Obsidian should support the formats below:
Callouts
Use the following syntax to denote a callout block: > [!INFO]
.
> [!INFO]
>
> Here's a callout block.
> It supports **markdown** and [[Obsidian Formatting|wikilinks]].
INFO
Here’s a callout block. It supports markdown and wikilinks.
Note
minimized by default
[!summary] [!tldr]
open by default
Todo
[!hint] [!important]
[!check] [!done]
[!help] [!faq]
[!caution] [!attention]
[!fail] [!missing]
[!error]
Bug
Example
[!cite]
Internal Linking
Link to a page: [[Internal link]].
Link to a page: wikilinks.
Embeds
Embed another file section:
![[Obsidian Formatting#internal-linking|Internal Linking]]
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
You can also use the alternative syntax for Heading 1 and Heading 2.
Heading 1
===
Heading 2
---
Heading 1
Heading 2
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
Lists
Unnumbered Lists
test
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 2a
- Item 2b
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 2a
- Item 2b
Numbered Lists
1. Item 1
1. Item 2
1. Item 3
1. Item 3a
1. Item 3b
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
- Item 3a
- Item 3b
Create a loose list by adding a blank line between any two list items.
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
Will look like this:
-
Item 1
-
Item 2
-
Item 3
Images

![[og-image.png]]
Resizing Images
Example of this above image resized to 100 pixels wide:

or for local images
![[og-image.png|200]]
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)
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)
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)
Escaping
If the URL contains spaces, you can escape them by replacing them with %20
.
[Export options](Pasted%20image)
Or you can enclose the target in <>
, such as:
[Slides Demo](<Slides Demo>)
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
Code
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
You can add syntax highlighting to a code block by adding a language code after the first set of backticks.
Obsidian uses Prism for syntax highlighting. For more information, refer to Supported languages.
Note
Live Preview mode doesn’t support PrismJS and may render syntax highlighting differently.
```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.
Task List
Syntax Description
- to-do
- [/] incomplete
/
- done
x
- [-] canceled
-
- [>] forwarded
>
- [<] scheduling
<
- [?] question
?
- [!] important
!
- [*] star
*
- [”] quote
"
- [l] location
l
- [b] bookmark
b
- [i] information
i
- [S] savings
s
- [I] idea
i
- [p] pros
p
- [c] cons
c
- [f] fire
f
- [k] key
k
- [w] win
w
- [u] up
u
- [d] down
d
Tables
You can create tables by assembling a list of words and dividing the header from the content with hyphens, -
, 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 |
The vertical bars at the start and end of a line are optional.
First Header | Second Header
------------ | ------------
Content from cell 1 | Content from cell 2
Content in the first column | Content in the second column
This results in the same table as the one above.
Tables can be justified with a colon | Another example with a long title | And another long title as a example
:----------------|-------------:|:-------------:
because of the `:` | these will be justified |this is centered
Tables can be justified with a colon | Another example with a long title | And another long title as a example |
---|---|---|
because of the : | these will be justified | this is centered |
If you put links in tables, they will work, but if you use aliases, 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 |
Strikethrough
Any word wrapped with two tildes (like ~~this~~) will appear crossed out.
Any word wrapped with two tildes (like this) will appear crossed out.
Highlighting
Use two equal signs to ==highlight text==.
Use two equal signs to highlight text.
Horizontal Bar
Use three stars ***, hyphens ---, or underscores ___ in a new line to produce an horizontal bar.
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 caret goes outside of the brackets on this one.]
You can also use inline footnotes. ^[notice that the caret goes outside of the brackets on this one.]
Math
$$\begin{vmatrix}a & b\\
c & d
\end{vmatrix}=ad-bc$$