Bear for iOS comes with support for any external Bluetooth keyboard compatible with iPad or iPhone. There are quite a few options to format, search, and even navigate your notes.

One easy way to see a cheat sheet for all these shortcuts in Bear is to hold the Command key (⌘) for a second. This document is another easy way.

Editor

Text Styles

• ⌘1 , ⌘2, ⌘3 - Headings
• ⌥⌘S - Line separator
• ⌘B - Bold
• ⌘I - Italic
• ⌘U - Underline
• ⇧⌘U - Strikethrough
• ⌘K - Link
• ⌘L - Unordered list
• ⇧⌘L - Ordered list
• ⇧⌘T - Quote
• ⌘T - Todo
• ⌥⌘C - Inline code
• ^⌘C - Code block
• ⇧⌘M - Highlighter/Marker
• ⇧⌘E - Footnote

Tables

• ^⌘⏎ - Add Row
• ⇧⌘⏎ - Add Column
• ^⌘⌫ - Delete Row
• ^⇧⌘⌫ - Delete Column

Structure

• ⇥ - Shift line right
• ⇧⇥ - Shift line left
• ⌘⌥↑ - Move line up
• ⌘⌥↓ - Move line down
• ⌘' - Toggle Folding*

Note: The shortcut for Toggle Folding may vary based on your keyboard layout; refer to the menu for the correct shortcut for your specific layout, go to Menu > Format > Toggle Folding

Lists

• ⇥ - Shift the list element right
• ⇧⇥ - Shift the list element left

Dates

• ⇧⌘7 - Long Form Date with time (11 Jul 2017, 10:43)
• ⇧⌘8 - Long Form Date (11 Jul 2017)
• ⇧⌘9 - Short Form Date (11/07/2017)
• ⇧⌘0 - Hours (11:43)

Control

• ⌘A - Select all
• ⇧⌘I - Toggle statistics panel
• ⇧⌘A - Toggle table of content panel
• ⇧⌘B - Toggle the backlinks panel
• ⇧⌘K - Open link

Navigation

• →/← - Open/close nested tags
• ⌘N - Create a new note
• ↑ and ↓ keys - Move the selection (note list, tag list)
• ← and → keys - Move the selection between the sidebar, the note list and the editor
• ⌘F - Move the focus to the search field (note list)
• ↩︎ - Start editing at the end of the note (editor)
• ⌘⌫ - Delete the currently selected note (note list)
• ⌥⌘← - Navigate back in visualized notes history
• ⌥⌘→ - Navigate forward in visualized notes history
• ⌥⌘1 - Select Notes in the sidebar
• ⌥⌘2 - Select Untagged in the sidebar
• ⌥⌘3 - Select ToDo in the sidebar
• ⌥⌘4 - Select Today in the sidebar
• ⌥⌘5 - Select Archive in the sidebar
• ⌥⌘6 - Select Trash in the sidebar
• ⌥⌘7 - Select Locked in the sidebar

Window

• ^1 - Show editor only
• ^2 - Show note list and editor
• ^3 - Show sidebar, note list and editor