Hi, Is it possible to create your own shortcuts, and how to do that? For example, I am constantly using: Move the note to the notebook. It might be a CTRL+M shortcut. Duplicate note. It might be a CTRL+D shortcut. Delete note. It might be a CTRL+DEL shortcut. Copy the Markdown link. It might be …

I want this too! I need one shortcut for highlighting. Joplin is getting better day by day :grinning:

@tessus I hoped you could answer because I saw your discussion somewhere about creating own shortcuts, but I couldn't find it. Maybe it was in some thread that is not related to shortcuts directly. Did I make a mistake, and you have not discussed the ways to create shortcuts? If so, sorry for dist…

Currently you can only set the keyboard shortcuts that are in the list of Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts. I haven't really looked at the plugins code yet, so I don't know, if the shortcuts you mentioned can be done via a plugin or if they have to be added to the core code. After the refactoring …

I think its possible to register command in menu item with plugin and assign accelerator to it (aka keyboard short cut) take a look at this line laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/packages/app-cli/tests/support/plugins/register_command/src/index.ts#L54 }, }); // Add the first command to the …

+1 here. I am particularly interested in the following shortcuts: copy the Markdown link of a note delete a note @tessus would you suggest creating another thread for "Add shortcut to copy Markdown link of a note" - or adding this shortcut is related to the more general question of this thread: H…

Hi, I have a plugin that copies Markdown link of a note - an makes keyboard shortcut available. I'm confirming if will work with Joplin 1.6 to publish it. Btw. What version of Joplin do you use now?

Here it is [image] Copy Markdown link to active note Plugins This simple extension allows for "Copy Markdown Link" keyboard shortcut. Available below or in plugin search in few days.

[image] yourcontact: How to create [your] own shortcuts? This is only possible with a plugin. Otherwise it would have to be added to the Joplin core code. Both of your suggestions make sense and I would add them to the core, but this decision lies with @laurent

I would really like to use a shortcut to create a checkbox, as - [ ] is tedious to type (or to move the mouse to the menu). And it would be even more fantastic if another shortcut would mark the checkbox complete (and add a datetime at the end of the line!) - I am using an extension in VS Code that …

I looked for this one as well, I liked the current keyboard shortcuts, but I also use Vim. Some of the default keyboard shortcuts are disabled when using Vim: Ctrl+Shift+L/S are disabled. By any chance, do you guys have an idea if there's a shortcut to toggle Vim keyboard?

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