#1

Obsidian’s support for bullet lists makes it very useful as a basic task manager and outliner (especially with the Mindmap plugin). I have looked for a keystroke that enables me to move a bullet list or block of text up or down, but have not found one. It seems this would be a useful plugin, as it would enable items in bullet lists (e.g., tasks, outlines, etc.) to be moved up or down in the list by a keystroke, instead of “select the text + cut + paste.”

If this worked at the block level, then it could be used to easily reorder paragraphs as well. Thoughts?

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#2

Hi @timj,

I’ve been hacking around block-level moving with keystrokes - I really like it. It doesn’t consider individual list items but you can move lists around as one block.

Maybe this is two things anyways:

  1. Move bullet items
  2. Move blocks

Anyways, check out the demo here: [Looking for feedback] "Block-Swap" Plugin Prototype

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#3

Thanks, I had not seen that yet. It looks promising, at least for the block level. I agree that these seem to be two similar but essentially different functions (block move; bullet move).

#4

Isn’t swap line up what you are looking for (for single lines)?

#5

Almost. It works at the line level and for bullets at the same level of indent, it is sufficient. I am hoping for something that is context-aware so as to also move all sub-bullets embedded under the current bullet. For example, if this is the Markdown:


- this is bullet A
- this is bullet B
    - this is bullet B.1
    - this is bullet B.2
- this is bullet C

I would like to be able, with the cursor on bullet B, to move bullet B and all its sub-bullets (B.1 and B.2) either up (before A) or down (after C).

Note: if I select all the text of bullet B and the sub-bullets, the same “swap line up/down” keystroke works to move the selection. It’s more cumbersome, but gets the job done for now.

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#6

I think the Outliner plugin might offer block-level movement.

Edit: to clarify, this works in hierarchical lists, not hierarchical headers. It would be cool if it could be extended to headers.