Feature request - Useful hotkeys missing

[Creepman]

Summary

Request to introduce new hotkeys and expand hotkey customization.

Objective

Make note-taking and text editing on PC faster with hotkeys, reduce the use of mouse (like Vim or Emacs).

Proposed solution

Below you can see a table showcasing which hotkeys are missing (probably contains errors).
The empty cells are missing hotkeys. In my opinion, all the these missing hotkeys shoud be added, but barely any assigned a stroke.

		letter	word	sentence	line	paragraph	section	text
move cursor	left	← **	Ctrl + ← **		Home *	Ctrl + ↑ **		Ctrl + Home *
	right	→ **	Ctrl + → **		End *	Ctrl + ↓ *		Ctrl + End *
select	all	✘	(Double click) *			(Triple click) *		Ctrl + A *
	left	Shift + ← **	Ctrl + Shift + ← **		Shift + Home *			Ctrl + Shift + Home *
	right	Shift + → **	Ctrl + Shift + → **		Shift + End *			Ctrl + Shift + End *
delete	all	✘			two hotkeys: leave empty line or not	Ctrl + D
	left	Back **	Ctrl + Back **
	right	Delete **	Ctrl + Delete **
duplicate	all	✘
swap	left	✘			-
	right	✘			-

Legend

• section: text between two headings
• swap: the section (word, line, section) with the cursor is moved before / after the previous / next section
• parentheses: not really a hotkey
• hyphen: hotkey not assigned
• ✘: can’t exist
• asterisk: this hotkey is not reassignable in obsidian>settings>hotkeys
• double asterisk: this hotkey is not reassignable but it doesn’t need to (in my opinion)

Other useful not present shortcuts

Join

• join with row below
• join with line above

New line

• new line below
• new line above

Transformations

• UPPERCASE
• lowercase
• Capitalize Each Word
• Capitalize first word
• Toggle case

Current workaround

Some of these exist in community plugins like Hotkeys++ and Code Editor Shortcuts

Related feature requests

Due to security reasons I can’t include any links, but all should be easy to find under obsidian>forum>feature requests>keyboard-shortcut.

• Duplicate Line(s) Keyboard Shortcut
• VS Code keybindings
• New Line Shortcut

[blue_emperor]

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