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⤢ OBSIDIAN KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · LINUX · 36 ESSENTIAL 1 Ctrl First Tab o… 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ctrl Last Tab o… 0 Q W E R T Ctrl Open a Ne… Y U I Ctrl Shift Open Dev… O P A Ctrl Select All S D F Ctrl Shift Open Sear… G H J K Ctrl Shift Delete Cur… L Z Ctrl Undo X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B N M MORE SHORTCUTS Open Selected… Enter Redo Ctrl Shift Z Open Link in a N… Ctrl LMB Paste Without F… Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Insert Line Break… Shift Enter Indent List Item Tab Move to the Begi… Home Move to the End… End Next Tab Ctrl Tab Previous Tab Ctrl Shift Tab Reopen Recentl… Ctrl Shift T Rename Note F2 Merge Source N… Enter Create Note with… Shift Enter Copy Paragraph Ctrl C Cut Paragraph Ctrl X Delete Previous… Bksp Delete Next Cha… Del Delete Previous… Ctrl Bksp Delete Next Word Ctrl Del Unindent List Ite… Shift Tab Move the Cursor… ← Move the Cursor… → Move the Cursor… ↑ shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH OBSIDIAN · LINUX OBSIDIAN KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · LINUX · 36 ESSENTIAL 1 Ctrl First Tab o… 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ctrl Last Tab o… 0 A Ctrl Select All Z Ctrl Undo E R T Ctrl Open a Ne… Y U I Ctrl Shift Open Dev… O P Q S D F Ctrl Shift Open Sear… G H J K Ctrl Shift Delete Cur… L M W X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B N MORE SHORTCUTS Open Selected… Enter Redo Ctrl Shift Z Open Link in a N… Ctrl LMB Paste Without F… Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Insert Line Break… Shift Enter Indent List Item Tab Move to the Begi… Home Move to the End… End Next Tab Ctrl Tab Previous Tab Ctrl Shift Tab Reopen Recentl… Ctrl Shift T Rename Note F2 Merge Source N… Enter Create Note with… Shift Enter Copy Paragraph Ctrl C Cut Paragraph Ctrl X Delete Previous… Bksp Delete Next Cha… Del Delete Previous… Ctrl Bksp Delete Next Word Ctrl Del Unindent List Ite… Shift Tab Move the Cursor… ← Move the Cursor… → Move the Cursor… ↑ shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH OBSIDIAN · LINUX ⤢ NAVIGATION Open Selected Note Enter Move to the Beginning of the Curr… Home Move to the End of the Current Line End Create Note with the Exact Name… Shift Enter Move the Cursor One Character L… ← Move the Cursor One Character R… → Move the Cursor to the Previous L… ↑ Move the Cursor to the Next Line ↓ Move to the Beginning of the Prev… Ctrl ← Move to the End of the Next Word Ctrl → Move to the Beginning of the Note Ctrl Home Move to the End of the Note Ctrl End Move the Cursor Up One Page PgUp Move the Cursor Down One Page PgDn TABS Open a New Tab Ctrl T Next Tab Ctrl Tab Previous Tab Ctrl Shift Tab Reopen Recently Closed Tab Ctrl Shift T First Tab on the Left Ctrl 1 Last Tab on the Right Ctrl 9 GENERAL Exit Slash Command Search Esc Open Developer Console Ctrl Shift I EDITING Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Cut Ctrl X Redo Ctrl Shift Z Paste Without Formatting Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Delete Current Line Ctrl Shift K Copy Paragraph Ctrl C Cut Paragraph (Nothing Selected) Ctrl X Delete Previous Character Bksp Delete Next Character Del Delete Previous Word Ctrl Bksp Delete Next Word Ctrl Del Remove Additional Cursors Esc LINKS Open Link in a New Tab Ctrl LMB Open Link in a New Tab Group Ctrl Alt LMB Open Link in a New Window Ctrl Alt Shift LMB NOTES Rename Note F2 Merge Source Note at End of Dest… Enter Merge Source Note at Start of Des… Shift Enter SEARCH Open Search Ctrl Shift F SELECTION Select All Ctrl A Simplify Selection Esc Extend Selection One Character L… Shift ← Extend Selection One Character R… Shift → Extend Selection to the Beginning… Ctrl Shift ← Extend Selection to the End of the… Ctrl Shift → Extend Selection to the Beginning… Shift Home Extend Selection to the End of the… Shift End Extend Selection to the Beginning… Ctrl Shift Home Extend Selection to the End of the… Ctrl Shift End Extend Selection One Page Up Shift PgUp Extend Selection One Page Down Shift PgDn FORMATTING Insert Line Break Within a Paragra… Shift Enter Indent List Item Tab Unindent List Item Shift Tab BASES Copy the Selected Cells Ctrl C Paste the Selected Cells Ctrl V Focus the Current Cell Enter Go to the Next Cell Tab Go to the Previous Cell Shift Tab Select All Cells in the Current Gro… Ctrl A Select All Cells in a Given Direction Ctrl Shift Arrows Select the Column Ctrl Space Select the Row Shift Space Go to the First Column Home Go to the Last Column End Clear the Current Cell Selection Esc Clear the Current Cells Bksp Obsidian KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · LINUX · 72 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH OBSIDIAN · LINUX ⤢ SEARCH 01 Open Search Ctrl Shift F TABS 06 Open a New Tab Ctrl T Next Tab Ctrl Tab Previous Tab Ctrl Shift Tab Reopen Recently Clos… Ctrl Shift T First Tab on the Left Ctrl 1 Last Tab on the Right Ctrl 9 LINKS 03 Open Link in a New T… Ctrl LMB Open Link in a New T… Ctrl Alt LMB Open Link in a New… Ctrl Alt Shift LMB GENERAL 02 Exit Slash Command S… Esc Open Developer Conso… Ctrl Shift I SELECTION 12 Select All Ctrl A Simplify Selection Esc Extend Selection One… Shift ← Extend Selection One… Shift → Extend Selection to… Ctrl Shift ← Extend Selection to… Ctrl Shift → Extend Selection to… Shift Home Extend Selection to… Shift End Extend Selection to… Ctrl Shift Home Extend Selection to… Ctrl Shift End Extend Selection One… Shift PgUp Extend Selection One… Shift PgDn FORMATTING 03 Insert Line Break Wi… Shift Enter Indent List Item Tab Unindent List Item Shift Tab NAVIGATION 14 Open Selected Note Enter Move to the Beginnin… Home Move to the End of t… End Create Note with the… Shift Enter Move the Cursor One… ← Move the Cursor One… → Move the Cursor to t… ↑ Move the Cursor to t… ↓ Move to the Beginnin… Ctrl ← Move to the End of t… Ctrl → Move to the Beginnin… Ctrl Home Move to the End of t… Ctrl End Move the Cursor Up O… PgUp Move the Cursor Down… PgDn NOTES 03 Rename Note F2 Merge Source Note at… Enter Merge Source Note at… Shift Enter EDITING 15 Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Cut Ctrl X Redo Ctrl Shift Z Paste Without Format… Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Delete Current Line Ctrl Shift K Copy Paragraph Ctrl C Cut Paragraph Ctrl X Delete Previous Char… Bksp Delete Next Character Del Delete Previous Word Ctrl Bksp Delete Next Word Ctrl Del Remove Additional Cu… Esc BASES 13 Copy the Selected Ce… Ctrl C Paste the Selected C… Ctrl V Focus the Current Ce… Enter Go to the Next Cell Tab Go to the Previous C… Shift Tab Select All Cells in… Ctrl A Select All Cells in… Ctrl Shift Arrows Select the Column Ctrl Space Select the Row Shift Space Go to the First Colu… Home Go to the Last Column End Clear the Current Ce… Esc Clear the Current Ce… Bksp Obsidian KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · LINUX · 72 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH OBSIDIAN · LINUX ⤢ OBSIDIAN · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Linux · 10 SETS · No.01 OBSIDIAN TOTAL 72 SHORTCUTS FOR LINUX · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS SEARCH 01 EDITING 15 NAVIGATION 14 SELECTION 12 TABS 06 LINKS 03 FORMATTING 03 NOTES 03 BASES 13 GENERAL 02 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Open Search Ctrl Shift F Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Cut Ctrl X Redo Ctrl Shift Z Paste Without Formatting Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Delete Current Line Ctrl Shift K Copy Paragraph (Nothing Selected) Ctrl C Cut Paragraph (Nothing Selected) Ctrl X Delete Previous Character Bksp Delete Next Character Del Delete Previous Word Ctrl Bksp Delete Next Word Ctrl Del Remove Additional Cursors Esc Open Selected Note Enter Move to the Beginning of the Current Li… Home Move to the End of the Current Line End Create Note with the Exact N… Shift Enter Move the Cursor One Character Left ← Move the Cursor One Character Right → Move the Cursor to the Previous Line ↑ Move the Cursor to the Next Line ↓ Move to the Beginning of the Previou… Ctrl ← Move to the End of the Next Word Ctrl → Move to the Beginning of the No… Ctrl Home Move to the End of the Note Ctrl End Move the Cursor Up One Page PgUp Move the Cursor Down One Page PgDn Select All Ctrl A Simplify Selection Esc Extend Selection One Character Left Shift ← Extend Selection One Character Ri… Shift → Extend Selection to the Beg… Ctrl Shift ← Extend Selection to the End… Ctrl Shift → Extend Selection to the Beginn… Shift Home Extend Selection to the End of t… Shift End Extend Selection to the… Ctrl Shift Home Extend Selection to the… Ctrl Shift End Extend Selection One Page Up Shift PgUp Extend Selection One Page Do… Shift PgDn Open a New Tab Ctrl T Next Tab Ctrl Tab Previous Tab Ctrl Shift Tab Reopen Recently Closed Tab Ctrl Shift T First Tab on the Left Ctrl 1 Last Tab on the Right Ctrl 9 Open Link in a New Tab Ctrl LMB Open Link in a New Tab Gro… Ctrl Alt LMB Open Link in a Ne… Ctrl Alt Shift LMB Insert Line Break Within a Par… Shift Enter Indent List Item Tab Unindent List Item Shift Tab Rename Note F2 Merge Source Note at End of Destinati… Enter Merge Source Note at Start o… Shift Enter Copy the Selected Cells Ctrl C Paste the Selected Cells Ctrl V Focus the Current Cell Enter Go to the Next Cell Tab Go to the Previous Cell Shift Tab Select All Cells in the Current Group Ctrl A Select All Cells in a… Ctrl Shift Arrows Select the Column Ctrl Space Select the Row Shift Space Go to the First Column Home Go to the Last Column End Clear the Current Cell Selection Esc Clear the Current Cells Bksp Exit Slash Command Search Esc Open Developer Console Ctrl Shift I OBSIDIAN KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · LINUX · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W E R T Ctrl Open a Ne… Y U I O P A Ctrl Select All S D F Ctrl Shift Open Sear… G H J K Ctrl Shift Delete Cur… L Z Ctrl Undo X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B N M MORE SHORTCUTS Open Selected Note Enter Redo Ctrl Shift Z Open Link in a New T… Ctrl LMB Paste Without Format… Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Insert Line Break With… Shift Enter shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH OBSIDIAN · LINUX Keyboard map EDITING Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Cut Ctrl X Redo Ctrl Shift Z Paste Without Formatting Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Delete Current Line (Nothing Selected) Ctrl Shift K TABS Open a New Tab Ctrl T FORMATTING Insert Line Break Within a Paragraph Shift Enter SEARCH Open Search Ctrl Shift F NAVIGATION Open Selected Note Enter SELECTION Select All Ctrl A LINKS Open Link in a New Tab Ctrl LMB Obsidian KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · LINUX · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH OBSIDIAN · LINUX Isometric EDITING 08 Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Cut Ctrl X Redo Ctrl Shift Z Paste Without Formatting Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Delete Current Line Ctrl Shift K TABS 01 Open a New Tab Ctrl T FORMATTING 01 Insert Line Break Within a Pa… Shift Enter SEARCH 01 Open Search Ctrl Shift F NAVIGATION 01 Open Selected Note Enter SELECTION 01 Select All Ctrl A LINKS 01 Open Link in a New Tab Ctrl LMB Obsidian KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · LINUX · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH OBSIDIAN · LINUX Typewriter OBSIDIAN · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Linux · 7 SETS · No.01 OBSIDIAN TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR LINUX · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS SEARCH 01 EDITING 08 NAVIGATION 01 SELECTION 01 TABS 01 LINKS 01 FORMATTING 01 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Open Search Ctrl Shift F Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Cut Ctrl X Redo Ctrl Shift Z Paste Without Formatting Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Delete Current Line (Nothing Selected) Ctrl Shift K Open Selected Note Enter Select All Ctrl A Open a New Tab Ctrl T Open Link in a New Tab Ctrl LMB Insert Line Break Within a Paragraph Shift Enter Editorial Obsidian is a local-first knowledge base and note-taking app that stores everything as plain Markdown files. Mastering its shortcuts for the command palette, quick switcher, and editor navigation lets you link ideas and traverse your vault without ever reaching for the mouse.
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15 Action Shortcut Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Cut Ctrl X Redo Ctrl Shift Z Paste Without Formatting Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Delete Current Line (Nothing Selected) Ctrl Shift K Copy Paragraph (Nothing Selected) Ctrl C Cut Paragraph (Nothing Selected) Ctrl X Delete Previous Character Bksp Delete Next Character Del Delete Previous Word Ctrl Bksp Delete Next Word Ctrl Del Remove Additional Cursors Esc
14 Action Shortcut Open Selected Note Enter Move to the Beginning of the Current Line Home Move to the End of the Current Line End Create Note with the Exact Name Typed Shift Enter Move the Cursor One Character Left ← Move the Cursor One Character Right → Move the Cursor to the Previous Line ↑ Move the Cursor to the Next Line ↓ Move to the Beginning of the Previous Word Ctrl ← Move to the End of the Next Word Ctrl → Move to the Beginning of the Note Ctrl Home Move to the End of the Note Ctrl End Move the Cursor Up One Page PgUp Move the Cursor Down One Page PgDn
13 Action Shortcut Copy the Selected Cells Ctrl C Paste the Selected Cells Ctrl V Focus the Current Cell Enter Go to the Next Cell Tab Go to the Previous Cell Shift Tab Select All Cells in the Current Group Ctrl A Select All Cells in a Given Direction Ctrl Shift Arrows Select the Column Ctrl Space Select the Row Shift Space Go to the First Column Home Go to the Last Column End Clear the Current Cell Selection Esc Clear the Current Cells Bksp
12 Action Shortcut Select All Ctrl A Simplify Selection Esc Extend Selection One Character Left Shift ← Extend Selection One Character Right Shift → Extend Selection to the Beginning of the Previous Word Ctrl Shift ← Extend Selection to the End of the Next Word Ctrl Shift → Extend Selection to the Beginning of the Current Line Shift Home Extend Selection to the End of the Current Line Shift End Extend Selection to the Beginning of the Note Ctrl Shift Home Extend Selection to the End of the Note Ctrl Shift End Extend Selection One Page Up Shift PgUp Extend Selection One Page Down Shift PgDn
6 Action Shortcut Open a New Tab Ctrl T Next Tab Ctrl Tab Previous Tab Ctrl Shift Tab Reopen Recently Closed Tab Ctrl Shift T First Tab on the Left Ctrl 1 Last Tab on the Right Ctrl 9
3 Action Shortcut Rename Note F2 Merge Source Note at End of Destination Enter Merge Source Note at Start of Destination Shift Enter
3 Action Shortcut Insert Line Break Within a Paragraph Shift Enter Indent List Item Tab Unindent List Item Shift Tab
2 Action Shortcut Exit Slash Command Search Esc Open Developer Console Ctrl Shift I
3 Action Shortcut Open Link in a New Tab Ctrl Open Link in a New Tab Group Ctrl Alt Open Link in a New Window Ctrl Alt Shift
1 Action Shortcut Open Search Ctrl Shift F
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Frequently asked questions
Does the poster include every Obsidian shortcut? Obsidian has 72 keyboard shortcuts on Linux — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
Can I print it at home? Yes. The digital download is a high-resolution 300 DPI file you can print at home or at any print shop, in standard frame sizes.
Does it cover both Mac and Windows? We sell a separate edition per platform so every key matches your keyboard exactly. This page is the Linux edition.
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