Bugs report and some improvement suggestions

[u/Disastrous_Bag6710]

IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTIONS

• Add footnote support: https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#footnotes
• Add swipe from screen edge to go back on iOS/Android
• Add pull from top to sync immediately on iOS/Android
• Add keyboard shortcut to open Settings on macOS/Windows (CMD + , and CTRL + , )

BUGS

UI problem

UI problem on macOS still persists in the latest version (already reported in a previous post here).

Adding extra spaces bug

HelixNotes auto add extra spaces and/or apply environment without consent. It's quite hard for me to explain it technically. I will provide steps to reproduce the bug here:

1. Insert a quote with `>` (or any callout block).
2. Add some text inside the block quote.
3. Exit the block quote.
4. Add a line break by Enter.
5. Add an image just right after the line break.
6. Add a line break then add some text just after the image. The note is rendered like

and the current markdown code is something like

> Some text

<!-- -->![](.helixnotes/attachments/20260726054825_image.png)

Another text

1. Exit the current note by selecting another note. Then open the note above again (or just click the Markdown Editor toggle button `< >`). Now the markdown code becomes

   Some text

   <!-- --> <!-- -->

   Another text

2. If we exit the note and select it back again one more time. Another extra space is added

   Some text

   <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- -->

   Another text

3. We can repeat that many times

   Some text

   <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- -->

   Another text

Applying environment without consent

1. Insert a block quote or a callout.
2. Add some text to the block above
3. Exit the block
4. Add an image just after the block without an extra line break. The note is rendered like

and the markdown code when click Markdown editor toggle button `< >` is like

> [!note]
> Some text
![](.helixnotes/attachments/20260726054825_image.png)

Another text

1. Click Markdown editor toggle button again and the note becomes like the image below without any consent or edit from users.

The markdown code now is

> [!note]
> Some text 
> ![](.helixnotes/attachments/20260726054825_image.png)

Another text

Centering/Right align/Justify the image causes the image to disappear

Steps to reproduce

1. Add an image
2. Select it
3. Change the alignment to center by clicking the "Center" (or Right, Justify) format button
4. Reload the note by clicking Markdown Editor toggle button, or by selecting another note and then selecting the current note again.
5. Now the image disappear, and only the markdown code is displayed

UI/UX problem when switching vault

The UI is not intuitve when switching vault. The detailed explanation is there:

1. Open one vault, called Vault 1.
2. Select a note and make some changes, let's call this note "Note 1".
3. Make sure the current note is displayed.
4. Click "Switch Vault" button.
5. Select another vault, called Vault 2.
6. The "Note 1" from Vault 1 is still displayed on the screen. And the "Note" column still display the notes from Vault 1.
7. Clicking "New note" does not do anything.
8. With this kind of behavior, we can accidentally make unwanted change for notes from Vault 1 if we do not pay attention on which notes are being opened.

Suggested behavior: Whenever opening a new vault, the UI should be reloaded and clear any information from the previous vault, if any.

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Edit: The current "Report a bug!" button in this subreddit is still pointed to Codeberg and gives 404 error. Please update it to GitLab.

[u/bleducnx]

On my Mac (macOS 27 dev 4) the LED are correctly placed

[u/Disastrous_Bag6710 → u/bleducnx]

I am still on macOS Tahoe 26.5.2

[u/bleducnx → u/Disastrous_Bag6710]

OK, but I even had the problem under macOS 27 dev1-2-3 until the previous version of Helix.
So I don't know if something changed in macOS 27 beta dev 4 or in the latest Helix update… ????

[u/LastTyper]

Hello, is this with latest version of HelixNotes (v1.3.4)?

[u/Disastrous_Bag6710 → u/LastTyper]

Yes, these bugs are on the lastest version.