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Sentence Navigator

timhortimhor5k downloads

Manipulate sentences as a unit of movement.

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[!NOTE] Due to personal circumstances, active development is paused on this project until approximately mid-2024. Please continue to use the existing features, submit issues and contribute pull requests, but expect a delayed response.

This Obsidian plugin lets you manipulate sentences as a unit of movement. Select, move and delete by whole sentences. Credit for the original idea goes to @seatrout.

Command Shortcut *
Delete to start of sentence Ctrl + Shift + Backspace
Delete to end of sentence Ctrl + Shift + Delete
Move to start of current sentence Not set
Move to start of next sentence Not set
Select current sentence Not set
Select to start of sentence Not set
Select to end of sentence Not set

* On macOS, replace Ctrl with Cmd

Important notes

  • If the cursor is already at the start of a sentence or list item, 'Move to current sentence' will jump to the start of the previous sentence.

Installing the plugin

Refer to the official installation instructions for third-party plugins here and search for the plugin Sentence Navigator.

Configuring settings

Go to Settings → Hotkeys to customise the keyboard shortcut for each action.

Contributing

Contributions and suggestions are welcome – feel free to open an issue or raise a pull request.

To get started:

  • Switch to the specified Node version: nvm use
  • Install dependencies: yarn install
  • Run the extension: yarn start
  • Run tests: yarn test (use --watch for watch mode)

Support

This plugin is completely free to use, but if you'd like to say thanks, consider buying me a coffee! 😄

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Manipulate sentences as units of movement. Select, move, and delete whole sentences and jump between sentence starts for precise sentence-level navigation and editing.
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Details
Current version
1.3.0
Last updated
3 years ago
Created
5 years ago
Updates
5 releases
Downloads
5k
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.1.0+
License
MIT
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Sponsor
Ko-fi
Author
timhortimhor
github.com/timhor
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  1. Community
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  4. Sentence Navigator

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