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Obsidian keyboard shortcuts on macOS

These Obsidian shortcuts never reach its menu bar, so reading the menus won't find them. Hold ⌘ and Keysi shows them next to everything it reads from Obsidian's own menus.

35 shortcuts · adds to what Keysi reads from the app's own menus · free, and not part of Keysi Pro.

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Shows this sheet in Keysi's Settings ▸ Shortcuts, where it's already installed.

Finding your way

ActionKeys
Open the quick switcher⌘O
Open the command palette⌘P
Search all files⇧⌘F
Open the graph view⌘G
Go back⌥⌘←
Go forward⌥⌘→
Open settings⌘,
Open helpF1

Tabs

ActionKeys
New tab⌘T
Go to tab 1 to 8⌘1 … ⌘8
Go to the last tab⌘9
Next tab⇧⌘]
Previous tab⇧⌘[
Next tab (alternative)⌃⇥
Previous tab (alternative)⌃⇧⇥
Reopen the tab you just closed⇧⌘T
Close the window⇧⌘W

Notes

ActionKeys
New note⌘N
New note in a new tab⇧⌘N
Rename the noteF2
Save⌘S
Switch between reading and editing⌘E
Add a property⌘;

Links

ActionKeys
Follow the link under the cursor⌥↩
Open the link in a new tab⌘↩
Open the link in a split⌥⌘↩
Open the link in a new window⌥⇧⌘↩
Insert a Markdown link⌘K

Formatting

ActionKeys
Bold⌘B
Italic⌘I
Comment out⌘/
Cycle the checklist state⌘L
Delete the paragraph⌘D
Find in the note⌘F
Find and replace in the note⌥⌘F

Use this sheet

It's already in Keysi. Install the app and hold ⌘ in Obsidian.

Keysi lists it as Obsidian in Settings ▸ Shortcuts.

To change it, download the file below and put it in ~/Library/Application Support/Keysi/Sheets/ (Settings ▸ Shortcuts ▸ “Reveal Sheets Folder”). A sheet with the same id replaces the built-in one, so your edits stick. Or use Keysi's editor and skip the JSON.

Matches the app itself, by bundle identifier: md.obsidian.

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