Shortcut keys or preferred hotkeys

kimstacks · June 17, 2020, 5:57am

I am creating a thread for actions and possible shortcuts.

Over time I will slowly update.

Please replace Cmd with Ctrl for Windows users. All letters are in capital

actions

The most important shortcut to learn is to open the command palette (Cmd+P) as that opens up the list of commands and their shortcuts for you.

You can configure some of them under Settings > Hot Keys

Action	Shortcut Keys	Remarks
open command palette	Cmd+P	Most important!! See above
open today’s note	DIY under settings > Hot Keys (I choose Cmd + /)	Need to DIY
bold selected	Cmd+B
italic selected	Cmd+I
delete current line	Cmd+D
add link	Cmd+K
duplicate current line	??	Unknown. Needs help
open note in current panel via link	Cmd + click	Credit to @s-kyy at this comment
open note in new panel via link	Cmd + shift + click	Credit to @s-kyy at this comment
navigate history forward	Default under settings > Hot Keys > Cmd + Alt + →
navigate history backward	Default under settings > Hot Keys > Cmd + Alt + ←
switch panel	if it’s part of history you can use navigate history	This is a bit weird but what do I know? See comment

Feel free to share your current hotkeys as well

My first attempt at poll. I set groups as trust_level_0. Let me know if you cannot vote.

if you want the cheat sheet in other formats. Multiple-choice

Cheat Sheet as Markdown Note inside your primary obsidian vault
Cheat Sheet as PDF
Cheat Sheet as Web Page
Cheat Sheet as Video
Nah… just keep it here

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s-kyy · June 17, 2020, 6:32am

I’m used to using CTRL+D for duplicating blocks/ lines (from Notion). So making it as a delete hot key might be confusing to me personally. Maybe Ctrl + Backspace or just Del would work better?

For hotkeys to switch between panels perhaps the ones for browsers would work?
Next Panel = Ctrl + Tab
Previous Panel = Ctrl + Shift + Tab

Kuncy · June 17, 2020, 7:04am

Im trying to create an Obsidian only ahk set that can be used to wrap text in ‘==’
ie, to serve as highlight shortcut and also for the different header sizes.

Im also trying to figure out if there is some way to simplify
a. ‘move selected text into linked page’
b. Open link/new page in new pane.

s-kyy · June 18, 2020, 4:28am

For (b) Open link/ page in new pane.
Have you tried putting the cursor within the link and pressing Ctrl + Alt + Enter? Ctrl + Shift + Left-click should also work.

Or did you mean to do it at the same time as (a)?

Kuncy · June 18, 2020, 4:55am

(b) Ctrl+Shift+ Click works well!! Thanks dude!!!

kimstacks · June 19, 2020, 4:42am

Added to list above. Thank you.

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kimstacks · June 19, 2020, 4:48am

In mac Cmd+Tab is typical for switching between apps. I believe, it’s true for windows as well?

For browsers, the tabbing across tabs is actually

Cmd+Shift + ] to go right
Cmd+Shift + [ to go left

I checked the hotkey settings and it’s actually defined

For some reason, the navigation works in a weird way. It works as more like the back and forward history of the browser tab.

so you can navigate between panels IF it’s part of the history. Weird, I know

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s-kyy · June 19, 2020, 5:40pm

Browser:

Next tab = Ctrl + Tab
Previous Tab = Ctrl + Shift + Tab

Change App:

Next App = Alt + Tab
Previous App = Alt + Shift + Tab

Task View:

Win + Tab (overview of current open folders, software, etc in a given desktop and I can swipe between desktops, applies to Windows 8-10) Pressing this again returns to the current desktop
Win + Shift + Tab = next desktop

Right now the default pane navigation hotkeys in Obsidian is:

kimstacks · June 21, 2020, 5:15am

Thanks for clarifying. Haven’t used windows in a while. I can say is that macOS is Cmd+Tab for switching between apps.

I also realized in mac + Chrome, another way to switch the tabs, is also Ctrl+Tab. Not just Cmd+Shift+]

In mac keyboards, they have a Ctrl and a Cmd key.

to switch desktop or task view as you call it, it’s

Ctrl + -> or Ctrl + <-

In that case, @s-kyy I think I agree with you obsidian should make switching between panels also Ctrl + Tab

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LION · August 16, 2020, 2:14am

duplicate current line : now I’m using cmd+C(copy current line) then cmd+V. althoght it would be better if I can use shift+alt+downarrow

burrito · January 8, 2021, 6:38am

Dont know if this is the right place to ask, but I am quite unhappy with the Cmd + Shift + Click behavior on Mac. This is because Shift + Click itself always selects the text from cursor to current line before jumping to the new page. This is quite annoying - has anyone an idea how to fix/workaround?