Textastic for iPad Manual

Textastic has a special control that allows you to quickly change the current selection.

Textastic 4.0 added a new set of additional keys. These allow you to enter 50 different special characters quickly without having to switch to another keyboard layout or scrolling a list of keys.

Here you can find a list of keyboard shortcuts you can use when you connect a wireless bluetooth keyboard or a keyboard dock to your iPad. These shortcuts work in all iOS apps.

A list of supported programming and markup languages.

Textastic allows you to add your own custom syntax definitions and themes. You can add TextMate-compatible .tmbundle packages and .tmTheme files. You can also add custom file templates that appear in the file creation screen.

Textastic exposes actions that can be used by other apps using the x-callback-url specification. The textastic:// scheme can also be used to view the source code of websites.

Using the Recent Files list you can quickly switch between different files - even when they are located in different folders. This popover also has a button to close the currently open file.

Textastic supports the preview function of iOS which allows you to view image, pdf and office files.

Here you can find details about the saving mechanism.

Many iPad apps support the Open In... menu. See some examples.

Learn how to use iTunes File Sharing to copy files between your computer and Textastic using a USB connection.

Learn how to use edit mode in the Files section. This allows you to move, copy and rename local files and folders.

Learn how to configure a new FTP, FTPS (FTP over SSL), FTPES (FTP over Explicit Auth SSL) or SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) connection.

Learn how to access your Dropbox account.

Textastic offers a fast and easy way to upload files you downloaded from a remote server. You can also download the latest version if you know that the file was changed on the remote server.

The built-in WebDAV server allows you to easily transfer files to Textastic from your Mac or PC via Wi-Fi.

Learn how to configure and start the builtin WebDAV server in order to manager your files via Wi-Fi.

Learn how to connect to the builtin WebDAV server using Finder on Mac OS X.

Learn how to connect to the builtin WebDAV server using Explorer on Windows.