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Hotkey Capture

mihailgusevmihailgusev26 downloads

Capture and insert keyboard shortcuts into your notes.

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A plugin for capturing and inserting hotkeys into your notes.

Usage

  1. Open Obsidian hotkey settings and assign a hotkey that will be used to capture
  2. Press this hotkey to enter capture mode (or via Command Palette: "Start capturing hotkey")
  3. Press the desired keys — they are displayed in the status bar
  4. Press Esc to finish and insert the result at the cursor position. Esc can be changed to other hotkey in plugin settings.

Examples

Input Result
Ctrl+E, then T Ctrl+E, T
Ctrl+Shift+P Ctrl+Shift+P
Alt+F4 Alt+F4
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Features

  • Modifier support: Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Win
  • Key sequence support (comma-separated)
  • Visual indicator in the status bar
  • Special keys displayed in a readable format (Space, Enter, arrows, etc.)
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Capture and insert keyboard shortcuts directly into your notes. Show modifier keys, comma-separated key sequences, and readable names for special keys, with a live status-bar indicator and direct insertion at the cursor.
HotkeysStatus barEditing
Details
Current version
1.0.0
Last updated
3 months ago
Created
4 months ago
Updates
1 release
Downloads
26
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.0.0+
Platforms
Desktop only
License
MIT
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Author
mihailgusevmihailgusev
github.com/MihailGusev/
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