Vimium O

Vimium commands, ported to Obsidian.

This plugin for Obsidian brings Vimium-style navigation to Obsidian Reading View. This allows the user to navigate Obsidian almost entirely without needing a mouse.

This is not to be confused with 'Vim key bindings' in Obsidian. That is intended for the text editing experience. 'Vimium in Obsidian' is mainly built for navigating the user interface.

Features

• Vimium-style Navigation: Navigate Obsidian without touching the mouse.
• Link Hints: Quickly open all clickable elements using keyboard shortcuts.
• Global Marks: Create and jump to marks across different files and tabs.
• Advanced Find: Vim-like search with visual feedback.
• Tab & Window Management: Manage tabs, history, bookmarks, and windows using keyboard commands.

Installation

1. In Obsidian, navigate to Settings/Community plugins/Browse.
2. Search for "Vimium".
3. Select the "Vimium in Obsidian" box.
4. Select the "Install" box.
5. Select the "Enable" box.
6. Restart Obsidian.

Installation (Without Obsidian Plugin Repository)

1. Download the latest zip from Releases.
2. Extract the zip into vault/.obsidian/plugins/.
3. In Obsidian, click the search bar in Settings/Community Plugins, and search for "Vimium O".
4. Toggle the extension on.

Keyboard Bindings

You can view the full list of key bindings at any time within Obsidian by pressing ?.

Navigating the Page:

k       Scroll up
j       Scroll down
h       Scroll left
l       Scroll right
gg      Scroll to top
G       Scroll to bottom
zH      Scroll to far left
zL      Scroll to far right
u       Scroll up (faster)
d       Scroll down (faster)
yy      Copy file path to clipboard
f       Open Link Hints (current tab)
F       Open Link Hints (new tab)
i       Enter insert mode
esc     Leave insert mode
[[      Jump to previous heading
]]      Jump to next heading

Files & Commands:

o       Open quick switcher (files)
O       Open quick switcher in new tab
e       Open command palette
b       Open a bookmark
B       Open a bookmark in a new tab
T       Search through open tabs

Using Marks:

m*      Create a new mark (replace * with a letter)
`*      Jump to a mark
md      Clear marks on current tab
ml      List/Search all marks (opens modal)

Navigating History:

H       Go back in history
L       Go forward in history

Using Find:

/       Enter find mode (supports Regex)
n       Cycle forward to the next find match
N       Cycle backward to the previous find match

Pressing i after searching with / will switch to Editing View and jump to the selected text.

Manipulating Tabs:

t       Create new tab
J, gT   Go one tab left
K, gt   Go one tab right
^       Go to previously-visited tab
g0      Go to the first tab
g$      Go to the last tab
yt      Duplicate current tab
p       Pin/Unpin current tab
x       Close current tab
X       Restore closed tab
W       Move tab to new window
<<      Move tab to the left
>>      Move tab to the right
zi      Zoom in content
zo      Zoom out content
z0      Reset zoom

Miscellaneous:

r       Reload Obsidian
R       Open random note
gs      Open current file in default app
?       Show Help

Todo

• Implement proper tab moving with >> & <<.
• Implement command repetition. For example, typing 5t will open 5 tabs.

Contribute

If there's something you don't particularly like about this extension. That's alright. Fix it yourself with a pull request, or beg sq1000000 to fix the the issue in issues.

Credits

• philc for the Vimium browser extension that I took the keybindings from.

• LukasKorotaj for the extension that this was originally built off of.