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Obsidian Recommendations

General

Section titled General
  • Type --- on the first line of a note to create a Front Matter “stub”.
    • The alias property has been quite useful to give notes multiple names (makes it easier to find a note with the quick switcher).
    • tags can also be added this way.
  • Use [[ note name ]] for internal note linking.
    • Furthermore, in the settings under “Core plugins” see “Backlinks” for easier navigation.
  • You can cycle through open vaults on Mac by using Cmd + backtick (SRC).
  • Obsidian Formattings Docs.

Hotkeys

Section titled Hotkeys

A set of (default or changed) hotkeys I find useful.

  • Cmd + T - Toggle checkbox status
    • Useful for todo lists.
  • Cmd + L - Toggle bullet list
  • Cmd + Shift + K - Delete line
  • I prefer setting the hotkeys to the following so that they are the same as in VSCode.
    • Cmd + P - Quick switcher: Open quick switcher
    • Cmd + Shift + P - Command palette: Open command palette
    • Cmd + N - Create new note
    • Cmd + Shift + F - Search: Search in all files

Community Plugins

Section titled Community Plugins
  • Paste URL into Selection
    • For adding a hyperlink to your selection quickly.
      • Without plugin: select text, Cmd + K, paste the link in Cmd + V.
      • With plugin: select text, paste the link in Cmd + V.
  • Duplicate Line
    • Code editor-like (e.g., VSCode) duplication of lines to the line above or below.
      • Opt + Shift + ↑ - Duplicate Line: Duplicate Line Up
      • Opt + Shift + ↓ - Duplicate Line: Duplicate Line Down
    • Note: newer versions are now more advanced, I’m still on v1.
  • Frontmatter Modified Date
  • Advanced URI
    • Allows you to easily link to notes in other vaults.
    • Cmd + Opt + Shift + C - Advanced URI: Copy URI for current file.
    • As discussed in post, in the options I like to set “Use UID instead of file paths”, “Include vault name/ID parameter” and “Add filepath parameter” to on. By using the UID, note name changes won’t break cross vault links.

Diagrams

Section titled Diagrams

You can use Mermaid diagrams inside Obsidian. Add a code block as shown below. For Starlight: could also consider D2.

``` mermaid
graph TD;
    A-->B;
    A-->C;
    B-->D;
    C-->D;

Additional Resources

Section titled Additional Resources