1.0.1

What's new

Extends Word Scalpel's precise word boundaries to three more interactions:

• Option+Left / Option+Right — jump backward and forward one word at a time through Thai and Japanese text
• Option+Shift+Left / Option+Shift+Right — extend your selection one word at a time
• Double-click — selects exactly one Thai or Japanese word instead of the entire sentence

What was in 1.0.0

• Option+Backspace — delete one word backward

All fixes apply only to Thai and Japanese text. English and all other scripts are unaffected.

1.0.0 (First Release 2026-06)

Obsidian Word Scalpel - 1.0.0 Release Note

What this fixes

In Thai and Japanese, words are written without spaces between them. Obsidian uses spaces to detect word boundaries, so Option+Backspace (delete word) treats an entire sentence as one word and wipes it all out. This plugin fixes that — one keypress, one word deleted, exactly like Google Docs and Word behave.

What's supported

• Thai
• Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji)

English and all other scripts are unaffected — the default Obsidian behaviour is preserved for anything that isn't Thai or Japanese.

How it works

The plugin uses the browser's built-in Intl.Segmenter API (available in Obsidian's Electron runtime) to find real word boundaries before deleting. No external libraries, no configuration needed — just install and enable.