Reading
n0te opens every note as a page: headings in their sizes, lists with hanging indents, tasks as boxes, callouts and code in boxes sized to the text column. The markdown stays out of sight until you edit a block.
Blocks
A note is a list of blocks: paragraphs, headings, list items (nested ones too), quotes, callouts, code blocks, tables, rules. Many keys act on the block you’re on, which is marked by a small tick in the margin.
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
j k (or ↓ ↑) | next / previous block |
space b (or Page Down Page Up) | page down / up |
gg G (or Home End) | top / bottom |
y | copy the block as markdown |
f | focus mode |
Scrolling with the mouse or touchpad works as usual, and a click puts you on the block you clicked.
Focus mode
f dims everything except the block you’re on. Move with j and k and the light moves with you, which helps when you’re reading a long list one item at a time. f or esc turns it off. The status line says focus while it’s on.
Callouts
Callouts render in a box with a bold title, in their type’s color as Obsidian picks it: blue for note and info, cyan for tip, orange for warning, red for danger, green for success, and so on. A foldable callout (> [!note]- folded, > [!note]+ open) shows a ▸ or ▾ by its title; Enter on it, or a click on the title, opens or closes it.
Frontmatter
YAML frontmatter shows as one quiet line at the top, so a note with twelve properties doesn’t open on a wall of metadata. e on that line edits it like any other block.
Text size
ctrl + and ctrl - change the reading size in every window at once, from 70% to 240%. ctrl 0 goes back to 100%. The size is remembered.
Long lines and hard wraps
Prose that was hard-wrapped at about 80 columns, as many notes are, flows to the window’s width instead of breaking mid-sentence. Line breaks that are clearly deliberate stay, which matches Obsidian’s default reading view.
Code blocks inside notes wrap their long lines within the box. In code files, w turns wrapping on and off.
Hidden things
%%comments%% and <!-- HTML comments --> aren’t shown, as in Obsidian’s reading view. Done tasks can be folded away with h; see Checklists.
Reloading
n0te notices when the file changes on disk and reloads by itself, or merges if you’re editing (see Saving and changes on disk). r reloads by hand.