing the hybrid note in reading mode, you show the markdown content.
• When embedding the hybrid note, you show the markdown content, unless you specifically reference the # Drawing header (or another block if that's easier to code).

One additional issue to solve would then be to hide the # Text Elements content in reading mode (and potentially in the live preview mode).
Nonetheless, I think that even without this final fix (where the Text Elements are still visible in the markdown reading mode) it will be very usefull for people.

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Background
When I saw the "back of the note" concept, my mind jumped straight to a use case where I write normal markdown. If I then need an image or diagram, I can flip the page, create the diagram, go back to markdown and insert the drawing I just created as a group link on the page.
However, for this to work it is imperative that I can view the markdown files in reading mode!

Sorry if this issue has already been reported, but I could not find it anywhere, except for a random youtube comment mentioning it in one of your videos.

[zsviczian]

fixed in 2.1.4 (includes 2 related new settings, one setting under appearance and behavior, the other under Export settings)

[zsviczian]

when in markdown view mode turning on reading mode will show the markdown content (depending on plugin settings).

but, I have/will not address the part suggesting that referencing the # Drawing section should embed the drawing as technically there is no difference between "hybrid" notes and drawings. Every Excalidraw drawing is a "hybrid"... just sometimes you make use of the backside, at other times not.
A drawing will embed as a drawing unless you reference a markdown section on the back side.

[0phoff]

Thanks! I thought I had the latest version but it seems I have not... 🫣

I have no problems with your embedding solution. I think it would be very rare for me to need to embed the entire markdown content of a hybrid note, so embedding specific blocks/sections works out fine for me!

Thanks a lot for your work on this amazing plugin! I am dipping my toes into the world of visual PKM in the hopes of retaining and finding my information faster, and your plugin is the perfect gateway for this 😉