Obsidian Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 17 keyboard shortcuts found in the Obsidian knowledge base app.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Default Shortcuts

Ctrl S — Save a file in the editor

Ctrl N — Create a new note

Ctrl P — Open the command palette

Ctrl O — Open the quick switcher

Ctrl Shift F — Search in all files

Ctrl G — Open the graph view

Ctrl Alt Left — Navigate backwards

Ctrl Alt Right — Navigate forwards

Ctrl F — Search the current file

Ctrl E — Toggle edit or preview mode

Ctrl , — Open settings

Editing

Ctrl B — Bold selected text

Ctrl I — Italic selected text

Ctrl K — Insert an external link

Ctrl ] — Indent

Ctrl [ — Unindent

Alt Enter — Jump into the selected backlink