iPad Keyboard Shortcuts.
Seen this asked many times, especially since the Pro release. I have never used a keyboard with an iPad for any significant time before the Pro, so hopefully this helps anyone looking for the shortcuts. Please post anything you find.
From 9to5mac
App Switching + Search
Facebook Messenger
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Perhaps my most used short cut is this one:
Command + Tab: Press these once to see all open iOS apps. Press it repeatedly to cycle through them and change to an app. You can hold the Shift key down and cycle backwards as well.
Of course, there are likely hundreds upon hundreds of key combinations so here are the ones I'm using the most at the moment.
FOR TEXT MANIPULATION (I CURRENTLY WRITE IN BYWORD):
Option + Left (or Right) arrow: Moves the cursor forward or back one word at a time.
Command + Left (or Right) arrow: Moves the cursor to the beginning or end of a line.
Command + Up (or Down) arrow: Moves the cursor to the top or bottom of all text in a field.
Shift + Command + Left (or Right) arrow: Selects the entire row of text to the left or right of the cursor.
Shift + Option + Left (or Right) arrow: Selects the next word of text to the left or right of the cursor. Keep tapping to select more words.
Shift + Left (or Right) arrow: Selects the letter to the left or right of the cursor. Keep tapping to select more letters for a fine degree of control.
Command + C: Copies a selection into memory.
Command + V: Pastes a selection from memory. (I use this to add saved links in my blog posts.)
IN A TWITTER CLIENT (I'M USING TWEETBOT THESE DAYS):
Command + 1: Opens the Timeline tab
Command + 2: Opens the Mentions tab
Command + 3: Opens the Messages tab
Command + 8: Opens Lists
Command + N: Compose a new Tweet
IN APPLE MAIL:
Command + R: Reply to an email
Command + Shift + R: Reply to all
Command + Shift + J: Mark as Junk
Command + Shift + U: Mark as Unread
Command + Up (or Down) arrow: Move up or down through messages
Command + N: Compose a new message
IN SAFARI:
Command + R: Reload a page
Command + [: Go back to the previous page
Command + Shift + R: Open current page in Reader Mode
Command + T: Open a new tab
Command + W: Close the current tab
Control + Tab: Show the next tab
Control + Shift + Tab: Show the previous tab
Cult of Mac
Text editing
Style your text with bold, italic, underline, or even change the size of your writing with these. Copy the style of any bit of text for an easy paste to another bit of text, too.
Bold: Command + B
Italic: Command + I
Underline: Command + U
Increase font size: Command + + (plus)
Decrease font size: Command + – (minus)
Copy style: Command + Option + C
Word processing
You can add comments, find specific words and phrases, make the ruler appear, or even create a new document with these easy to remember shortcuts.
Add comment: Command + Shift + K
Find: Command + F
Show word count: Command + Shift + W (works for a highlighted section of text, too)
Show ruler: Command + R
Create document: Command + N
Miscellaneous keyboarding
Generally, anything you can do on your Macbook keyboard, you can do on your iPad Pro (or any iPad with a compatible Mac-style keyboard connected to it).
Try Command-Tab to invoke the app switcher and move one app to the right, or Command-Tilde (~) to move one app to the left.
Try Command-P to print your document, too.
Seen this asked many times, especially since the Pro release. I have never used a keyboard with an iPad for any significant time before the Pro, so hopefully this helps anyone looking for the shortcuts. Please post anything you find.
From 9to5mac
App Switching + Search
- ⌘ shift H — Go to Home Screen
- ⌘ space — Search
- ⌘ tab — Switch App
- ⌘ N — New Event
- ⌘ F — Search
- ⌘ T — Show Today
- ⌘ R — Refresh Calendars
- ⌘ 1 — Go to Day View
- ⌘ 2 — Go to Week View
- ⌘ 3 — Go to Month View
- ⌘ 4 — Go to Year View
- Volume +/- to take a photo or start/stop a video recording
- ⌘ N — Create a New Contact
- ⌘ F — Search for a Contact
- ⌘ R — Reply
- ⌘ shift R — Reply All
- ⌘ shift F — Forward
- ⌘ shift J — Mark as Junk
- ⌘ shift L — Flag
- ⌘ shift U — Mark as Unread
- ⌘ up arrow — Go to Previous Message
- ⌘ down arrow — Go to Next Message
- delete — Delete Message
- ⌘ shift N — Get All New Mail
- ⌘ option F — Mailbox Search
- ⌘ N — New Message
- ⌘ 1 — Switch to standard
- ⌘ 2 — Switch to Transit
- ⌘ 3 — Switch to Satellite
- ⌘ F — Begin Search
- return — Send
- ⌘ N — New Message
- ⌘ B — Bold
- ⌘ I — Italics
- ⌘ U — Underline
- ⌘ option T — Title
- ⌘ option H — Heading
- ⌘ option B — Body
- ⌘ option L — Checklist
- ⌘ shift U — Mark as Checked
- ⌘ N — New Note
- ⌘ F — Find Note
- ⌘ N — Create New Reminder
- ⌘ control I — Show Reminder Details
- ⌘ R — Reload Page
- ⌘ [ — Back
- ⌘ ] — Forward
- ⌘ F — Find…
- ⌘ L — Open Location…
- ⌘ T — New Tab
- ⌘ W — Close Tab
- control shift tab — Show Previous Tab
- control tab — Show Next Tab
- control shift \ — Show All Tabs
- ⌘ F — Find
- ⌘ shift W — Show Word Count
- ⌘ N — Create Document
- ⌘ N — Create Presentation
- ⌘ F — Find
- ⌘ shift K — Add Comment
- ⌘ option P — Play Slideshow
- ⌘ option A — Show Transitions and Builds
- ⌘ option N — Show Presenter Notes
- ⌘ N — Create Spreadsheet
- ⌘ F — Find
- ⌘ option C — Copy Style
- ⌘ shift N — Insert Sheet
Facebook Messenger
- ⌘ N — New Message
- return — Line Break
- ⌘ return — Send
- left arrow — Previous
- right arrow — Next
- up arrow — Earlier
- down arrow — Later
- ⌘ return — Accept
- esc — Cancel
- ⌘ N — New Event
- ⌘ S — Save
- ⌘ delete — Delete
- ⌘ F — Search
- ⌘ R — Reminders
- ⌘ I — Get Info
- ⌘ , — Preferences
- ⌘ shift F — Full Screen
- ⌘ T — Go to Today
- ⌘ K — Toggle Type
- ⌘ T — New Tab
- ⌘ shift N — New Incognito Tab
- ⌘ shift T — Reopened Closed Tab
- ⌘ L — Open Location…
- ⌘ W — Close Tab
- ⌘ D — Bookmark This Page…
- ⌘ F — Find in Page…
- ⌘ R — Reload
- ⌘ left arrow — Back
- ⌘ right arrow — Forward
- ⌘ Y — History
- ⌘ shift . — Voice Search
- ⌘ F — Search chat history
- ⌘ option 1 — Chat tab
- ⌘ option 2 — Info tab
- ⌘ option 3 — Files tab
- ⌘ option 4 — Links tab
- esc — Dismiss
- ⌘ up arrow — Select Previous Message
- ⌘ down arrow — Select Next Message
- ⌘ R — Reply
- ⌘ shift R — Reply All
- ⌘ J — Forward
- ⌘ 1 — Switch to Mail
- ⌘ 2 — Switch to Calendar
- ⌘ 3 — Switch to Files
- ⌘ 4 — Switch to People
- ⌘ 5 — Switch to Settings
- ⌘ N — Create New Message
- ⌘ shift N — Create New Event
- up arrow —Move Up
- down arrow — Move Down
- option up arrow — Jump to previous channel
- option down arrow — Jump to next channel
- option shift up arrow — Jump to previous unread channel
- option shift down arrow — Jump to next unread channel
- option ` — Toggle the channel list
- ⌘ K — Show the Quick Switcher
- ⌘ T — Show the Quick Switcher (two ways!)
- ⌘ F — Perform a search
- ⌘ W — Close window
- ⌘ 1 — Timeline
- ⌘ 2 — Mentions
- ⌘ 3 — Messages
- ⌘ 4 — Stats
- ⌘ 5 — Search
- ⌘ 6 — Faves
- ⌘ 7 — Profile
- ⌘ 8 — Lists
- ⌘ 9 — Mutes
- ⌘ N — Compose
www.zdnet.com
Perhaps my most used short cut is this one:
Command + Tab: Press these once to see all open iOS apps. Press it repeatedly to cycle through them and change to an app. You can hold the Shift key down and cycle backwards as well.
Of course, there are likely hundreds upon hundreds of key combinations so here are the ones I'm using the most at the moment.
FOR TEXT MANIPULATION (I CURRENTLY WRITE IN BYWORD):
Option + Left (or Right) arrow: Moves the cursor forward or back one word at a time.
Command + Left (or Right) arrow: Moves the cursor to the beginning or end of a line.
Command + Up (or Down) arrow: Moves the cursor to the top or bottom of all text in a field.
Shift + Command + Left (or Right) arrow: Selects the entire row of text to the left or right of the cursor.
Shift + Option + Left (or Right) arrow: Selects the next word of text to the left or right of the cursor. Keep tapping to select more words.
Shift + Left (or Right) arrow: Selects the letter to the left or right of the cursor. Keep tapping to select more letters for a fine degree of control.
Command + C: Copies a selection into memory.
Command + V: Pastes a selection from memory. (I use this to add saved links in my blog posts.)
IN A TWITTER CLIENT (I'M USING TWEETBOT THESE DAYS):
Command + 1: Opens the Timeline tab
Command + 2: Opens the Mentions tab
Command + 3: Opens the Messages tab
Command + 8: Opens Lists
Command + N: Compose a new Tweet
IN APPLE MAIL:
Command + R: Reply to an email
Command + Shift + R: Reply to all
Command + Shift + J: Mark as Junk
Command + Shift + U: Mark as Unread
Command + Up (or Down) arrow: Move up or down through messages
Command + N: Compose a new message
IN SAFARI:
Command + R: Reload a page
Command + [: Go back to the previous page
Command + Shift + R: Open current page in Reader Mode
Command + T: Open a new tab
Command + W: Close the current tab
Control + Tab: Show the next tab
Control + Shift + Tab: Show the previous tab
Cult of Mac
Text editing
Style your text with bold, italic, underline, or even change the size of your writing with these. Copy the style of any bit of text for an easy paste to another bit of text, too.
Bold: Command + B
Italic: Command + I
Underline: Command + U
Increase font size: Command + + (plus)
Decrease font size: Command + – (minus)
Copy style: Command + Option + C
Word processing
You can add comments, find specific words and phrases, make the ruler appear, or even create a new document with these easy to remember shortcuts.
Add comment: Command + Shift + K
Find: Command + F
Show word count: Command + Shift + W (works for a highlighted section of text, too)
Show ruler: Command + R
Create document: Command + N
Miscellaneous keyboarding
Generally, anything you can do on your Macbook keyboard, you can do on your iPad Pro (or any iPad with a compatible Mac-style keyboard connected to it).
Try Command-Tab to invoke the app switcher and move one app to the right, or Command-Tilde (~) to move one app to the left.
Try Command-P to print your document, too.
