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Leader Hotkeys

tgrosingertgrosinger14k downloads

Add leader hotkey support to any command (like tmux or vim).

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Note: The 0.2.0 release will require reconfiguring your hotkeys. The configuration is now greatly revamped and significantly more useful. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Use a leader key when assigning a hotkey to a command. Works with any command in Obsidian, even those added by other plugins!

The leader key is pressed before the assigned hotkey, similar to hotkeys in tmux or Vim.

By default there is no leader key defined. I personally use ctrl+b, however you can configure any leader key in the Obsidian Hotkeys settings page, just like any other hotkey.

By default the following commands are configured:

Leader Hotkey Action
leader j Focus on pane below
leader k Focus on pane above
leader h Focus on pane to the left
leader l Focus on pane to the right

How to Install

From within Obsidian

From Obsidian v0.9.8+, you can activate this plugin within Obsidian by doing the following:

  • Open Settings > Third-party plugin
  • Make sure Safe mode is off
  • Click Browse community plugins
  • Search for "Leader Hotkeys"
  • Click Install
  • Once installed, close the community plugins window and activate the newly installed plugin

Updates

You can follow the same procedure to update the plugin

(Thanks to @deathau for the borrowed installation instructions.)

Pricing

This plugin is provided to everyone for free, however if you would like to say thanks or help support continued development, feel free to send a little my way through one of the following methods:

Notes

This is experimental and may have instability. It is possible that there are bugs which may delete data in the current note. Please make backups!

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Assign a leader key to any Obsidian command and trigger actions by pressing the leader key followed by a hotkey, like tmux or Vim. Map core and third-party commands (e.g., j/k/h/l for pane focus) to chained hotkeys. Back up notes—plugin is experimental and may be unstable.
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Current version
0.2.1
Last updated
3 years ago
Created
5 years ago
Updates
5 releases
Downloads
14k
License
GPL-3.0
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