14.0.0 (2026-01-18)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• Update minimum Obsidian version to 1.11.4
• main/backlink/grep: Remove "check all" and add "check/uncheck all"
• main/backlink/link/grep: Remove redundant command conflicting with preview

✨ Features

• main: Add auto preview option in search commands (8c8ed22)
• main: Add "toggle auto preview" command (a1f3bc3)
• link: Add auto preview option in link search modal #315 (23be2ca)
• Add filterable settings groups in "Search commands" and "Hotkeys in dialog" settings (1624ea0)
• main/backlink/grep: Add checked items count badge in multi-select modals (a9982a7)
• main/backlink/grep: Don't store previewed items in history (d37613f)
• main/backlink/grep: Remove "check all" and add "check/uncheck all" (c999df7)
• main/backlink/link/grep: Remove redundant command conflicting with preview (4360339)
• main/backlink: Increase 'Last opened' sort capacity to 11+ files (4c0115b)

🎨 Styles

• Compact "Hotkeys in dialog" settings layout (7225197)

🛡 Bug Fixes

• main: Prevent error when setting floating modal with non-standard editor views (ex: PDF, image) (195398f)
• main: Previewing phantom items creates a new note unintentionally (2ab84e3)
• Wrong file flashes before opening target when preview is enabled (85057d2)

🤖 Build

• Update minimum Obsidian version to 1.11.4 (bf7363b)

📝 Another Quick Switcher v14.0.0 Companion Notes

This is a short, narrative add-on to the release notes. It focuses on the intent behind the changes and how the new behavior feels in practice.

Overview

v14 is a quality-and-flow release: smoother previewing, a cleaner settings experience, and a simpler multi-select workflow. A few commands were removed to keep the preview model consistent, which is why this is a major version.

Highlights

Auto preview for Custom searches (opt-in)

Custom searches now support automatic preview when you move focus between results. This is off by default because it changes navigation flow.

• Use the toggle auto preview dialog command to enable it temporarily while the dialog stays open.
• The existing preview command remains a one-shot preview (it does not follow focus).

Auto preview for Link search

Link search now has the same auto preview behavior. This landed after a user request:
#315

Settings grouping and filtering

Obsidian v1.11 introduced grouping in the settings UI. AQS groups the two most dense sections and makes the layout more compact.

You can also filter these settings using Obsidian's SearchComponent (added in v1.11.4).

Check/Uncheck visibility and behavior

The number of checked items is now shown as a badge next to the hit count.

The check all command has been replaced with check/uncheck all. When all items are already checked, the same command now clears them.

Last opened can consider more than 10 files

Last opened used to be limited by the public API, which only exposed 10 items. v14 reaches beyond that cap via an internal tracker so the sort can consider 11 or more recent files.

Fixes that mattered

• Preview no longer pollutes your Recent Files / Recent search history.
• Opening a file right after previewing it no longer causes a flicker.
• Previewing a phantom file no longer creates a new file.
• Previewing PDFs or images without editors no longer throws errors.

These fixes apply consistently to Custom searches, Backlink search, and Grep command.

Breaking changes

Minimum Obsidian version

AQS v14 requires Obsidian v1.11.4 or later.

Command removals (replaced by Check/Uncheck)

The following commands were removed across dialogs and replaced by multi-select + open / insert to editor:

• open in new tab in background
• open all in new tabs
• insert to editor in background
• insert all to editor

This keeps preview behavior consistent and avoids conflicts with the new auto preview model.

Video of the replacement workflow: https://youtu.be/sxDEMQq8txc

README

Notes

• Obsidian Mobile has not been tested for this release yet.
• If you notice regressions, please open an issue on GitHub.