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Quick Nav

exoticknightexoticknight350 downloads

Swift cursor navigation plugin to enhance editing.

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Enhance your editing experience by unleashing the hidden power of shortcuts.

Usage

Quick Nav exposes powerful navigation operations without binding default shortcuts. This gives you the freedom to customize your editing experience according to your preferences.

Below are our recommended shortcut bindings that you can set up in Obsidian's Hotkeys settings:

Recommended Cursor Movement Shortcuts

  • Move Cursor Up: Alt + I (Windows/Linux), Ctrl + I (MacOS)
  • Move Cursor Down: Alt + K (Windows/Linux), Ctrl + K (MacOS)
  • Move Cursor Left: Alt + J (Windows/Linux), Ctrl + J (MacOS)
  • Move Cursor Right: Alt + L (Windows/Linux), Ctrl + L (MacOS)
  • Move Cursor Page Up: Alt + U (Windows/Linux), Ctrl + U (MacOS)
  • Move Cursor Page Down: Alt + O (Windows/Linux), Ctrl + O (MacOS)
  • Move Cursor Left End: Alt + H (Windows/Linux), Ctrl + H (MacOS)
  • Move Cursor Right End: Alt + ; (Windows/Linux), Ctrl + ; (MacOS)

Recommended Cursor Selection Shortcuts

  • Select Cursor Up: Alt + Shift + I (Windows/Linux), Ctrl + Shift + I (MacOS)
  • Select Cursor Down: Alt + Shift + K (Windows/Linux), Ctrl + Shift + K (MacOS)
  • Select Cursor Left: Alt + Shift + J (Windows/Linux), Ctrl + Shift + J (MacOS)
  • Select Cursor Right: Alt + Shift + L (Windows/Linux), Ctrl + Shift + L (MacOS)
  • Select Cursor Left End: Alt + Shift + H (Windows/Linux), Ctrl + Shift + H (MacOS)
  • Select Cursor Right End: Alt + Shift + ; (Windows/Linux), Ctrl + Shift + ; (MacOS)

Setting Up Your Shortcuts

  1. Open Obsidian Settings
  2. Go to "Hotkeys"
  3. Search for "Quick Nav"
  4. Assign your preferred shortcuts to each operation

Installation

Method 1: Install via Obsidian Settings

  1. Open Obsidian and go to Settings.
  2. Navigate to the Community plugins tab.
  3. Click on Browse and search for Quick Nav.
  4. Click Install and then Enable.

Method 2: Manual Installation

  1. Download the latest release from the GitHub repository.
  2. Extract the contents of the zip file.
  3. Copy the extracted folder to your Obsidian vault's plugins directory: /path/to/your/vault/.obsidian/plugins/.
  4. Open Obsidian and go to Settings.
  5. Navigate to the Community plugins tab and enable Quick Nav.
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Expose cursor navigation and selection commands for fine-grained movement without preset shortcuts. Assign custom hotkeys for line, page and end movements plus selection variants to navigate and edit precisely.
NavigationHotkeysEditing
Details
Current version
1.0.6
Last updated
Last year
Created
2 years ago
Updates
7 releases
Downloads
350
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
Platforms
Desktop only
License
OTHER
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exoticknightexoticknight
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