Bear Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 66 keyboard shortcuts found in Bear. This application is MacOS-only.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Text Styles

Option Cmd 1-6 — Headings

Option Cmd S — Line separator

Cmd B — Bold

Cmd I — Italic

Cmd U — Underline

Shift Cmd E — Strikethrough

Cmd K — Link

Cmd L — Unordered list

Shift Cmd L — Ordered list

Shift Cmd U — Quote

Cmd T — Todo

Option Cmd C — Inline code

Ctrl Option C — Code block

Shift Cmd M — Marker/Highlighter

Shift Cmd V — Insert file

Todos

Shift Cmd T — Toggle Todo

Option Cmd T — Mark Todo as completed

Ctrl Cmd T — Mark Todo as incomplete

Structure

Cmd ] — Shift line right

Cmd [ — Shift line left

Cmd Option Up — Move line up

Cmd Option Down — Move line down

Lists

Tab — Shift the list element right

Shift Tab — Shift the list element left

Shift Enter — End the list

Dates

Shift Cmd 7 — Long Form Date with time (11 Jul 2017, 10:43)

Shift Cmd 8 — Long Form Date (11 Jul 2017)

Shift Cmd 9 — Short Form Date (11/07/2017)

Shift Cmd 0 — Hours (11:43)

Control

Cmd A — Select all

Cmd Enter — End editing

Cmd P — Print note

Zoom

Cmd + — Zoom in

Cmd - — Zoom out

Cmd 0 — Actual size

Navigation

Cmd N — Create a new note

Option Cmd N — Create a new note in a new window

Up/Down — Move the selection in the note and tags list

Left/Right — Move the selection between the sidebar, the nost list, and the editor

Enter — Edit the selected note

Option Cmd F — Search in the current note list

Cmd Backspace — Delete selected note

Shift Cmd R — Restore selected note

Shift Cmd P — Pin/unpin selected note

Cmd A — Select all the notes in the list

Shift Cmd Backspace — Empty Trash

Cmd 1 — Select Notes in the sidebar

Cmd 2 — Select Untagged in the sidebar

Cmd 3 — Select ToDo in the sidebar

Cmd 4 — Select Today in the sidebar

Cmd 5 — Select Archive in the sidebar

Cmd 6 — Select Trash in the sidebar

Option Cmd Left — Navigate back in visualized notes history

Option Cmd Right — Navigate forward in visualized notes history

Panels and search

Shift Cmd I — Toggle information panel

Cmd F — Search inside the current note

Option Cmd F — Search and replace inside the current note

Shift Cmd F — Search inside the note list

Saving and importing

Shift Cmd S — Export selected notes

Shift Cmd O — Import notes

Window

Ctrl 1 — Show sidebar, note list and editor

Ctrl 2 — Show note list and editor

Ctrl 3 — Show editor only

Cmd , — Show preferences

Ctrl Cmd F — Enter fullscreen

Cmd \ — Open main window