This plugin for Obsidian let's you map hotkeys to editor commands available in the API. Available commands are :

• goUp : move cursor up a line
• goDown : move cursor down a line
• goLeft : move cursor left
• goRight : move cursor right
• goStart : move cursor to the start of the note
• goEnd : move cursor at the end of the note
• indentMore : indent current or selected lines
• indentLess : unindent current or selected lines
• newlineAndIndent : create a new line and indent cursor
• swapLineUp : swap the current line and the line above it
• swapLineDown : swap the current line and the line below it
• deleteLine : delete the current line
• toggleFold : fold or unfold item at current position
• foldAll : fold everything
• unfoldAll : unfold everyting

Note : these commands are only available when an editor is opened.

Note : some commands are already available in Obsidian, but for the sake of completeness, I still added them here.

The original idea was to replicate the behaviour of the Tabout extension for VSCode by Albert Romkes, but mapping Tab as a hotkey is not possible in Obsidian. While studying the Obsidian API, I discovered the editor commands and thought it would be a good idea to be able to assign hotkeys to them. Thus, to kinda replicate the Tabout behaviour, just set an hotkey to the 'goRight' command.

Manual installation

You can manually install this plugin by downloading the latest release, and copy the file manifest.json and main.js under the folder vaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/editor-commands-remap.

How to use ?

This plugin does not set default hotkeys. To set hotkeys, go to Settings > Hotkeys and search for Editor Commands Remap.

Hotkeys recommendations

When moving the cursor, pressing Shift or Ctrl+Shift also select text. Thus, it is not recommended to use Ctrl or Shift as hotkey modifiers for moving the cursor. Alt is the recommended modifier.