
Bear shortcuts for Mac
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Bear Notes is an elegant note-taking app for iOS and Mac, offering a range of features for writing, organizing, and exporting notes seamlessly. Download Bear
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Mac keyboard shortcuts for Bear
Formatting
- Heading 1⌘ (command) + 1 Add →
- Heading 2⌘ (command) + 2 Add →
- Heading 3⌘ (command) + 3 Add →
- Heading 4⌘ (command) + 4 Add →
- Heading 5⌘ (command) + 5 Add →
- Heading 6⌘ (command) + 6 Add →
- Line separator⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + s Add →
- Bold⌘ (command) + b Add →
- Italic⌘ (command) + i Add →
- Underline⌘ (command) + u Add →
- Strikethrough⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + u Add →
- Link⌘ (command) + k Add →
- Wiki link⌘ (command) + d Add →
- Unordered list⌘ (command) + l Add →
- Ordered list⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + l Add →
- Quote⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + t Add →
- Inline code⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + c Add →
- Code block⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + c Add →
- Highlighter/marker⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + m Add →
- Footnote⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + e Add →
- Insert file⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + v Add →
- Todo⌘ (command) + t Add →
- Toggle todo⌘ (command) + . Add →
- Shift line left⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + ← Add →
- Move line up⌘ (command) + ⌥ (option) + ↑ Add →
- Move line down⌘ (command) + ⌥ (option) + ↓ Add →
- Shift the list element right⇥ Add →
- Shift the list element left⇧ (shift) + ⇥ Add →
- Long form date with time⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + 7 Add →
- Long form date⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + 8 Add →
- Short form date⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + 9 Add →
- Hours⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + 0 Add →
- Select all⌘ (command) + a Add →
- End editing⌘ (command) + ↵ Add →
- Print note⌘ (command) + p Add →
- Open link⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + k Add →
- Toggle folding⌘ (command) + ' Add →
- Copy link to note⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + l Add →
- Copy note identifier⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + i Add →
Table
Panels
- Toggle statistics panel⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + i Add →
- Toggle table of content panel⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + a Add →
- Toggle the backlinks panel⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + b Add →
- Search inside the current note⌘ (command) + f Add →
- Search and replace inside the current note⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + f Add →
- Search inside the note list⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + f Add →
- Create a new note⌘ (command) + n Add →
- Create a new note in a new window⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + n Add →
- Move the selection in the note and tags lists↑ Add →
- Move the selection in the note and tags lists↓ Add →
Views
- Show editor only⌃ (control) + 1 Add →
- Show note list and editor⌃ (control) + 2 Add →
- Show sidebar, note list and editor⌃ (control) + 3 Add →
- Enter fullscreen⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + f Add →
- Open main window⌘ (command) + \ Add →
- Zoom in⌘ (command) + + Add →
- Zoom out⌘ (command) + - Add →
- Actual size⌘ (command) + 0 Add →
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