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
`Opt-Left/Right`	Move cursor to the previous/next word
`Esc` or `Eject`	Bring up virtual on-screen keyboard
`Opt-Delete`	Delete the word to the left of the cursor
`Cmd-Delete`	Delete everything on the current line to the left of the cursor

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
`Cmd-N`	Create new file/folder
`Cmd-O`	Open… (invoke iOS document picker)
`Cmd-S`	Save file
`Cmd-E`	Edit currently open file
`Cmd-L`	Go to line
`Cmd-P`	Print
`Cmd-F`	Toggle Find
`Opt-Cmd-F`	Toggle Find and Replace
`Cmd-G`	Find next
`Cmd-Shift-G`	Find previous
`Cmd-W`	Close tab
`Opt-Cmd-B`	Toggle sidebar
`Opt-Cmd-P`	Toggle preview
`Ctrl-Opt-Cmd-P`	Preview in Safari
`Opt-Cmd-I`	Toggle file properties popover
`Opt-Cmd-T`	Toggle symbol list popover
`Opt-Cmd-Up`	Upload current file
`Opt-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

Important

You can configure all keyboard shortcuts in Textastic’s settings.

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