Obsidian

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Ctrl + P: Open Command Palette for search.
• Ctrl + Shift + P: to toggle left panel (Custom short key)
• Alt: Create multiple cursor points by holding down.
• Alt + Shift: Select multiple sections in different areas.

Linking and Tagging

• Tags: #Tag

• Linking Notes:

  • Basic Link: [[Note Name]] — Creates a new file if the note doesn’t exist.
  • Alias Naming: [[link | name]] — Use a pipe | to create an alias.
  • Header Links: [[Obsidian#Header 1 | Alias]] — Link to specific headers in a note.
  • Tagged Sections: [[Obsidian#^352532 | toHideTheNumbers]] — Using ^ to tag any small section.

Code and Comments

• Inline Code: code line

• Code Block:

  code block with language insertions

• Links:

  • External: [name](URL)
  • Embed Image: ![name](URL)
  • Example: ![Google](https://www.google.com)

• Hover Text: [google](https://www.google.com "To bring up a pop up while hovering")

• Information Block:

  [!info]
  Information Block
  Formatting text and links:
  Obsidian Help

• Note Block:

  [!note] : Name
  Description goes here.

• Inline Comments: %% comments visible only in editing view %%

Text Formatting

• Highlighting: ==highlighting==
• Strikethrough: ~~Strike through~~

Lists and Checklists

• Unordered Lists: Start with +, -, or *

• Ordered Lists: Start with numbers

  1. One
     1. Nested one
     2. Nested two
  2. Two
  3. Three

• Checklist:

  • - [ ] for an empty checkbox
  • - [x] for a checked box
  • Example:
    • Task 1
    • Task 2

Footnotes

• Creating Footnotes:

  • Use [^1] to reference a footnote and [^1]: for the footnote text.
  • Example: Footnote ¹

• Inline Method: Use text^[footnote] for inline footnotes.

  • Example: This is a footnote^[this is the text for the footnote].

Order of numbers can be changed and numbers will change accordingly

Foot note ¹ Another one ²

Images

• Embedding Images:
  • ![link text](URL)
  • ![link text](URL "Alt text")

Tables

• Creating Tables:
  • Use | to separate columns, with --- under headers.

  Name	Column	Header

Markdown to HTML Conversion

• Markdown can be converted to HTML for webpages. Check out:
  • Markdown Guide
  • Static Site Generators:
    • Jekyll: Popular generator for building HTML websites from Markdown.
    • GitHub Pages: Offers free hosting for Jekyll sites.

Line Breaks

• To create a line break, leave two or more spaces after a paragraph. Or <br /> can be used.

Recommended Tools and Plugins

• Markdown Editors:

  • Ghostwriter (cross-platform)
  • Markdown Monster (Windows)
  • ReText (Linux)

• VS Code Plugins:

  • Markdown Extended
  • Prettier - Code Formatter
  • Markdown Shortcuts
  • Markdown Preview Enhanced