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Suggester System

When a QuickAdd prompt asks you for text, you don’t have to type a file name or tag from memory. Start typing a trigger like [[ and QuickAdd shows a searchable list of matches, exactly like Obsidian’s own link and tag autocomplete. Pick one, and QuickAdd drops it in where you were typing.

The QuickAdd suggester listing files after typing two square brackets

Type one of these triggers anywhere in a prompt:

Type thisTo search
#Every tag in your vault
[[Every file in your vault
[[#Every heading in your vault
[[#^A specific block

Type # to search every tag in your vault, then pick one.

Type [[ to search every file in your vault. Each result is labelled by its frontmatter title if it has one, then its first level-1 heading, then its file name - but whichever label you see, QuickAdd always inserts a link to the real file.

Narrow a file search to a folder near the current note:

  • ./ searches the folder the current note is in.
  • ../ searches the parent folder.

Type [[# to search every heading in your vault and link straight to it.

Type [[#^ to find and link an individual block.

You can drive the suggester entirely from the keyboard:

KeyAction
/ Move up and down through the suggestions
EnterPick the highlighted suggestion
EscapeClose the suggester without picking

The list wraps around: pressing on the last item jumps back to the first.