Creating New Note body defaults to rendered view

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Joplin 3.1.4 (prod, linux)

The following applies to using the markdown editor and rendered view (it doesn't take the rich text editor into account).

When creating a new note the focuses is on the title, which is a normal expectation, but the note body begins in rendered view, which necessitates clicking on the note body area to focus it, or toggling it on via keyboard shortcut once a Title has been written in.

If the user is creating a New Note, the expectation is that the body would already be in edit mode without having to actively change to it.

Especially now since version 3.1.4 with the work done on the Note Title field to allow the Enter or Down Arrow keys to go straight into the body of the note :+1:

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I'm having trouble reproducing this issue. Here's a summary of my settings and Joplin version:

  • Editor: Markdown (new)

  • Settings > Note > "When creating a new note": "Focus title"

  • Plugins: None

  • OS: Fedora 40 (Linux)

  • Version info:

    Joplin 3.1.4 (prod, linux)

    Client ID: 511ce522c2a74e568d33524668d23fdc
    Sync Version: 3
    Profile Version: 47
    Keychain Supported: Yes

    Revision: d1403ba

I've tried creating new notes both with ctrl-n and with the "new note" button.

Does this happen with all plugins disabled?

Edit: Is this issue specific to the case where the editor was hidden before creating a new note?

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@personalizedrefriger,

Yes, specific to the editor being hidden on creation of the new note.

I renamed my Joplin Desktop folder, and then tested with a clean profile folder.

Ctrl-N for a new note from the Markdown Editor: The focus is initially the note body. I think this it the intended behaviour (not to start in the title field but to suggest the title from the note?).

Ctrl-N for a new note from the Note Viewer: Neither the title nor note body is focused. The Title field is available for editing when clicked, and I must actively switch out of Note View before the note body is editable. (Switching automatically to the editor when a New Note is created might not be possible or be overly complex to integrate in code, I appreciate)

The behaviour is indeed different to my working profile, so not focusing the body on a new note seems a result of some peculiarity at my end.

thanks for your response (and your continuing good work!).

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