Obsidian Markdown Syntax Cheat Sheet

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Custom Markdown cheatsheet for the note-taking app Obsidian

Useful Shortcuts

Ctrl + N: new note
Ctrl + E: toggle edit mode
Ctrl + enter: toggle checkbox
Ctrl + shift + F: search among all files
Ctrl + P: command pannel
Ctrl + [ or ] : change indentation of a list item
Alt + click to make multiple cursos

Internal Linking

Link to a page: [[Internal link]].

Link to a page: Internal link.

Embeds

Embed another file (read more about Embed files). Here’s an embedded section:

![[Obsidian#what-is-obsidian|What is Obsidian]]

Transclude of Obsidian#what-is-obsidian

Headers

# This is a heading 1
## This is a heading 2
### This is a heading 3 
#### This is a heading 4
##### This is a heading 5
###### This is a heading 6

This is a heading 1

This is a heading 2

This is a heading 3

This is a heading 4

This is a heading 5

This is a heading 6

Emphasis

*This text will be italic*
_This will also be italic_

This text will be italic This will also be italic

**This text will be bold**
__This will also be bold__

This text will be bold This will also be bold

_You **can** combine them_

You can combine them

text `Inline Code` text		
~~Mistaken text.~~	
<ins>Underline</ins>

text Inline Code text ~~Mistaken text.~~ Underline

<center>This text is centered.</center>
<p style="text-align:center">Center this text</p>
<font color="red">This text is red!</font>
<p style="color:blue">Make this text blue.</p>
[This is a comment that will be hidden.]: # 
:warning: **Warning:** Do not push the big red button.
> :warning: **Warning:** Do not push the big red button.

This text is centered.

Center this text

This text is red!

Make this text blue.

[This is a comment that will be hidden.]: # ⚠ **Warning:** Do not push the big red button. > ⚠ **Warning:** Do not push the big red button.

More emojis: https://gist.github.com/rxaviers/7360908

Highlighting

Use two equal signs to ==highlight text==.

Use two equal signs to highlight text.

Lists

+ Item 1
+ Item 2
  + Item 2a
  - Item 2b
  - Item 2c
 
Tasks
- [ ] a task list item
- [ ] incomplete
- [x] completed
 
1. Item 1
1. Item 2
1. Item 3
   1. Item 3a
   1. Item 3b

Item 1
Item 2
- Item 2a
- Item 2b
- Item 2c

Tasks

a task list item
incomplete
completed

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
1. Item 3a
2. Item 3b

Images

![Engelbart](https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Basis/images/Engelbart.jpg)

Engelbart

Resizing images

Example of this above image resized to 100 pixels wide:

![Engelbart|100](https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Basis/images/Engelbart.jpg)

Engelbart|100

Reference style

Reference-style: 
![alt text][logo]

[logo]: https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Basis/images/Engelbart.jpg "Logo Title Text 2"

Reference-style: alt text

With caption

<figure>
    <img src="https://www.markdownguide.org/assets/images/albuquerque.jpg"
         alt="Albuquerque, New Mexico">
    <figcaption>A single track trail outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico.</figcaption>
</figure>

A single track trail outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

---

Links

External links

Markdown style links can be used to refer to either external objects, such as web pages, or an internal page or image.

http://obsidian.md - automatic!
[Obsidian](http://obsidian.md)

http://obsidian.md - automatic! Obsidian

Obsidian URI links

Obsidian URI links can be used to open notes in Obsidian either from another Obsidian vault or another program.

For example, you can link to a file in a vault like so (please note the required encoding):

[Link to note](obsidian://open?path=D:%2Fpath%2Fto%2Ffile.md)

Link to note

You can link to a note by its vault name and file name instead of path as well:

[Link to note](obsidian://open?vault=MainVault&file=MyNote.md)

Link to note

Reference Links

[You can use numbers for reference-style link definitions][1]
 
Or leave it empty and use the [link text itself][]
 
[1]: http://slashdot.org
[link text itself]: http://www.reddit.com

You can use numbers for reference-style link definitions

Or leave it empty and use the link text itself

Escaping

If there are spaces in the url, they can be escaped by either using %20 as a space, such as:

[Export options](Pasted%20image)

Export options

Or you can enclose the target in <>, such as:

[Slides Demo](<Slides Demo>)

Slides Demo

Videos

Copy the iframe of youtube and paste it

or…

They can’t be added directly but you can add an image with a link to the video like this:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE
" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE/0.jpg" 
alt="IMAGE ALT TEXT HERE" width="240" height="180" border="10" /></a>
 
Or, in pure Markdown, but losing the image sizing and border:
[![IMAGE ALT TEXT HERE](http://img.youtube.com/vi/YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE/0.jpg)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE)

Or, in pure Markdown, but losing the image sizing and border:

Blockquotes

> Human beings face ever more complex and urgent problems, and their effectiveness in dealing with these problems is a matter that is critical to the stability and continued progress of society.
 
\- Doug Engelbart, 1961

Human beings face ever more complex and urgent problems, and their effectiveness in dealing with these problems is a matter that is critical to the stability and continued progress of society.

- Doug Engelbart, 1961

Inline code

Text inside `backticks` on a line will be formatted like code.

Text inside backticks on a line will be formatted like code.

Code blocks

Syntax highlight is supported with the language specified after the first set of backticks. We use prismjs for syntax highlighting, a list of supported languages can be found at their site

```js
function fancyAlert(arg) {
  if(arg) {
    $.facebox({div:'#foo'})
  }
}
```

function fancyAlert(arg) {
  if(arg) {
    $.facebox({div:'#foo'})
  }
}

    Text indented with a tab is formatted like this, and will also look like a code block in preview.

Text indented with a tab is formatted like this, and will also look like a code block in preview.

Tables

You can create tables by assembling a list of words and dividing them with hyphens - (for the first row), and then separating each column with a pipe |:

First Header | Second Header
------------ | ------------
Content from cell 1 | Content from cell 2
Content in the first column | Content in the second column

First Header	Second Header
Content from cell 1	Content from cell 2
Content in the first column	Content in the second column

Tables can be justified with a colon | Another example with a long title
:----------------|-------------:
because of the `:` | these will be justified
 
If you put links in tables, they will work, but if you use Piped Links, the pipe must be escaped with a `\` to prevent it being read as a table element.

Tables can be justified with a colon	Another example with a long title
because of the `:`	these will be justified

If you put links in tables, they will work, but if you use Piped Links, the pipe must be escaped with a \ to prevent it being read as a table element.

First Header | Second Header
------------ | ------------
[[Format your notes\|Formatting]]	|  [[Keyboard shortcuts\|hotkeys]]

First Header	Second Header
Formatting	hotkeys

Footnotes

Here's a simple footnote,[^1] and here's a longer one.[^bignote]
 
[^1]: meaningful!
 
[^bignote]: Here's one with multiple paragraphs and code.
 
    Indent paragraphs to include them in the footnote.
 
    `{ my code }`
 
    Add as many paragraphs as you like.

Here’s a simple footnote,¹ and here’s a longer one.²

You can also use inline footnotes. ^[notice that the carat goes outside of the brackets on this one.]

You can also use inline footnotes. ^[notice that the carat goes outside of the brackets on this one.]

Math

$$\begin{vmatrix}a & b\\
c & d
\end{vmatrix}=ad-bc$$

c & d \end{vmatrix}=ad-bc$$ You can also do inline math like $e^{2i\pi} = 1$ . Obsidian uses [Mathjax](http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/basic/mathjax.html). You can check which packages are supported in Mathjax [here](http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/input/tex/extensions/index.html). ### Comments Use `You can't see this text It can span multiple lines You can't see this text It can span multiple lines %% ### Diagram Obsidian uses [Mermaid](https://mermaid-js.github.io/) to render diagrams and charts. Mermaid also provides [a helpful live editor](https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid-live-editor). <pre><code>```mermaid sequenceDiagram Alice->>+John: Hello John, how are you? Alice->>+John: John, can you hear me? John-->>-Alice: Hi Alice, I can hear you! John-->>-Alice: I feel great! ```</code></pre> ```mermaid sequenceDiagram Alice->>+John: Hello John, how are you? Alice->>+John: John, can you hear me? John-->>-Alice: Hi Alice, I can hear you! John-->>-Alice: I feel great! ``` Obsidian supports linking to notes in Mermaid: <pre><code>```mermaid graph TD Biology --> Chemistry class Biology,Chemistry internal-link; ```</code></pre> An easier way to do it is the following: ^376b9d <pre><code>```mermaid graph TD A[Biology] B[Chemistry] A --> B class A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z internal-link; ```</code></pre> This way, all the note names (at least until `Z[note name]`) are all automatically assigned the class `internal-link` when you use this snippet. If you use special characters in your note names, you need to put the note name in double quotes. `"⨳ special character"` It looks like this if you follow the [[Format your notes#^376b9d|second option]]: `A["⨳ special character"]`

meaningful! ↩
Here’s one with multiple paragraphs and code.

Indent paragraphs to include them in the footnote.

{ my code }

Add as many paragraphs as you like. ↩

🪴 Quartz 4.0

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Cheatsheet - Obsidian Markdown Syntax

Obsidian Markdown Syntax Cheat Sheet

Useful Shortcuts

Internal Linking

Embeds

Headers

This is a heading 1

This is a heading 2

This is a heading 3

This is a heading 4

This is a heading 5

This is a heading 6

Emphasis

Highlighting

Lists

Images

Resizing images

Reference style

With caption

Links

External links

Obsidian URI links

Reference Links

Escaping

Videos

Blockquotes

Inline code

Code blocks

Tables

Footnotes

Math

Graph View

Table of Contents

Backlinks