JustAnotherHotkeyAddon

Just Another Hotkey Addon is an Obsidian plugin that adds new useful hotkeys for text editing, text selection, navigation and several additional features that obsidian powerusers could find useful.

I continue to work on this plugin and add new features, so I'm happy to get any suggestions or feedback. Initially created to add features to Obsidian that I felt would be useful for my daily Obsidian usage, but I hope it can also be useful to others.

Features

New hotkeys and commands

Sections: Selection and Editing

Ctrl is a button on Windows and Linux, Command is a button on macOS

Feature	Default Hotkey	Description
Select to the End of Current Section	Alt + Shift + Down	Selects text from the current position to the end of the current section.
Select to the Beginning of Current Section	Alt + Shift + Up	Selects text from the current position to the start of the current section.
Select Current Section	Alt + H	Selects current section. Press again to include all child sections.
Select Section (with parent)	Alt + Shift + H	Selects current section with its parent. Press again to select section of higher level.
Select All Current Level Sections	Ctrl + Alt + PageDown	Selects all sections at the current level.
Move Section Up	Alt + PageUp	Moves entire section (including content) up, swapping with the section above.
Move Section Down	Alt + PageDown	Moves entire section (including content) down, swapping with the section below.

Headings: Navigation

Feature	Default Hotkey	Description
Move Cursor to Next Heading	Ctrl + ~	Moves the cursor to the next heading
Move Cursor to Previous Heading	Ctrl + SHIFT + ~	Moves the cursor to the previous heading
Move Cursor to Next Heading of Level 1-6	Alt + 1-6	Moves the cursor to the next heading of the specified level.
Move Cursor to Previous Heading of Level 1-6	Alt + Shift + 1-6	Moves the cursor to the previous heading of the specified level.

Links

Feature	Default Hotkey	Description
Select Link Display Text	Ctrl + \	Selects the display text of an internal link (the text after |), if present. If not present, adds | and places the cursor after it for typing
Select Link Without Display Text	Ctrl + Shift + \	Selects the text before | in an internal link, or the entire internal link if | is absent.
Select Link Content	Ctrl + Alt + \	Selects the content of the internal link, excluding the surrounding brackets.
Select Full Link	Ctrl + Shift + Alt + \	Selects the entire internal link, including the surrounding brackets.

Lines

Feature	Default Hotkey	Description
Select Current Line	Alt + L	Selects the entire logical line of text (until next line break). Repeatable for next lines.
Select Previous Line	Alt + Shift + L	Selects previous line of text (until previous line break). Repeatable for previous lines.
Clear Selection of Current Line	Ctrl + Alt + L	Clears selection of current logical line of text (until previous line break). Repeatable for previous lines.
Select to Line Start	Alt + ,	Selects text from the current position to the start of the line. Ignores list markers.
Select to Line End	Alt + .	Selects text from the current position to the end of the line.

Other

Feature	Default Hotkey	Description
Paste As Code Block	Ctrl + Alt + V	Pastes clipboard content as a code block with automatic language detection (if enabled in settings).

Additional Features

Contextual Code Block Language Detection

When you use the Paste As Code Block command (Ctrl+Alt+V by default), the plugin can automatically detect the programming language and insert it into the opening fence (e.g. ````python`), depending on settings. Can be turned on in the settings.

List of languages is completely customizable. Just input them one per line. languages higher in the list have higher priority when multiple matches are found. Case-insensitive.

Search language code in… setting determines where to look for the language name. Options:

• Note name — the filename of the current note
• Parent folder name — the name of the folder containing the note
• Nearest to root ancestor folder name — walks up the folder tree from root, stops at first match
• Tags — tags in the note body and frontmatter. Supports nested tags (e.g. #languages/python).

Example

1. You have a note python-scripts.md in folder Projects
2. Custom language list: python, javascript, typescript
3. Search location: Note name
4. Press Ctrl+Alt+V → plugin detects python in the filename
5. Pastes: python ...

Other Features

• Disable TAB key indentation. Turns off ability to use Tab key for indentation (also disables Shift+Tab)
• Copy Inline Code on Double-Click. Copy content of inline code on double-click
• Bulk Content Copy: Copy content from multiple files at once using context menu or tag-based selection

Installation

Install the BRAT Plugin from Obsidian Community Plugins or from the GitHub repository.

1. Navigate to Settings > BRAT > Beta Plugin List
2. Click "Add Beta plugin"
3. Enter https://github.com/chern-kp/JustAnotherHotkeyAddon
4. Click "Add Plugin"
5. Enable the plugin to begin using it

Updating the Plugin

Update the plugin by either:

• Using the BRAT command Check for updates to all beta plugins and UPDATE
• Using the BRAT settings panel in Obsidian

Support

This plugin is in active development. If you have any feature requests or bug reports, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.