External Keyboard Shortcuts

Here you can find a list of keyboard shortcuts you can use when you connect an external keyboard to your iPad or iPhone.

On iPad, you can press and hold Cmd to see a list of shortcuts supported in the current state of the app:

Keyboard Shortcuts Supported by iOS

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
Cmd-A	Select All
Cmd-C	Copy
Cmd-X	Cut
Cmd-V	Paste
Cmd-Z	Undo
Cmd-Shift-Z	Redo
Shift-Arrow Keys	Select text
Cmd-Up/Down	Move cursor to the beginning/end of the file
Cmd-Left/Right	Move cursor to beginning/end of the current line
Alt-Left/Right	Move cursor to the previous/next word
Esc or Eject	Bring up virtual on-screen keyboard
Alt-Delete	Delete the word to the left of the cursor
Cmd-Delete	Delete everything on the current line to the left of the cursor

Textastic’s Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
Cmd-N	Create new file/folder
Cmd-E	Edit currently open file
Cmd-F	Toggle find/replace
Cmd-W	Close tab
Cmd-S	Save file
Cmd-O	Open… (invoke iOS document picker)
Alt-Cmd-B	Toggle sidebar
Alt-Cmd-P	Toggle preview
Alt-Cmd-I	Toggle file properties popover
Alt-Cmd-T	Toggle symbol list popover
Alt-Cmd-Up	Upload current file
Alt-Cmd-Down	Download current file
Tab	Indent selected text
Shift-Tab	Unindent selected text
Ctrl-Tab	Select next tab
Ctrl-Shift-Tab	Select previous tab
Cmd-[	Shift left
Cmd-]	Shift right
Ctrl-E	Expand Emmet abbreviation
Ctrl-A	Wrap with Emmet abbreviation
Cmd-I	Toggle italics (works in Markdown and HTML files)
Cmd-B	Toggle boldface (works in Markdown and HTML files)
Cmd-U	Toggle underline (works in HTML files)
Esc, Cmd-., Cmd-W	Close dialog/popover
Arrow Keys	Navigate in the list of files, search results, and in the symbol list

Emacs Key Bindings supported by iOS

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
Ctrl-A	Move cursor to the beginning of the line
Ctrl-E	Move cursor to the end of the line
Ctrl-F	Move cursor forward one character
Ctrl-B	Move cursor backward one character
Ctrl-K	Kill/delete text between cursor and the end of the line
Ctrl-H	Delete one character to the left