Commands
Command Reference
Section titled “Command Reference”All Lighthouse commands are accessible from the Command Palette (Cmd/Ctrl+P). Type “Lighthouse” to filter them.
Writing Workspace
Section titled “Writing Workspace”Lighthouse: Open writing workspace
Section titled “Lighthouse: Open writing workspace”Detaches Obsidian’s native file explorer and opens the Library (left sidebar) and Inspector (right sidebar), Lighthouse’s dedicated layout for long-form writing. The main editor area is untouched.
Lighthouse: Exit writing workspace
Section titled “Lighthouse: Exit writing workspace”Closes the Library and Inspector and restores the native file explorer.
Lighthouse: Toggle library
Section titled “Lighthouse: Toggle library”Opens or closes just the Library panel, without affecting the rest of the Writing Workspace. Useful for bringing the panel back if you closed its tab manually.
Lighthouse: Toggle inspector
Section titled “Lighthouse: Toggle inspector”Opens or closes just the Inspector panel, without affecting the rest of the Writing Workspace.
The ribbon’s compass icon toggles the whole Writing Workspace on and off in one click.
Projects
Section titled “Projects”Lighthouse: Create new project
Section titled “Lighthouse: Create new project”Opens the project creation modal. Walks you through setting a name, root folder, goals, deadline, citations, and more.
Lighthouse: Switch project
Section titled “Lighthouse: Switch project”Opens a fuzzy-search picker listing all your projects. Start typing to filter by name. Selecting a project makes it active immediately across the Library, Inspector, and status bar.
Lighthouse: Export project
Section titled “Lighthouse: Export project”Opens the export dialog for the active project — compile it to PDF, DOCX, EPUB, or Markdown. See Exporting & Compiling.
Editing
Section titled “Editing”Lighthouse: Split note at cursor
Section titled “Lighthouse: Split note at cursor”Splits the active file at the cursor position: everything before stays, everything after moves into a new sibling note. See Splitting & Merging Notes.
Flow Mode
Section titled “Flow Mode”Lighthouse: Toggle flow mode
Section titled “Lighthouse: Toggle flow mode”Toggles Flow Mode on or off. When active, Flow Mode hides sidebars, tabs, breadcrumbs, and (configurably) the status bar and ribbon, and can optionally enable typewriter scrolling, a custom reading font, adjusted line height, and a narrower line width. See Flow Mode.