Every USEFUL Markdown Syntax That I Use in Obsidian

[@maglorluinwe]

Quick note: in newer Obsidian versions, to create a checklist (at least on Windows), you'll need to press **CTRL+L** instead of **CTRL+Enter key** This behavior can be changed to whatever combo you'd like to use if you go to "Settings > Hotkeys > Toggle checkbox status"

[@FromSergio]

That's right! Pinned this so that others see it as well!

[@helenagreenpine1496]

Wow thanks! I've been manually doing: dash-space-bracket-space-bracket-space

[@stoic5820]

Thanks for this!

[@alexetics]

Thanks! I was already confused why its not working 😄

[@bowreality1564]

Thanks for this. It's command key & L on Mac

[@hijaloca8321]

Thanks!

[@FromSergio]

Wow thank you so much! :) That means a lot!

[@gnostie]

Thank God for people like you who are articulate, generous and have clear minds.

[@FromSergio]

So nice of you, thank you so much :)

[@chrisso1973]

Love your directness. Your explanations are concise and seem very authentic. Other KZbinrs tend to labour their presentation style but I appreciate how you just get on with the job. Great work my friend, thank you 👍

[@FromSergio]

Love this. I have always been nearly criticized for my directness in general but I 100% agree with you, I consume a ton of youtube content and sometimes it's painful to sit through a 10 minute video that could have been under 1 minute. I appreciate it a lot, have a great week!

[@barmarcelo]

@@FromSergio , right on point! Maybe some cosmectic stuff brings attention at first sight, but it's the quality of the content that'll make videos endure as well make people subscribe to the channel! Thanks a lot, and congrats for the excelent video!

This was hands down the most helpful video on internal linking in Obsidian I saw until this date. THANK YOU! :-)

[@FromSergio]

Thanks Andre that really means a lot! Have a great one!

[@janimaterful]

Really needed a quick guide like this; awesome. Followed line-by-line so I have a markdown syntax doc now, to refer to. Thanks so much!

[@FromSergio]

That's great, glad you enjoyed it, I do the same, I also have a markdown syntax page in my vault that I refer to from time to time, it's really helpful!

[@chubyangus6778]

Very cool, thanks. I subscribed to your channel precisely because of the topic of studying Obsidian. And I like your presentation of information, you speak very clearly and without unnecessary fluff, very clear and specific things with clear examples and precise explanations.

[@Flipah]

As a soon to be computer science student I need a good note taking app to put all my ideas somewhere and I think I am going to try Obsidian 🥰🥰🥰 There is a lot to learn for sure!

[@harounlee208]

sorry flip but you are not cut for obsidian. Ditch it all . Please use instead MS word or notepad

[@marredcheese]

FYI, you can put non-inline footnotes wherever. You don't need to put them at the bottom of the page. Either way, they will show up at the bottom in reading mode. And you can give each footnote a meaningful name instead of calling them 1, 2, 3, etc. The numbering shown in reading mode is automatic anyway, so the numbers you specify are meaningless. You can call it footnote 72, but if it's the first one on the page, it'll be called 1 in reading mode.

[@zakar98k]

Thank you sir! I'm new to Obsidian, and this really helped alot with markdown syntax. What's interesting is that you can actually embed links, which is a pretty useful feature overall

[@FromSergio]

I'm glad :) I also make extensive use of that feature especially if the embedded content is short!

[@huyenkatepham4900]

This is exactly what I need to optimise linking in Obsidian. Thank you so much for your straightforward tutorial! Great work! I will refer back to this video many more times.

[@anabelsicha3133]

It really worked for me after I look and try some tutorials, yours is the one that worked. Owe you a lot.

[@OttoVanluchene]

You can also create your own block ids to link to. It does need to be the auto generated numbers. Syntax: ^your-id

[@hijaloca8321]

Best obsidian tutorial out there.. I keep coming back when I forget and get lost.

[@FromSergio]

Thank you! ❤️

[@sthecommenter76]

Thank you for explaining all these useful syntaxes, one thing i learned is that there's a plugin called (Footnote shortcut) which might hep you get rid of the friction you mentioned in ( 11:02 ) as it puts the cursor right over the footnote after creation . but in my honest opinion I myself prefer your way (to define the footnote right after the thing we write and not at the bottom of the page).

[@youssefatshan6561]

WOW. I really loved your video you explained everything I need so far in a short time. Keep the good work

[@FromSergio]

Thanks Youssef! :)

[@TheJoshtheboss]

*TIP* : 11:00 Actually, you don't have to come all the way down at all for the footnote using the [^1] [^1]: add footnote definition method. You can literally type type the definition on the next line, and Obsidian will move it all the way down automatically in Reading mode.

[@memilanuk]

Very much looking forward to tables & dataview!

[@FromSergio]

I'm particularly fond of Dataview! Definitely not an "essential" plugin for the majority of people but for those that take advantage of it, it takes obsidian to the next level! Hopefully I have that one ready in a couple of weeks!

[@jeffbrownstain]

I write exclusively in source mode, so I LOVE that they show you the formatting even in source. I really hate markdown, but I have to use it everywhere and pretty much always have since it took over html as the webs main customization language. Being able to write in source but have it show me everything with the syntax is a lifesaver, and a feature I'll never do without now.

[@justinblackford760]

Thank you so much for creating this! Great way to learn a ton about syntax very quickly.

[@FromSergio]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@helpmenowmark]

Thanks!

[@FromSergio]

Thanks once again for the generosity and kind words! Humbled!

[@decaquits1035]

thorough explanation and clarity of mind! I've learned a lot! I think this is the university lecture-level tutorial.

[@klower0]

Really useful! Thanks for making this concise and to-the-point tutorial :)

[@FromSergio]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@jdcv17]

Thanks for all the tips! Most of what you covered here aren't in others' tutorials. I especially like the "Advanced Linking, Aliases" part! I made navigation bars like in Wikipedia for some of my lists.

[@FromSergio]

I'm glad! :) Thanks!

[@lotsa2000]

An efficiency note when linking to headers: When it drops down the list, highlight the one you want and hit tab. It will autofill with it and leave you inside the double brackets so you can follow up with a # or whatever instead of having to go back into the brackets to complete the link.

[@rozepeace-]

BROTHER, YOU ARE THE BEST!!! You oooh really helped me!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[@FromSergio]

Glad I could help!

[@charlesianima]

Sergio, love the videos. Extremely helpful!

[@FromSergio]

Thanks Charles :)

[@utac]

Bro. Literally killing it out here. So clean.

[@FromSergio]

Thanks! Appreciate it! :)

[@smalltimer4370]

The renaming of internal linking was the real prize winner for me !!!

[@elessar0009]

Just wanted to say thank you Sergio. Thank you.

[@FromSergio]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Reasonwalker1]

Your vid deserve more view. Very comprehensive, thankyou.

[@FromSergio]

Thanks for the kind words! :)

[@maurolimaok]

I signed the newslwtter, but I would prefer RSS, to keep up to date. Thanks again. Every time I come back, a learn something I missed the last time.

[@Mightydoggo]

All my questions answered in just the first 5 minutes. Damn. Thank you

[@FromSergio]

That's always my goal! :)

[@helpmenowmark]

Your content and delivery are awesome

[@glennpaddison7210]

very clear, and concise thank you sir

[@FromSergio]

Glad it helped!

[@1980nikolov]

Amazing! Changing my work! Thank you, Sir!

[@FromSergio]

Thanks Nikolay! :)

[@tomoli1]

Thanks for this, was wondering about the aliases in linking

[@FromSergio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lukejanssen479]

cheers! that was a perfect simple to the point video!!

[@FromSergio]

Glad you liked it!

[@maurolimaok]

Once more, thanks for the video. Now I got to do more with Obsidian.

[@FromSergio]

Thanks Mauro :)

[@bribbri3697]

You're awesome Sergio. Thanks for creating this useful tutorial 👍🏽

[@rob28459]

2:55 Check-Lists are created by Ctrl+L von Windows

[@imumaru4023]

i love you

[@AshT8524]

Thanks a lot

[@Gifted-404]

Thanks

[@MohamedAli-jj6hw]

To-the-point, Thank you so much

[@FromSergio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@d9kd9k]

Very concise and useful. Love markdown)

[@breveganlyfe]

Woww! That is the best Obsidian tutorial out there.

[@FromSergio]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@jimalix6270]

Very useful video, Sergio! Thanks!

[@helpmenowmark]

Hi Sergio. I'm back! I went to Evernote (like a dummy) - but they've made impossible to stay with them. So it's "Obsidian all the way!" (and your videos) for me. The reason I left is because of the way that Obsidian handles publishing of the vaults. I'm developing workarounds to make it happen with Obsidian..

[@FromSergio]

Hey Mark! Just saw this, was on break! Good to hear from you, oh no! Hopefully you figure a way around!

[@pantherdiveacademy2598]

thanks, it actually let me through so i could download it.

[@jeffryang9486]

Still working as of today! Thank you!

[@FromSergio]

You're welcome!

[@drazenplemencic6941]

This is great, thank you!

[@KHR1233]

Thank you. This is very clear and helpful.

[@mahbuburrahman8880]

Thanks. I m looking for this.

[@richarde1142]

Thank you!

[@jeffsulman3558]

This was a very helpful video. Thank you!

[@lisbethperezgayoso2877]

Thank you so much Sensei! You are a blessing!

[@ztd2845]

This was so useful!! Thank you! subscribed.

[@FromSergio]

Thanks for the kind words! Hope you enjoy the content!

[@Isekhriwen]

Very useful, thanks buddy !

[@FromSergio]

Glad it helped!

[@JohnnyJolt]

Thank you. Great!

[@FromSergio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@acalsmo]

Thank you! Very useful!

[@joshl.6826]

Nice summary 👍 9:36 - for some reason that first approach for footnotes doesn't render quite the same for me, it doesn't have the arrow button or a superscript footnote link (renders as "This is a footnote1" in read mode). The second approach works great though

[@FromSergio]

Oh, that's weird, do you have Live preview turned on? Some people have some light bugs with that feature turned on.

[@joshl.6826]

@@FromSergio no change with live preview off, however just had a closer look at your example and it turns out it wasn't working because I had put "Footnotes:" on the line immediately before the footnote definitions. Looks like it only works if the footnotes section is separated with an empty line

[@nanyyaniitae6215]

it does not work for me though, and I have a line of space after each line of text:( Edit: it does work if the second method is used: This is a footnote^[Definition of footnote]

[@kaplansedat]

clean explanation. perfect

[@FromSergio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@eyeojo]

Great video, thanks 🎉

[@FromSergio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@karmmark888]

Brilliant. Subscribed.

[@abdulgilzay2015]

amazing videos, you sold me on the app. I am still a bit confused about how does the whole thing work. More specifically, how do I keep track of citations and references? Thank you

[@demonstrateit222]

9:37 footnotes syntax isn't working on Obsidian's mobile version 😢, anybody got a solution?

[@neelambarroyVlog]

Awesome program

[@clarkriggins9588]

Command plus enter does not work in my obsidian when trying to make a task list. It is really frustrating. How do I make it work?

[@lpanades]

Thanks.

[@DJTYIPOREMIX666]

make more of these i like these vids keep it up

[@FromSergio]

Glad you enjoy them! Will do :)

[@AFGautonompunk]

didn't find it exhaustive, but rather condensed to comprehensive bits, but i'll check out the site to make my own vocabularies accordingly ; )

[@imad_jj]

keep going borther ❤❤

[@FromSergio]

Thanks Imad ❤️

[@kannonfps]

that was heavy and i dont really think ill ever use half of it but thanks at least i now know how to do things i really wanted to do like showing specific parts of a note instead of the entire note with the ![[ ]] thing

[@FromSergio]

Yup I'm aware it was a lot, it was intended to be a video to be referenced whenever you want to use more specific markdown syntax as well as a video providing a solid base!

[@kannonfps]

@@FromSergio i love the fact that i thought the syntax was a lot before watching the video about dataview haha Now it look like kid stuff in comparison 😂 i guess I should not do everything in one go haha

[@aicemen]

Is there any way to reference specific keywords of a text? Example I want a note to show how many times the word "Frog" appears and where they are in a text which is written in another note.

[@redye5858]

excellent starter

[@gen1sis0]

Thanks bro

[@caballerofelipe00]

Cool, thanks.

[@thekreport3270]

Where do you get the hour glass to create two panes? Did I miss a video on a plugin?

[@ProNoob091]

i dont have that sunglass icon can u please guide me how to enable it

[@YannyKo13]

Is there a way to embed the third, fourth and so on degree bullet point?

[@zzz-zt7dq]

Thanks for a great tutorial. Is there a quick way to double underscore or double anything to finish a syntax like bold or italic?

[@FromSergio]

There is actually. Simply select the text you want to turn bold or italic and press CMD(or CTRL) + B to turn it bold, and CMD + I for italics. Hope this helps!

[@_NOOR_17]

can you help me? i want to download this language but i don't know where download

[@innout-]

Can someone explain how I can nest? I'm not sure how to do it for check lists or bullet points

[@ArmadusMalaysia]

I have a list of things under a header called # List 1. Is there a shortcut command to extract this list to another note without having to copy and paste? I'm on my mobile 95% of the time. Only on my laptop 1-3 times a month. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[@lakshminade8987]

thanks helpful vid

[@FromSergio]

Glad it helped

[@drpogo488]

Is there a way to add an empty text box for completion? like a textarea

[@EileenTheCr0w]

Is there not a way to display a formatting ribbon of tools like every other editor ever? I want to use this but I'm not a programmer or want to memorize a bunch of hidden commands for simple things like alignment/bold/boxes/etc..

[@QuranicSymphony]

Hi, great work, appreciated. Can you exlain how to user special symbols like '&,%' in our docuentation using markuplanguae.

[@KhayaBiorn]

wait im confused on how you nested the lists. It doesn't work for me

[@TheJoshtheboss]

Excellent video. Is there a way to get automated Table of Contents an outline of note based on Headers? Or do I have to create that manually with double brackets?

[@theXaint]

0:35 No sunglasses icon in my Obsidian. Where do I find that function?

[@theXaint]

Three dots, Split Right. In case someone wondering.

[@gwyne4192]

Is it possible to export it as pdf and still get the links (on the same page)?

[@CaribouDataScience]

How do I do both bold and italics?

[@nikrepik]

How would I link to a specific project?

[@elijahjohnyarra]

This is much better if you could just highlight words with your cursor then a prompt would pop up to replace it with another syntax. Just like how notion does it. Or is there a new community plugin for this?

[@AjejeBrazorf330]

what about putting color on text? it is possible?

[@jamesburke5016]

I am a macOS user, there are some differences, especially now with version 1. I am new to Obsidian and was greatly confused why I couldn't get the checklist to work. The keys won't work now for us, use Command + L. Even then I can't make rows of checklist or even columns of checklist.

[@FromSergio]

CMD + L + [Enter] creates a row! Just make sure each checklist has some text in it.

[@samarzayed4640]

GOD!!!My broo

[@FromSergio]

:)

[@jackiechiu20]

Why I cannot create checkbox when press "command" and "enter" would you help to teach me

[@QusilAllin]

same

[@MrPCApps]

You do make great videos, make a PDF of it and make a little on the side. Just saying!

[@FromSergio]

Hi Michael! I Appreciate it! If I did make a PDF I wouldn't charge for it. But thanks for the feedback it's definitely appreciated! :)

[@MrPCApps]

@@FromSergio Would like a copy of That PDF.

[@noahbigelow5691]

What is the “pipe”?

[@TRIO_DE_CONQ]

" | " - pipe symbol

[@Gifted-404]

this is crazy