What you'll learn in this article:
- What are keyboard shortcuts
- How to use iOS keyboard shortcuts with Clicks
- Learn helpful keyboard shortcuts that work with Clicks in your favorite apps
One of the benefits of a hardware keyboard is that you can use combination keystrokes (known as keyboard shortcuts) to quickly navigate your phone and move through apps that would normally take multiple swipes and taps to complete.
With Clicks you will find that many of the keyboard shortcuts you use on your Mac or iPad Magic Keyboard work on your iPhone.
Many keyboard shortcuts involve holding the CMD key (next to the space bar) while pressing another key to invoke the shortcut.
1. Global iOS Shortcuts
Here are some popular and handy shortcuts that work across your iPhone.
| Shortcut | Hold | Press |
|---|---|---|
| Return to the home screen | CMD | H |
| Launch Spotlight search | CMD | Spacebar |
| Show notifications | 🌐 | N |
| Open command center | 🌐 | C |
| Copy highlighted text | CMD | C |
| Cut highlighted text | CMD | X |
| Paste text at a cursor location | CMD | V |
| Unlock phone & go to home screen | CMD | Spacebar |
2. iOS App Specific Shortcuts
Here are some popular and handy shortcuts that work across your iPhone.
| Application | Shortcut | Hold | Press |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safari | Scroll down web page | Spacebar | |
| Scroll up web page | Shift | Spacebar | |
| Open new tab | CMD | N | |
| Close current tab | CMD | W | |
| Open history | CMD | Y | |
| Share page via email | CMD | I | |
| Find on page | CMD | F | |
| Refresh page | CMD | R | |
| Bookmark page | CMD | D | |
| Messages | Compose new message | CMD | N |
| Reply to last message | CMD | R | |
| Respond with emphasis | CMD | T | |
| Edit last sent iMessage | CMD | E | |
| Show contact information | CMD | I | |
| Compose a new email (from inbox) | CMD | N | |
| Delete current email (within an email) | Backspace | ||
| Reply to current email (within an email) | CMD | R | |
| Select all | CMD | A | |
| Voice Recording | Start a new voice recording | CMD | N |
| Stop & save voice recording | CMD | S | |
| iMovie | Start/stop video clip playback | Spacebar | |
| Split clip | CMD | B | |
| Rotate clip | CMD | R | |
| Photos | Enter editing mode | Return | |
| Music | Search for music | CMD | F |
| Create a new playlist | CMD | N |
Clicks also supports keyboard shortcuts that will work with many of your favorite third party apps.
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