Keyboard shortcuts help to speed up your workflow. Many people prefer to use them for frequent commands rather than clicking through menus. On iOS devices, external keyboards give you more room on the display for your text and allow you to operate large parts of the app with a number of functional keyboard shortcuts. 

Which Shortcuts Can I Use in Ulysses on My Mac?

Check out the following cheat sheets to get an overview of the macOS shortcuts.

Sheet and Group Handling

New Sheet: ⌘N
New Group: ⇧⌘N
New Filter: ⌃⌘N
Open from Library: ⌘O 
Open from Current Section: ⇧⌘O
Open from Current Group: ⌥⌘O
Edit Selected Project: ⌘↩
Enter Selected Project: ⌘↓
Leave Project: ⌘↑
Select Previous Sheet: ⌥⌘↑
Select Next Sheet: ⌥⌘↓
Add Sheet to Favorites: ⌃⌘U
Show Favorites: ⇧⌘U
Save Version: ⌘S
Duplicate Sheet: ⌘D
Move Sheet/Group Up: ⌃⌘↑
Move Sheet/Group Down: ⌃⌘↓
Move Sheet/Group to Top: ⌃⌘⌥↑
Move Sheet/Group to Bottom: ⌃⌘⌥↓
Move Sheet/Group to Trash: ⌘⌫
Erase Sheet/Group: ⌥⌘⌫
Glue/Unglue Sheets: ⌘J
Go Back: ⌘[
Go Forward: ⌘]
Force Copy Sheet/Group during Drag & Drop: hold ⌥
Force Move Sheet/Group during Drag & Drop: hold ⌘
Copy x-callback-url: ⌘C

Editor

Smart Paste: ⇧⌘V
Copy as Markdown: ⌥⌘C
Paste as Plain Text: ⌥⇧⌘V
Paste from Markdown: ⌥⌘V
Move Paragraph One Line Up: ⌃⌘↑
Move Paragraph One Line Down: ⌃⌘↓
Split at Selection: ⇧⌘B
Export Preview: ⇧⌘P
Refresh Export Preview: ⌘R
Print Editor View: ⌘P
Search in Sheet List: ⇧⌘F
Show Find Panel: ⌘F
Show Find and Replace: ⌥⌘F
Jump To Next/Previous Match: ⌘G / ⇧⌘G 
Show Spelling and Grammar: ⌘: 
Start Dictation: fn fn
Emoji & Symbols: ⌃⌘Space
Insert Line Break: ⇧↩ or ⌃↩
Syntax Selection in Code Block: ⌘↩
End Smart List/Code Block: ⌥↩
Move Focus to Sheet: ⌘← ⌘←

Markup

Increase Heading Level: ⌘# or ⌘\
Decrease Heading Level: ⇧⌘# or ⇧⌘\
Mark as Strong: ⌘B
Mark as Emphasis: ⌘I
Mark as Link: ⌘K
Clear Markup in Selection: ⌘L

View

Enable/Disable Typewriter Mode: ⌥⌘T
Show/Hide Library: ⌘1
Show/Hide Sheet List: ⌘2
Show Editor: ⌘3
Show/Hide Dashboard: ⌘4
Show/Hide Quick Export Panel: ⌘6
Show/Hide Statistics Panel: ⌘7
Show/Hide Navigation Panel: ⌘8
Show/Hide Markup Panel: ⌘9
Open Overview in Dashboard: ⌃⌘1
Open Progress in Dashboard: ⌃⌘2
Open Outline in Dashboard: ⌃⌘3
Open Annotations in Dashboard: ⌃⌘4
Open Attachments in Dashboard: ⌃⌘5
Jump to Keywords Section: ⇧⌘K
Default Text Zoom Level: ⌘0
Increase Text Zoom Level: ⌘+
Decrease Text Zoom Level: ⌘-
Toggle Light/Dark Mode: ⌥⌘L
Toggle Light/Dark Theme: ⌥⌘X
Step Through Views: ⌥⌘←/⌥⌘→
Step Through Dashboard Panes: ⌃⌘ ←/⌃⌘→

Window Management

New Window: ⌥⌘N
New Tab: ⌘T
Minimize Window: ⌘M
Enter/Exit Full Screen: ⌃⌘F
Zoom Window: ⌃⌘Z

One Shortcut to Find Them All 

Search for Menu Actions: ⇧⌘/

Can I Use These Shortcuts on iOS/iPadOS as Well?

Most of these shortcuts are identical on both platforms, but there are still a few exclusive to Mac and to iOS/iPadOS. Here are the shortcuts for your mobile devices:

Sheet and Group Handling

New Sheet: ⌘N
New Group⇧: ⌘N
New Filter: ⌃⌘N
Quick Open: ⌘O
Enter Selected Project: ⌘↓
Leave Project: ⌘↑
Previous Sheet/Group: ⌥⌘↑
Next Sheet/Group: ⌥⌘↓
Begin/End Editing: ⌘↩
Duplicate Sheet: ⌘D
Add to Favorites: ⌥⌘U
Show Favorites: ⇧⌘U
Go Back: ⌘[
Go Forward: ⌘]
Copy x-callback-url: ⌃⌥⌘C

Editor

Jump to Start/End of Line: ⌘← / ⌘→
Jump to Start/End of Sheet: ⌘↑ / ⌘↓
Jump to Start/End of Paragraph: ⌥↑ / ⌥↓
Jump to Previous/Next Word: ⌥← / ⌥→
Select Text: ⇧→ or ⇧← or ⇧ and one of the shortcuts above
Smart Copy: ⇧⌘C
Smart Paste: ⇧⌘V
Copy as Markdown: ⌥⌘C
Paste as Plain Text: ⌥⇧⌘V
Paste from Markdown: ⌥⌘V
Move Paragraph One Line Up/Down: ⌃⌘↑ / ⌃⌘↓
Split at Selection: ⇧⌘B
Delete Word/Line: ⌥⌫ / ⌘⌫
Indent/Outdent Paragraph: ⇥ / ⇧⇥
Undo/Redo: ⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z
Insert Line Break: ⇧↩ or ⌃↩
Insert Non-breaking Space: ⌥Space
Split Sheet: ⇧⌘B
Show Statistics: ⌘7
Open Search: ⌘F
Jump to Next/Previous Match: ⌘G / ⇧⌘G

Markup

Increase Heading Level: ⌘# or ⌘\
Decrease Heading Level: ⇧⌘# or ⇧⌘\
Mark as Strong: ⌘B
Mark as Emphasis: ⌘I 
Mark as Link: ⌘K
Clear Markup: ⌘L

View

Show/Hide Library: ⌘1
Show/Hide Sheet List: ⌘2
Show/Hide Editor: ⌘3
Show/Hide Attachments: ⌘4
Show/Hide Quick Export: ⌘6
Go to Keywords: ⇧⌘K
Switch Between Light/Dark Mode: ⌥⌘L
Step-Through Views: ⌥⌘← / ⌥⌘→
Step-Through Dashboard Sections: ⌃⌘ ←/ ⌃⌘→
Enable/Disable Typewriter Mode: ⌥⌘T

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