I really enjoy using obsidian.md, espcially since it let's do many things fast. Here are some of the top shortcuts I like to use, some standard, but a bunch of them custom.
I'm using 2 plugins to enable those: Shortcuts Extender, and Code Editor Shortcuts.
Standard and really useful shortcuts
- Use
tab
to indent the item in the list more, useshift+tab
to un-indent. - Use
cmd+I
to make the text italics - Use
cmd+B
to make the text bold - Use
cmd+K
to add a link or make existing text into a link - Use
cmd+,
to open Settings (works in any app on MacOS) - Use
cmd+shift+8
to create a bullet list (if you use it on existing text it makes it bulleted)
Obsidian Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
cmd+P
- Open Command Pallete to issue any command (matched with VSCode)cmd+shift+P
- Open Quick Picker to pick files (matched with VSCode)cmd+return
- toggle a checkbox (this used to be default, but now needs custom)cmd+R
- Navigate Back (to previous document)cmd+shift+B
- Toggle left sidebarcmd+shift+H
- Toggle right sidebarcmd+shift+M
- Move current file to another foldercmd+shift+R
- Reveal the current file in the browser on the leftcmd+shift+9
- Create a checkbox listcmd+shift+T
- Insert template (either Templater or default)cmd+shift+N
- Split view to the rightcmd+D
- Select word occurence with multiline editing cursor (usingCode Editor Shortcuts
)cmd+shift+UP
- Move line up (usingCode Editor Shortcuts
)cmd+shift+DOWN
- Move line down (usingCode Editor Shortcuts
)cmd+shift+D
- Duplicate the current line (usingCode Editor Shortcuts
)option+cmd+1
- Heading 1 (usingShortcuts Extender
)option+cmd+2
- Heading 2 (usingShortcuts Extender
)option+cmd+3
- Heading 3 (usingShortcuts Extender
)cmd+shift+F
- Omnisearch (needsOmnisearch
plugin)cmd+W
- Close active pane
Combos
cmd+shift+B+H
- hide both sidebars (using above shortcuts)- hold
cmd
, hitD
, hitK
, hitV
- highlight just written word, linkify it and paste URL from clipboard