macOS (Emacs) style — Command Reference

For detailed behavior of each command, see Command Details. Grouped the same way as Hotkey settings below.

Cursor movement

Command Name	Recommended Hotkey	Function Summary	Key Repeat
UP	Ctrl + P	Smart UP: Text/Cell movement, Table & callout entry (from below) & exit (from top).	✓
DOWN	Ctrl + N	Smart DOWN: Text/Cell movement, Table & callout entry (from above) & exit (from bottom).	✓
LEFT	Ctrl + B	Smart LEFT: Move by character or jump to the previous cell.	✓
RIGHT	Ctrl + F	Smart RIGHT: Move by character or jump to the next cell.	✓
HOME	Ctrl + A	Smart HOME: Moves to the visual line edge, content start, or line start in steps; jumps to the previous cell inside a table.	✓
END	Ctrl + E	Smart END: Moves to the visual line edge or line end in steps; jumps to the next cell inside a table.	✓
TOP	—	Jumps to the very start of the document. Table-aware.
BOTTOM	—	Jumps to the very end of the document. Table-aware.
Page up	—	Scroll up one page; the cursor stays at the same screen position. Bare PageUp can be set in the plugin's Settings.	✓
Page down	—	Scroll down one page; the cursor stays at the same screen position. Bare PageDown can be set in the plugin's Settings.	✓
Word right	—	Moves forward by word. Table-aware, CJK-aware.	✓
Word left	—	Moves backward by word. Table-aware, CJK-aware.	✓

Editing

Command Name	Recommended Hotkey	Function Summary	Key Repeat
Kill line	Ctrl + K	Kill from cursor to line end. Consecutive kills accumulate in the kill cache and clipboard.	✓
Kill region	Ctrl + W	Cut the selected region to the kill cache. Table-aware: single-cell only; no-op for multi-row or cross-cell selections.
Copy region	—	Copy the selected region to the kill cache without deleting it. Same table-aware constraints as Kill region.
Yank	Ctrl + Y	Paste from the OS clipboard. Table-aware: converts newlines and pipes automatically.	✓
Delete char	Ctrl + D	Forward-delete one character. Stops at cell boundary; joins sub-lines at <br/> in Live Preview.	✓
Undo	Ctrl + /	Undo the last change.	✓
Redo	—	Redo the last undone change.	✓
Kill word left	—	Kill from cursor to the start of the previous word. Table-aware: stays within the current cell, no-op at the cell's own edge.	✓
Kill word right	—	Kill from cursor to the end of the next word. Table-aware: stays within the current cell, no-op at the cell's own edge.	✓
Uppercase word	—	Uppercase the selection, or the whole word at the cursor. Table-aware, CJK-aware.	✓
Lowercase word	—	Lowercase the selection, or the whole word at the cursor. Table-aware, CJK-aware.	✓
Capitalize word	—	Capitalize the selection (word by word), or the whole word at the cursor. Table-aware, CJK-aware.	✓
Transpose chars	—	Swap the two characters around the cursor; at the end of a line or cell, swaps the last two instead. Table-aware, Unicode-safe.	✓
Select all	—	Windows replacement for Select all when Ctrl+A is reassigned to HOME.

Other hotkeys

Command Name	Recommended Hotkey	Function Summary	Key Repeat
Recenter-top-bottom	Ctrl + L	Cycle the view so the cursor appears at the center, top, or bottom of the screen on successive presses. Resets on any other action.
Recenter	—	Scroll the view so the cursor line is centered on screen.

Table structure

Not commands this plugin owns — Obsidian's own built-in table-editing commands, listed here (mirroring Hotkey settings below) so they're easy to find and assign a hotkey to.

Command Name	Recommended Hotkey	Function Summary
Insert row above	—	Inserts a new row above the current one.
Insert row below	—	Inserts a new row below the current one.
Move row up	—	Moves the current row up.
Move row down	—	Moves the current row down.
Duplicate row	—	Duplicates the current row.
Delete row	—	Deletes the current row.
Insert column left	—	Inserts a new column to the left of the current one.
Insert column right	—	Inserts a new column to the right of the current one.
Move column left	—	Moves the current column left.
Move column right	—	Moves the current column right.
Align column left	—	Left-aligns the current column.
Align column center	—	Center-aligns the current column.
Align column right	—	Right-aligns the current column.
Duplicate column	—	Duplicates the current column.
Delete column	—	Deletes the current column.
Insert table	—	Inserts a new table at the cursor — the only one here that also works outside an existing table.

Table navigation

Six ordinary commands, assignable via Settings → Hotkeys or Hotkey settings below. No-op outside a table cell.

Command Name	Recommended Hotkey	Function Summary	Key Repeat
Move to cell left	—	Jumps to the adjacent cell to the left, landing at its own content start — no selection is created. Distinct from Obsidian's own built-in Tab/Shift-Tab cell navigation, which wraps to the next/previous row at a row's own left/right edge (inserting a new row once it runs out of table) and selects the destination cell's entire content.	✓
Move to cell right	—	Jumps to the adjacent cell to the right, landing at its own content start — no selection is created. Same distinction from Tab/Shift-Tab as Move to cell left.	✓
Move to cell below	—	Jumps directly to the cell in the row below (same table column), landing at its own content start.	✓
Move to cell above	—	Jumps directly to the cell in the row above (same table column), landing at its own content start.	✓
Exit table below	—	Exits the table to the line below — distinct from Cursor BOTTOM, which jumps to the whole document's end, not just past this table.	✓
Exit table above	—	Exits the table to the line above — distinct from Cursor TOP, which jumps to the whole document's start, not just past this table.	✓