iOS Keyboard Shortcuts


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Bear for iOS comes with support for any external Bluetooth keyboard compatible with iPad or iPhone. There are quite a few options to format, search, and even navigate your notes.

One easy way to see a cheat sheet for all these shortcuts in Bear is to hold the Command key (⌘) for a second. This document is another easy way.

Editor

Text Styles

  • ⌘1 , ⌘2, ⌘3 - Headings
  • ⌥⌘S - Line separator
  • ⌘B - Bold
  • ⌘I - Italic
  • ⌘U - Underline
  • ⇧⌘U - Strikethrough
  • ⌘K - Link
  • ⌘L - Unordered list
  • ⇧⌘L - Ordered list
  • ⇧⌘T - Quote
  • ⌘T - Todo
  • ⌥⌘C - Inline code
  • ^⌘C - Code block
  • ⇧⌘M - Highlighter/Marker
  • ⇧⌘E - Footnote

Tables

  • ^⌘⏎ - Add Row
  • ⇧⌘⏎ - Add Column
  • ^⌘⌫ - Delete Row
  • ^⇧⌘⌫ - Delete Column

Structure

  • - Shift line right
  • ⇧⇥ - Shift line left
  • ⌘⌥↑ - Move line up
  • ⌘⌥↓ - Move line down
  • ⌘' - Toggle Folding*

Note: The shortcut for Toggle Folding may vary based on your keyboard layout; refer to the menu for the correct shortcut for your specific layout, go to Menu > Format > Toggle Folding

Lists

  • - Shift the list element right
  • ⇧⇥ - Shift the list element left

Dates

  • ⇧⌘7 - Long Form Date with time (11 Jul 2017, 10:43)
  • ⇧⌘8 - Long Form Date (11 Jul 2017)
  • ⇧⌘9 - Short Form Date (11/07/2017)
  • ⇧⌘0 - Hours (11:43)

Control

  • ⌘A - Select all
  • ⇧⌘I - Toggle statistics panel
  • ⇧⌘A - Toggle table of content panel
  • ⇧⌘B - Toggle the backlinks panel
  • ⇧⌘K - Open link
  • →/← - Open/close nested tags
  • ⌘N - Create a new note
  • ↑ and ↓ keys - Move the selection (note list, tag list)
  • ← and → keys - Move the selection between the sidebar, the note list and the editor
  • ⌘O - Opens the Quick Open panel
  • ⌘F - Move the focus to the search field (note list)
  • ↩︎ - Start editing at the end of the note (editor)
  • ⌘⌫ - Delete the currently selected note (note list)
  • ⌥⌘← - Navigate back in visualized notes history
  • ⌥⌘→ - Navigate forward in visualized notes history
  • ⌥⌘1 - Select Notes in the sidebar
  • ⌥⌘2 - Select Untagged in the sidebar
  • ⌥⌘3 - Select ToDo in the sidebar
  • ⌥⌘4 - Select Today in the sidebar
  • ⌥⌘5 - Select Archive in the sidebar
  • ⌥⌘6 - Select Trash in the sidebar
  • ⌥⌘7 - Select Locked in the sidebar

Window

  • ^1 - Show editor only
  • ^2 - Show note list and editor
  • ^3 - Show sidebar, note list and editor
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