Obsidian keyboard shortcuts.
Command palette, quick switcher, linking and formatting — the Obsidian shortcuts that keep you in flow.
The palette and switcher do the heavy lifting
Obsidian is built around two shortcuts. The command palette (⌘P / Ctrl+P) runs any command — including ones from plugins — by name, and the quick switcher (⌘O / Ctrl+O) jumps to any note instantly. Because Obsidian leans on Markdown, the formatting keys are the familiar ⌘B / ⌘I / ⌘K for bold, italic and links, so writing feels like any editor while staying plain text underneath.
Make it yours
One of Obsidian's strengths is that every shortcut is rebindable under Settings → Hotkeys, so if a default fights your muscle memory you can change it. Toggling edit and preview (⌘E / Ctrl+E) and following links keep you moving through a vault without the mouse. If you're converting notes to share elsewhere, the Markdown to HTML tool turns them into clean web markup.