[Nfbktad] Keyboard Shortcuts for iPad and iPhone

[Kevin Pearl]

Yesterday we told you about new keyboard shortcuts added in iOS 7, but iOS already supported a bunch of keyboard shortcuts that many people might not be aware of. So here’s an exhaustive list of keyboard shortcuts for iPhone and iPad that can be used with a Bluetooth wireless keyboard.


While keyboard shortcuts are hard to remember, they’re a great productivity boost once you get over the learning curve. So if you’re in a text editing application, you won’t have to take your hands off the keyboard each time you want to select text to copy and paste.

Since most of these shortcuts are largely undocumented, you can refer to this list to get started:

System Shortcuts

F1 Dim screen
F2 Brighten screen
F7 Back one song
F8 Play/pause
F9 Skip song
F10 Mute
F11 Decrease volume
F12 Increase volume
⌘ Space Display a list of available languages; to choose one, tap the space bar again.
Text Selection and navigation

These shortcuts are the same as on any Mac, so you shouldn’t have any problem picking them up quickly on the iPad.

⌘C Copy
⌘X Cut
⌘V Paste
⌘Z Undo
⌘⇧Z Redo
⌘Delete to Delete the text to the beginning of the line
Control K to Delete the text to the end of the line
Alt (Option) Delete to Delete the word before the cursor
⌘↑ Jump to top of document
⌘↓ Jump to bottom of document
⌘← Jump to beginning of line
⌘→ Jump to end of line
Alt↑ Jump to previous start of line
Alt  ↓ Jump to next end of line
Alt  ← Jump to previous word
Alt  → Jump to next word
⇧↑ Select the text above
⇧↓ Select the text below
⇧← Select the text on the left
⇧→ Select the text on the right
⇧⌘↑ Select all the text to the beginning of the document
⇧⌘↓ Select all the text to the end of the document
⇧⌘← Select the text to the beginning of the line
⇧⌘→ Select the text to the end of the line
⇧Alt↑ Select the text above, line by line
⇧Alt↓ Select the text below, line by line
⇧Alt← Select the text on the left, word by word
⇧Alt→ Select the text on the right, word by word
iPad Navigation

While not normally enabled, iOS will also let you switch between apps and do a lot more if you enable VoiceOver. To switch it on, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > and turn on VoiceOver. Along with the shortcuts, this will also enable the actual voice over, but you can turn that off by pressing Control + Option + S.

Control Option H   Home button
Control Option H H   Show multitask bar
Control Option i   Item chooser
Escape   Back button
→  next item
←   previous item
↑↓ simultaneously tap selected item
Option↓ scroll down
Option↑ scroll up
Option← or → scroll left or right
Control Option S turn VoiceOver speech on or off
Command Shift Tab switch to the previous app
Command Tab switch back to the original app
←+→, then Option + ← or Option+→ navigate through Dock
Safari

⌘L Open Location
⌘T open a new tab
⌘W close the current tab
⌘R refresh the current tab
⌘. stop loading the current tab
Mail

⌘N create a new message
⌘⇧D send a message
Backspace key to delete the currently selected message
↑ or ↓ select suggested email address in To/CC/BCC popover fields
Pages

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