24 Keyboard Shortcuts

For those of you who can't spare even a single second reaching for the mouse! Conduct ObsiKO without ever lifting your hands from the keyboard. 🎶

💡 How to read the symbols: ⌘ Command · ⇧ Shift · ⌥ Option (Alt) · ⌃ Control. On Windows and Linux, read ⌘ as Ctrl and ⌥ as Alt. (e.g. ⌘⇧P = Ctrl+Shift+P)

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Master of File Management & Navigation 🗂️

Action	Press this key!
Open a folder	`⌘O`
Save (for your peace of mind!)	`⌘S`
Whip up a new document!	`⌘N`
Create a new folder	`⌘⇧N`
Spread out a new canvas (mind map)!	`⌘⌥N`
Command palette (every feature, by name!)	`⌘P`
Quick open (unified search box)	`⌘⇧P`
Search in files (same unified search box)	`⌘⇧F`
Find & Replace	`⌘⌥F`
Close the current tab, no fuss	`⌘W`
Next tab / Previous tab	`⌘⇧]` / `⌘⇧[`
Change file sort order	`⌘⌥S`
Reveal the current file in the tree	`⌘⌥R`
Expand/collapse the whole file tree	`⌘⌥E`

💡 ⌘⇧P and ⌘⇧F open the same unified search box — it searches filenames and body text at once. Use whichever one your fingers remember! → Search & Navigation

Piloting Screens & Panels 🎛️

Action	Press this key!
Open/close the left sidebar	`⌘\`
Open/close the right panel	`⌘/`
A little me-time: Zen mode	`⌘⇧Z`
Kick back: Reading mode	`⌘⇧V`
View the raw Markdown source	`⌘⇧O`
Head off into space: Graph View	`⌘⇧G`
Your records at a glance: Dashboard	`⌘⇧B`
Open the character codex	`⌘⇧K`
Showtime! Presentation	`⌘⇧S`
The skeleton of your piece: Outline	`⌘⇧U`
Right beside your document: Reference view	`⌘⇧R`
Bridges between notes: Connections panel	`⌘⌥K`
Browse all your tags	`⌘⌥T`
Calendar panel	`⌘⌥C`
Add a schedule	`⌘⇧T`
Focus timer	`⌘⌥P`
Image search	`⌘⌥I`
Activity log (vault log)	`⌘⌥L`
Trash	`⌘⌥B`
AI agent	`⌘⌥A`
Prompt helper	`⌘⌥G`
Help (ObsiKO 101)	`⌘⇧/`
Your trusty language teacher: Dictionary	`⌘⇧D`
Airtight spell check	`⌘⇧L`
Forgot the syntax? Markdown syntax sheet	`⌘⇧M`
Out into the world: Export	`⌘⇧E`
Deck out ObsiKO: Settings	`⌘,`

Casting Spells on Your Text (Editor Only) ✨

Action	Press this key!
Bold, for impact	`⌘B`
Italic, for mood	`⌘I`
~~Oops, strike this~~	`⌘⇧X`
`Like inline code`	`⌘E`
==Highlight it==	`⌘⇧H`
Off to another world: insert a link	`⌘K`
A great quote, quoted	`⌘⇧.`
✏️ Sketch mid-sentence: inline drawing	`⌘⌥Y` → [[04 Advanced Markdown
Too long? Fold it: code folding	Mac `⌘⌥[` / Windows `Ctrl+Shift+[` (unfold: `]`)

💡 Even faster, mouse-free: Type / on an empty line to pick a block from the slash menu, use ⌘Click/⌘D for multi-cursor, and Tab/Shift+Tab to move between table cells! → Markdown Basics · Advanced Markdown

Features You Summon via the Command Palette 🆕

Quite a lot of commands have no default shortcut. Open the command palette (⌘P) and type any of the names below to run them. For the ones you use often, assign your own key in Settings ▸ Shortcuts!

💡 The palette matches partial names (typing just "ledger" lists every ledger command). It also matches the English ids (vim, bold, ...).

Create ✨

Type this in the palette What it does

New base

Creates a new data table (.base) → AI Billing Guide

Review 🔁

Type this in the palette	What it does
Start review	Opens the review window with today's cards → [[15-1 Review & Rediscovery
Make a review card	Turns the selected text into a cloze or Q&A card

Editing helpers 🧰

Type this in the palette	What it does
Copy table as CSV	Copies the table under the cursor to the clipboard as CSV
Convert selection to table	Turns pasted tab/line data into a Markdown table
Copy link to block	Copies a `[[note#^id]]` link pointing at just this paragraph → [[08 Wiki Links & Tags
Open today's note	The daily note (or use the button in the Calendar panel) → [[13 Calendar
Version history	View and restore snapshots (or use the button in the Activity Log panel) → [[21 Activity Log
Toggle typewriter scroll	Pins the cursor to the middle of the screen → [[23 Settings & Themes
Toggle Vim mode	Vim-style keys → [[23 Settings & Themes
Insert drawing	Drops a sketch pad into the body (`⌘⌥Y`)

Formatting (editor) 🖋️

These only show up while you're writing (no default shortcut).

Type this in the palette	What it does
Heading (cycle)	Cycles `#` → `##` → `###` ...
Bullet list	A `-` list
Numbered list	A `1.` list
Checkbox (task)	A `- [ ]` task
Code block	A ``` code fence
Math	$math$ (KaTeX)
Insert table	An empty Markdown table
Horizontal rule	A `---` divider
Insert image	Pick from camera, photos, the vault, or a file
Superscript / Subscript	`x^2^` / `H~2~O`
Comment (hidden)	A memo that never shows on screen or in exports

"I Don't Like This Shortcut!" 🛠️

Head to the Shortcuts tab in the settings dialog, pick the action you want, and press and hold the key combo you want to record! It changes right away.
If it happens to clash with another shortcut, ObsiKO will smartly let you know. And even if you've messed around and tangled things up, don't worry — one button press resets everything back to the defaults! → Settings & Themes

⚠️ Note: Everything listed above is the default shortcut! If you've customized your own, check the settings dialog to see them.

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