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iA Writer keyboard shortcuts

Find commands for library navigation, Markdown editing and focus controls. These mappings come from the Mac keyboard reference. Library, editor and preview commands have separate contexts; Windows shortcuts are not inferred.

iA Writer · 2026-11-06

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  • New library document in current window⌘N
  • New document⌥⌘N
  • New library document in tab⌘T
  • Open document file⌘O
  • Save active file⌘S
  • Duplicate active file⇧⌘S
  • Save active file as⌥⇧⌘S
  • Open Quick Search⇧⌘O
  • Show iCloud library⇧⌘I
  • Filter library⇧⌘F

Files and library

12
New library document in current window
⌘N
Cmd+N
New document
⌥⌘N
Opt+Cmd+N
New library document in tab
⌘T
Cmd+T
Open document file
⌘O
Cmd+O
Save active file
⌘S
Cmd+S
Duplicate active file
⇧⌘S
Shift+Cmd+S
Save active file as
⌥⇧⌘S
Opt+Shift+Cmd+S
Show iCloud library
⇧⌘I
Shift+Cmd+I
Filter library
⇧⌘F
Shift+Cmd+F
Previous document in history
⌃⌘←
Ctrl+Cmd+←
Next document in history
⌃⌘→
Ctrl+Cmd+→

Interface and preview

5
Open command palette
⇧⌘P
Shift+Cmd+P
Toggle dark appearance
⌃⌘N
Ctrl+Cmd+N
Toggle library
⌃⌘S
Ctrl+Cmd+S
Toggle document preview
⌘R
Cmd+R
Reload document preview
⇧⌘R
Shift+Cmd+R

Markdown and text

12
Insert list formatting
⌘L
Cmd+L
Insert task list
⌥⌘L
Opt+Cmd+L
Insert ordered list
⇧⌘L
Shift+Cmd+L
Mark task completed
⌥⌘X
Opt+Cmd+X
Bold text
⌘B
Cmd+B
Italic text
⌘I
Cmd+I
Strikethrough text
⌥⌘U
Opt+Cmd+U
Highlight text
⇧⌘U
Shift+Cmd+U
Inline code formatting
⌘J
Cmd+J
Code block formatting
⇧⌘J
Shift+Cmd+J

Focus and search

7
Toggle Focus Mode
⌘D
Cmd+D
Toggle syntax highlighting
⇧⌘D
Shift+Cmd+D
Toggle style checking
⌥⇧⌘D
Opt+Shift+Cmd+D
Find in document
⌘F
Cmd+F
Find and replace
⌥⌘F
Opt+Cmd+F
Next document match
⌘G
Cmd+G
Previous document match
⇧⌘G
Shift+Cmd+G

Export and print

2
Export document
⇧⌘E
Shift+Cmd+E
Print document
⌘P
Cmd+P

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These mappings come from the Mac keyboard reference. Library, editor and preview commands have separate contexts; Windows shortcuts are not inferred.

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