Obsidian cheat sheet

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Essentials I

6 shortcuts
  • ⌘P
    Open the command palette
  • ⌘O
    Open the quick switcher
  • ⌘⇧F
    Search all notes
  • ⌘E
    Toggle reading and editing view
  • F2
    Rename the active note
  • ⌘;
    Add a property

Essentials II

6 shortcuts
  • ⌘B
    Bold text
  • ⌘I
    Italic text
  • ⌘Z
    Undo
  • ⌘⇧Z
    Redo
  • ⌘⇧V
    Paste without formatting
  • [[
    Start a link to a note

Editing I

6 shortcuts
  • BACKSPACE
    Delete the previous character
  • DEL
    Delete the next character
  • ⌥BACKSPACE
    Delete the previous word
  • ⌥DEL
    Delete the next word
  • ⌘BACKSPACE
    Delete to the start of the line
  • ⌘DEL
    Delete to the end of the line

Editing II

6 shortcuts
  • ⌘⇧K
    Delete the current line
  • ⌘C
    Copy (whole paragraph if nothing selected)
  • ⌘X
    Cut (whole paragraph if nothing selected)
  • ⇧↵
    Insert a line break in a paragraph
  • TAB
    Indent list items
  • ⇧TAB
    Unindent list items

Navigation I

5 shortcuts
  • ⌥LEFT
    Move to the start of the previous word
  • ⌥RIGHT
    Move to the end of the next word
  • ⌘LEFT
    Move to the start of the line
  • ⌘RIGHT
    Move to the end of the line
  • ⌘UP
    Move to the beginning of the note

Navigation II

5 shortcuts
  • ⌘DOWN
    Move to the end of the note
  • UP
    Move to the previous line
  • DOWN
    Move to the next line
  • PAGEUP
    Move up one page
  • PAGEDOWN
    Move down one page

Selection I

5 shortcuts
  • ⌘A
    Select all
  • ESC
    Simplify the selection
  • ⇧LEFT
    Extend selection one character left
  • ⇧RIGHT
    Extend selection one character right
  • ⌥⇧LEFT
    Select to the start of the previous word

Selection II

5 shortcuts
  • ⌥⇧RIGHT
    Select to the end of the next word
  • ⌘⇧LEFT
    Select to the start of the line
  • ⌘⇧RIGHT
    Select to the end of the line
  • ⌘⇧UP
    Select to the beginning of the note
  • ⌘⇧DOWN
    Select to the end of the note

Switcher and commands I

5 shortcuts
  • ⌘O
    Open the quick switcher
  • ⌘P
    Open the command palette
  • ↵
    Open the selected note or run command
  • ⇧↵
    Create a note with the exact typed name
  • ⌘↵
    Open the selected note in a new tab

Switcher and commands II

4 shortcuts
  • DOWN
    Select the next result
  • UP
    Select the previous result
  • /
    Open slash commands
  • ESC
    Exit slash commands

Properties I

6 shortcuts
  • ⌘;
    Add a new property
  • DOWN
    Focus the next property
  • UP
    Focus the previous property
  • ⌥DOWN
    Jump from properties to the editor
  • ⇧UP
    Extend property selection upward
  • ⇧DOWN
    Extend property selection downward

Properties II

6 shortcuts
  • LEFT
    Edit the property name
  • RIGHT
    Edit the property value
  • ESC
    Focus the whole property
  • ⌘BACKSPACE
    Delete the property
  • J
    Move down (Vim)
  • K
    Move up (Vim)

Canvas and graph I

6 shortcuts
  • ⌘A
    Select all cards
  • DEL
    Remove selected cards
  • ⇧!
    Zoom to fit
  • ⇧@
    Zoom to selection
  • ESC
    Stop editing a card
  • ⌘Z
    Undo on the canvas

Canvas and graph II

5 shortcuts
  • ⌘Y
    Redo on the canvas
  • LEFT
    Pan the graph left
  • RIGHT
    Pan the graph right
  • UP
    Pan the graph up
  • DOWN
    Pan the graph down

Bases tables I

5 shortcuts
  • ⌘C
    Copy selected cells
  • ⌘V
    Paste into selected cells
  • ⌘A
    Select all cells in the group
  • ⇧SPACE
    Select the row
  • ↵
    Focus the current cell

Bases tables II

5 shortcuts
  • HOME
    Go to the first column
  • END
    Go to the last column
  • ESC
    Clear the cell selection
  • TAB
    Go to the next cell
  • ⇧TAB
    Go to the previous cell
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