Frontmatter YAML metadata not visible in Reading mode

[HyperEpsilon]

As the title says, the frontmatter YAML box is not visible in reading mode.

I can see that it's been disabled in the CSS, but I would love a way to turn it back on without messing around in there myself. Some sort of settings pluggin perhaps? The Features block on the about page does say it's customizable.

Everforest:

Default Theme:

[jasperdekeuk]

Can be changed in Obsidian settings. Go to "Settings" - "Editor" - "Show frontmatter" and turn it back on

[julianmerkle]

I have this same issue despite enabling "show frontmatter"

• "Show frontmatter" is enabled in Editor Settings
• All Sync options are enabled
• Using Evergreen as a theme
• On Android, the frontmatter appears in reading view
• on PC, it doesn't
• if i switch to a different theme (Atom), the frontmatter appears in reading view as expected

[anthonyabraira]

+1 what gives? Can we get frontmatter showing?

[ariccb]

I also have this issue. I really like the everforest theme, but it has some bugs including this one. On android I can see front matter rendered properly, but not on my PC I believe there might be an issue with it and dataview plugin as well.

[jackalteoh]

@ariccb, I'm also using everforest theme and having the same issue. However, today I found the solution how to solve this issue. Goto the vault in window explorer, search for .obsidian> themes > Everforest > theme.css. Open the CSS file with text editor.

Search the text: "frontmatter" and you will see these code: frontmatter-container { display: none; }

change these code into a comment by adding "/" & "/" to become like this: /.frontmatter-container { display: none; }/

save the CSS file then you should able to see the front matter in the reading mode.

[ariccb]

@jackalteoh brilliant! That was super easy, and fixed the problem for me.

[jackalteoh]

@ariccb, glad to hear that. @HyperEpsilon, @julianmerkle & @anthonyabraira, you may refer to the solution I posted, hope it solves your issue. btw, the code I suggested to be added should be "/" & "/" so it will change that block into a comment.

/* .frontmatter-container { display: none; } */

[julianmerkle]

@jackalteoh great thanks - this also works for me!

I'll have to learn CSS, I remember in older version of everforest there was a really nice alternative layout for the frontmatter. With your fix it works, but I think it reverts to the standard way of displaying it (same as in other themes)