Line Mover

An Obsidian plugin that moves lines and blocks up and down with Alt + ↑/↓, with smart handling of list hierarchies, heading sections, and code blocks.

Features

• Smart movement (Alt + ↑/↓): moves the whole block under your cursor
  • A list item moves together with all its nested children
  • A heading moves together with its entire section (until the next heading of the same or higher level)
  • A fenced code block moves as one atomic unit — content inside is never parsed as lists or headings
• Single-line movement (Alt + Shift + ↑/↓): moves only the current line, ignoring children
• Multi-line selection: select several lines and move them as one block
• Structure safety: swapping never breaks list nesting — a sibling item swaps with the entire previous sibling block, not just its last child
• Spacing preservation: blank lines between blocks stay between them instead of traveling with the moved block

Settings

• Smart movement: when enabled (default), the smart commands move whole blocks; when disabled, they move single lines. The single line commands always move only the current line.

Usage

The plugin registers four editor commands but does not assign default hotkeys, to avoid conflicts with your existing setup. Open Settings → Hotkeys, search for "Line Mover" and assign keys — recommended bindings:

Then place the cursor on a line (or select lines) and use the hotkeys.

Installation

From Community Plugins (after approval)

Open Settings → Community plugins → Browse, search for Line Mover and install.

Manual installation

Copy main.js and manifest.json into <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/line-mover/ and reload Obsidian.

Development

npm install
npm run dev     # watch mode
npm run build   # production build

License

MIT