June 4, 2018

iA Writer 5.0 Keyboard Commands

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iA Writer 5.0 has added/changed a few of the keyboard commands. Here is the new list:

Function Command
File Menu
New in iCloud ⌘N
New in Library ⌥⌘N
New in Library in Window ⇧⌘N
Open… ⌘O
Close Window ⇧⌘W
Close Tab ⌘W
Save ⌘S
Save as… ⇧⌘S
Export ⇧⌘E
Print ⌘P
Print Plain Text ⌥⌘P
Page Setup… ⇧⌘P
Edit Menu
Undo Typing ⌘Z
Redo ⇧⌘Z
Cut ⌘X
Copy Formatted ⌥⌘C
Copy HTML ⇧⌘C
Paste ⌘V
Delete
Select All ⌘A
Find ⌘F
Find Next ⌘G
Find Previous ⇧⌘G
Find and Replace ⌥⌘F
Search Library ⇧⌘F
Show Spelling and Grammar ⌘:
Check Document Now ⌘;
Format Menu
Headings 1-6 ⌘1-6
Unordered List ⌘L
Unordered Task List ⌥⌘L
Ordered List ⇧⌘L
Ordered Task List ⌥⇧⌘L
Mark Task Complete ⌘.
Blockquote ⌘>
Body ⌘0
Shift Right
Shift Left ⇧⇥
Shift Up ⌥⌘↑
Shift Down ⌥⌘↓
Strong ⌘B
Emphasis ⌘I
Add Link ⌘K
Add Footnote ⌃⌘K
Clear Styles ⌥⌘⌫
View Menu
Day Mode ⌃⌘N
Show Library ⌘E
Hide Organizer ⌥⌘E
Show Preview ⌘R
Reload Preview ⇧⌘R
Text Size Zoom In ⌘+
Text Size Zoom Out ⌘-
Show All Tabs ⇧⌘
Enter Full Screen ⌃⌘F
Focus Menu
Enable/Disable Focus Mode ⌘D
Enable/Disable Syntax Highlight ⇧⌘D
Go Menu
iCloud ⇧⌘I
Quick Search ⇧⌘O
Window Menu
Minimize ⌘M
Zoom ⌃⌥⌘F
Show Previous Tab ⌃⌘⇥
Show Next Tab ⌃⇥
Commands Without Menu Equivalents
Next Sentence ⌥⌘→
Previous Sentence ⌥⌘←
Apple Dictionary ⌃⌘D

Selection Commands

Hold down Shift with any of these to create/extend a selection.
Previous/next word: ⌥← and ⌥→
Start/end of the line: ⌘← and ⌘→ (Also with ⌃)
Start/end of the document: ⌘↑ and ⌘↓ (Also with ⌃)

Focus Commands

Use ⌃⇥ and ⌃⇧⇥ to switch between Organizer, File Browser, and Editor without taking your hands off keyboard.

In the Organizer, you can ⇧-click to select contiguous files or ⌘-Click to select multiple arbitrary files.

Emacs keyboard commands which work in iA Writer

This is a selection of Emacs commands which also work in iA Writer.

Command Behavior
⌃K Deletes from the cursor to the end of the current line
⌃O Inserts a new line after the cursor. The cursor stays in the current line
⌃B Moves the cursor one character to the left
⌃F Moves the cursor one character to the right
⌃N Moves the cursor down one line
⌃P Moves the cursor up one line
⌃E Moves the cursor to the end of the current line. If you use word wrap, the cursor moves to the physical, not the displayed, end of the current line
⌃A Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line. If you use word wrap, the cursor moves to the physical, not the displayed, beginning of the current line
⌃V Scrolls down within the document

Additions Made Through KeyboardMaestro

There were some menu items which I thought would be improved by adding keyboard commands to them. I used KeyboardMaestro to add them to iA Writer.

Table of ContentsTable of Contents

Additions Made Through KeyboardMaestro
Add Table of Contents ⌃C
Add Page Break ⌃P
Add Horizontal Rule ⌃R
Add Table ⌃T

These are the keyboard commands I know of. If I get to know any more, will add them to the list.

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