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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

  • Create table⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + t Add →
  • Add row⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + ↵ Add →
  • Add column⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + ↵ Add →
  • Delete row⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + ⌫ Add →
  • Delete column⌃ (control) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + ⌫ Add →

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 →

Sidebar

  • Move the selection between the sidebar, the note list and the editor; open/close nested tags← Add →
  • Move the selection between the sidebar, the note list and the editor; open/close nested tags→ Add →
  • Edit the selected note↵ Add →
  • Delete selected note⌘ (command) + ⌫ Add →
  • Restore selected note⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + r Add →
  • Pin/unpin selected note⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + p Add →
  • Empty trash⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + ⌫ Add →
  • Select notes in the sidebar⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + 1 Add →
  • Select untagged in the sidebar⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + 2 Add →
  • Select todo in the sidebar⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + 3 Add →
  • Select today in the sidebar⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + 4 Add →
  • Select locked in the sidebar⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + 5 Add →
  • Select trash in the sidebar⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + 9 Add →
  • Select archive in the sidebar⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + 0 Add →
  • Navigate back in visualized notes history⌘ (command) + [ Add →
  • Navigate forward in visualized notes history⌘ (command) + ] Add →
  • Settings⌘ (command) + , Add →
  • Export selected notes⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + s Add →
  • Import notes⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + o 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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