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100% Obsidian, 0% Mouse

4 min readJun 18, 2026

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How I have my entire knowledge base at my fingertips — literally

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In my previous posts, I wrote about setting up Obsidian for Vim users and why even a Vim fanboy such as myself ended up preferring Obsidian for Markdown note-taking:

However, there’s one aspect I haven’t really zoomed in on yet:

👉 using Obsidian without touching the mouse

And rest assured, this is not going to be one of those “keyboard warrior” posts, but finding ways to leave the mouse behind completely, was the one thing I kept struggling with coming from Vim to Obsidian.

So this post is a walkthrough of how I use Obsidian on a day-to-day basis using only the keyboard. No exotic setup, no crazy plugins — just a few well-chosen tools and consistent keybindings.

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Tom Deneire
Tom Deneire

Written by Tom Deneire

Software engineer. Stress and burnout coach. https://tomdeneire.be