Reading and moving around

Tabs, history, find, outline, links, glossary, minimap and speed

Shortcuts

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Open a file	✅	✅	✅	❌
Close a tab	✅	✅	✅	❌
Back and forward keys	✅	✅	❌	✅
Next and previous tab	✅	✅	✅	❌
Side-by-side shortcut	✅	✅	❌	❌
Full screen key	✅	❌	✅	✅
Save shortcut	✅	✅	✅	❌
Undo shortcut	✅	✅	✅	❌
Redo shortcut	✅	✅	✅	❌
Widening select-all	✅	❌	❌	❌
Copy shortcut	✅	✅	✅	✅
Delete across blocks	✅	✅	✅	❌
Find shortcut	✅	✅	✅	✅
Replace shortcut	✅	✅	✅	❌
Cursor on every match	✅	✅	❌	❌
Extra cursor on click	✅	✅	❌	❌
Bold shortcut	✅	✅	✅	❌
Italic shortcut	✅	✅	✅	❌
Link shortcut	✅	✅	✅	❌
Open behind shortcut	✅	✅	❌	❌
Mouse side buttons	✅	✅	❌	?

App bar

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Logo goes home	✅	❌	❌	❌
Library button	✅	✅	✅	❌
Back, Refresh, Forward	✅	❌	❌	❌
Plus for new document	✅	✅	❌	❌
Open any file	✅	❌	✅	❌
Export button	✅	❌	❌	❌
No settings button	✅	❌	❌	❌
Bell only for updates	✅	❌	❌	❌
Own title bar	✅	✅	✅	❌
Mac dots in place	✅	✅	?	❌
Chevron overflow menu	✅	❌	❌	❌
Logo and library stay	✅	❌	❌	❌
Focus follows folding	✅	❌	❌	❌
Rightmost folds first	✅	❌	❌	❌

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Reading, source, graph	✅	✅	❌	❌
Sliding pill bounce	✅	❌	❌	❌
Moves on press	✅	❌	❌	❌
Tools tray nub	✅	❌	❌	❌
Padlock and wand tray	✅	❌	❌	❌
Undo and Save appear	✅	❌	❌	❌
Bar holds still	✅	❌	❌	❌
No bar without document	✅	❌	❌	❌
Every view enterable	✅	❌	❌	❌

Tabs

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Many open documents	✅	✅	✅	❌
Tabs inside one document	✅	❌	❌	❌
Strip scrolls, never squeezes	✅	❌	❌	❌
Wheel scrolls tabs	✅	❌	❌	❌
Active tab in sight	✅	✅	❌	❌
Tabs restored on launch	✅	✅	❌	❌
Front tab keeps place	✅	✅	❌	✅
Tabs load when selected	✅	✅	❌	❌
Unsaved edits survive closing	✅	❌	❌	❌
Disk changes win	✅	✅	❌	❌
Missing file becomes note	✅	❌	❌	❌
Per-tab history	✅	✅	❌	❌
Per-tab scroll history	✅	✅	❌	❌
Switching keeps place	✅	✅	❌	❌
Unchanged tabs not reparsed	✅	?	❌	❌
Instant switch back	✅	?	❌	❌
Site-colored tabs	✅	❌	❌	❌
Full filename shown	✅	❌	❌	❌
Long names fade	✅	❌	❌	❌
Close cross on hover	✅	✅	❌	❌
Unsaved dot	✅	❌	❌	❌
Background tab buttons work	✅	✅	❌	❌
Background close moves nothing	✅	?	❌	❌
Drag to reorder	✅	✅	❌	❌
Graph flies to tab	✅	❌	❌	❌
Last tab goes home	✅	❌	❌	❌
Second launch adds tab	✅	❌	❌	❌
Selected tab curves in	✅	✅	❌	❌
Extensions, no badges	✅	❌	❌	❌
Background presses honored	✅	?	❌	❌
Arrow over tabs	✅	✅	❌	❌
Ellipsis inside tabs	✅	✅	❌	❌
Live web tabs	✅	✅	❌	❌
Local pages run live	✅	?	?	?

Side by side

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Open beside from tab	✅	✅	❌	❌
Side-by-side keyboard shortcut	✅	✅	❌	❌
Open beside from library	✅	✅	❌	❌
Drag tab right	✅	✅	❌	❌
Columns keep own place	✅	✅	❌	❌
Tab strip per column	✅	✅	❌	❌
Drag tabs between columns	✅	✅	❌	❌
One column has keys	✅	✅	❌	❌
Drag divider, remembered	✅	✅	❌	❌
Narrow window folds	✅	❌	❌	❌
Split remembered across launches	✅	✅	❌	❌
Split returns later	✅	✅	❌	❌
Source beside page	✅	✅	❌	❌
Tabs belong to columns	✅	✅	❌	❌
Pressed strip draws there	✅	✅	❌	❌
Drag between strips	✅	✅	❌	❌
One tab, both views	✅	✅	❌	❌
Keyed card named	✅	❌	❌	❌
Four rounded corners	✅	❌	❌	❌
Split returns with tab	✅	✅	❌	❌

History

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Back lands on paragraph	✅	✅	❌	✅
Back across jumps	✅	✅	❌	✅
Refresh from disk	✅	❌	✅	❌
Refresh asks first	✅	❌	✅	❌
Renames followed	✅	✅	❌	❌
Instant arrival	✅	?	?	?
Place survives rerenders	✅	?	?	?
Place held while settling	✅	?	?	?
Minimap moves recorded	✅	❌	❌	❌
Nearest glossary wins	✅	❌	❌	❌
Failed lookup stops spinner	✅	❌	❌	❌
Back steps remember place	✅	✅	❌	✅
Behind links land right	✅	?	❌	❌
Renames through history	✅	✅	❌	❌
Failed opens dropped	✅	?	❌	❌

Home screen

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Choose file button	✅	❌	✅	❌
New document button	✅	✅	✅	❌
Add notes folder	✅	✅	✅	❌
Last 50 files	✅	❌	✅	❌
Name, badge, folder	✅	❌	❌	❌
Recent beside Favorites	✅	❌	❌	❌
Three rotating voices	✅	❌	❌	❌
Follows your vault	✅	✅	❌	❌
Vault name shown	✅	✅	❌	❌
Vaults grouped outside	✅	❌	❌	❌
Scheduled tasks shown	✅	❌	❌	❌
Eight-row scrolling boxes	✅	❌	❌	❌
Missing files dropped	✅	?	❌	❌
Duplicates collapsed	✅	?	?	❌
Show-all sheet	✅	❌	❌	❌
Voices rotate per visit	✅	❌	❌	❌
Counts read naturally	✅	?	?	?

Loading and scrollbars

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Page-shaped placeholder	✅	❌	❌	❌
Every load covered	✅	❌	❌	❌
Clicks pass through	✅	❌	❌	❌
Still under Reduce Motion	✅	❌	❌	❌
Minimap spinner	✅	❌	❌	❌
Safety timeout	✅	❌	❌	❌
Bars fade while scrolling	✅	❌	❌	❌
Bars thicken under pointer	✅	❌	❌	❌
Space held, no shift	✅	?	?	?
System always-show honored	✅	?	?	?
No bar beside minimap	✅	❌	❌	❌
Own fade curves	✅	❌	❌	❌
Gutter thickens in place	✅	❌	❌	❌
App scrolls show bar	✅	?	?	?
Table edges fade	✅	❌	❌	❌
Always-shown bars honored	✅	?	?	?

Find

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Find over any view	✅	✅	✅	✅
Find on start screen	✅	❌	❌	❌
This file or all	✅	✅	✅	❌
Words kept across scopes	✅	❌	❌	❌
Opens with highlight	✅	✅	?	?
Counter to 999+	✅	✅	?	?
Enter steps matches	✅	✅	✅	✅
Escape returns focus	✅	✅	?	?
Every match washed	✅	✅	✅	✅
Match case option	✅	✅	✅	✅
Whole word option	✅	❌	✅	✅
Regular expression search	✅	✅	✅	✅
Find inside highlight	✅	❌	❌	❌
Bad expression explained	✅	✅	?	?
Wraps when narrow	✅	?	?	?
Phone-width find bar	✅	?	?	?
Fast in megabytes	✅	?	?	?
Count follows edits	✅	❌	?	❌
Replace one match	✅	✅	✅	❌
Replace all, one undo	✅	✅	?	❌
Says when more remain	✅	❌	❌	❌
Every match cursors	✅	✅	❌	❌
Extra cursors clicked	✅	✅	❌	❌
Split replace refused	✅	?	?	❌
Highlights change nothing	✅	?	?	?
Wrap fallback	✅	?	?	?
Replace behind padlocks	✅	❌	❌	❌
Own source-view find	✅	✅	✅	❌

Outline

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Headings in pane	✅	✅	✅	✅
Back row to files	✅	❌	❌	❌
Heading count shown	✅	❌	❌	❌
Title as first row	✅	❌	❌	❌
Levels step down	✅	✅	✅	✅
Click jumps, joins history	✅	✅	✅	✅
Lit row follows reading	✅	✅	✅	✅
Data and email outlines	✅	❌	❌	❌
Long outlines windowed	✅	?	?	?
Arrow and page keys	✅	?	?	?
First row is title	✅	❌	❌	❌
One size per level	✅	❌	❌	❌
Footnote headings skipped	✅	❌	❌	❌
Lone title, no outline	✅	❌	❌	❌
Windowed outline keys	✅	?	?	?

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Previous and Next	✅	❌	❌	✅
README reading order	✅	❌	❌	❌
README and GLOSSARY skipped	✅	❌	❌	❌
Never blocks page	✅	❌	❌	?
Hover card with length	✅	❌	❌	❌
Middle and right click	✅	❌	❌	❌
Hover names neighbor	✅	❌	❌	❌
Middle-click opens behind	✅	❌	❌	❌
Launch paths keep pager	✅	❌	❌	?

Link hints

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Card names kind	✅	❌	❌	❌
Linked page preview	✅	✅	❌	❌
Linked section preview	✅	✅	❌	✅
Length in words	✅	❌	❌	❌
Glossary entry, full size	✅	❌	❌	❌
Long entries fade	✅	❌	❌	❌
Web links never contacted	✅	✅	❌	?
Tables previewed by start	✅	❌	❌	❌
Data files previewed	✅	❌	❌	❌
Big files skip picture	✅	❌	❌	❌
Diagrams drawn in card	✅	✅	❌	❌
Tall diagrams shrink	✅	❌	❌	❌
Diagrams drawn once	✅	?	❌	❌
Seven link kinds	✅	❌	❌	❌
Mouse only	✅	✅	❌	?
Flips at edges	✅	✅	❌	?
Hides on scroll	✅	✅	❌	?
Local files, own app	✅	❌	❌	❌
Missing file located	✅	❌	❌	❌
Whole-path file links	✅	❌	❌	❌
Cards cut at blocks	✅	❌	❌	❌
Card diagrams offscreen	✅	❌	❌	❌
Late drawings dropped	✅	?	❌	?
Dead buttons keep arrow	✅	❌	❌	❌
Dragged widths survive	✅	❌	❌	❌
Picture fades in	✅	❌	❌	❌
No spinner second time	✅	?	❌	?
Quick return keeps card	✅	?	❌	?
One exit fade	✅	?	❌	?
Answers refreshed on change	✅	✅	❌	?
Whole-glossary card opening	✅	❌	❌	❌
Glossary cards three-fifths	✅	❌	❌	❌
Book link cards	✅	❌	❌	❌
Cached until changed	✅	?	❌	?
Lines or words length	✅	❌	❌	❌

Pointer and hover

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Hand only on destinations	✅	❌	❌	❌
Arrow over menus	✅	?	?	?
Fitting pointer shapes	✅	?	?	?
Theme fill under pointer	✅	?	?	?
Nothing moves on hover	✅	?	?	?
Open file keeps tint	✅	✅	✅	?
One frame, Reduce Motion	✅	?	?	?

Opening links

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Ctrl-click opens behind	✅	✅	❌	❌
Works on pager	✅	❌	❌	❌
No duplicate tab	✅	❌	❌	❌
Heading links land	✅	✅	✅	✅
Browser, app or mail	✅	✅	✅	✅
Saved page to browser	✅	?	?	?
Open in new page	✅	✅	❌	❌
Copy link	✅	✅	✅	?
Copy link text	✅	❌	❌	?
Reveal linked file	✅	✅	❌	❌
Copy linked path	✅	✅	❌	❌
Readable files open inside	✅	✅	✅	❌
Other files, own app	✅	✅	✅	❌
Unknown schemes handed on	✅	?	?	?
Extensionless files checked	✅	❌	❌	❌
False success caught	✅	?	?	?
One file, many spellings	✅	?	?	?

Glossary

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Terms linked automatically	✅	❌	❌	❌
Every format linked	✅	❌	❌	❌
Whole words, any case	✅	❌	❌	❌
Terms across lines	✅	❌	❌	❌
Skips links and code	✅	❌	❌	❌
Never links itself	✅	❌	❌	❌
Entry in a sheet	✅	❌	❌	✅
Four ways to close	✅	❌	❌	❌
Large glossary spinner	✅	❌	❌	❌
Missing entry said	✅	❌	❌	❌
Term links swap	✅	❌	❌	❌
Diagrams as strip	✅	❌	❌	❌
Hover shows entry	✅	❌	❌	❌
Open whole glossary	✅	❌	❌	❌
Quiet dotted underline	✅	❌	❌	❌
One file per set	✅	❌	❌	❌
Found walking up	✅	❌	❌	❌
Hand-linked glossary terms	✅	❌	❌	❌
Relative glossary links	✅	❌	❌	❌
Matched across whitespace	✅	❌	❌	❌

Reload

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Changed files reload	✅	✅	✅	?
Waits for quiet	✅	?	?	?
Batches thousands	✅	?	?	?
No half-written reads	✅	?	?	?
Office from directory	✅	❌	❌	❌
Reads off-window	✅	?	?	?
Skips empty reloads	✅	?	?	?
Keeps opened format	✅	?	?	?
Source view stays	✅	✅	?	❌
Atomic saves work	✅	?	?	?
Library stays current	✅	✅	✅	?
Hover cards refresh	✅	✅	❌	?
Pictures refresh alone	✅	❌	❌	?
HTML assets refresh	✅	❌	❌	❌
Background tabs catch up	✅	✅	❌	❌
Own saves ignored	✅	✅	✅	❌
Unsaved edits protected	✅	❌	✅	❌

Minimap

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Real shrunk page	✅	❌	❌	❌
Box marks screen	✅	❌	❌	❌
Click rail to jump	✅	❌	❌	❌
Drag box to scroll	✅	❌	❌	❌
Wheel over rail	✅	❌	❌	❌
Reading-column width	✅	❌	❌	❌
Fades at ends	✅	❌	❌	❌
HTML pages mapped	✅	❌	❌	❌
Picture swaps shown	✅	❌	❌	❌
Visible slice drawn	✅	❌	❌	❌
Keeps up typing	✅	❌	❌	❌
Long tables cut	✅	❌	❌	❌
Draws ahead of hand	✅	❌	❌	❌
Diagrams as blocks	✅	❌	❌	❌
No rebuild on theme	✅	❌	❌	❌
Spinner until laid out	✅	❌	❌	❌
Deck slide numbers	✅	❌	❌	❌
Every format mapped	✅	❌	❌	❌
Source view map	✅	❌	❌	❌
Rails dressed alike	✅	❌	❌	❌
Exported pages keep rail	✅	❌	❌	❌
Phone exports drop it	✅	❌	❌	❌
Never printed	✅	❌	❌	❌
Narrows, then the scrollbar	✅	❌	❌	❌
Rail per column	✅	❌	❌	❌
Hidden on home, graph	✅	❌	❌	❌
Always on, no switch	✅	❌	❌	❌
Ribbon at deepest point	✅	❌	❌	❌

Speed

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Heaviest book, 600 ms	✅	❌	❌	?
Half-memory Word files	✅	❌	❌	❌
Typing keeps up	✅	?	?	❌
Flat tab switches	✅	?	?	❌
Instant return to edits	✅	?	?	❌
Sixty diagrams, fast	✅	?	?	❌
Tables scroll smoothly	✅	?	?	?
Smooth window drags	✅	?	?	?
Startup 140 ms sooner	✅	?	?	?
Replace all instantly	✅	?	?	❌
Big data files quicker	✅	❌	❌	❌
Search while reading	✅	?	?	?
Fences colored nearby	✅	?	?	❌
Long documents revealed gradually	✅	?	?	?
Slow Mac reads said	✅	?	?	?
Word splitter built lazily	✅	❌	❌	❌

Interface details

Feature	Leaftext	Obsidian	Typora	Calibre
Messages over cards	✅	?	?	?
Keyboard-only focus ring	✅	?	?	?

Reading and moving around

Shortcuts

App bar

Floating toolbar

Tabs

Side by side

History

Home screen

Loading and scrollbars

Find

Outline

Pager

Link hints

Pointer and hover

Opening links

Glossary

Reload

Minimap

Speed

Interface details