Keyboard Shortcuts

As of iA Writer for Android 1.1, you can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly navigate and edit your document. These can be roughly divided into three categories:

01. Caret Positioning

Key Combo	Function
`←`	Previous character
`→`	Next character
`↑`	Previous line
`↓`	Next line
`Fn+←`	Go to start of line
`Fn+→`	Go to end of line
`Ctrl+←`	Go to previous word
`Ctrl+→`	Go to next word
`Ctrl+↑`	Go to previous paragraph
`Ctrl+↓`	Go to next paragraph

Note: All commands above can function in combination with Shift to select text between the caret’s origin and the target positions.

02. Text Manipulation

Key Combo	Function
`Ctrl+C`	Copy
`Ctrl+X`	Cut
`Ctrl+V`	Paste
`Ctrl+A`	Select all
`Ctrl+Z`	Undo
`Ctrl+Shift+Z`	Redo
`Ctrl+B`	Bold
`Ctrl+I`	Italic
`Ctrl+-`	Strikethrough
`Ctrl+[1-6]`	H1 through H6
`Tab`	Insert four spaces
`Shift+Enter`	Add two spaces and a newline (`<br>`)
`Ctrl+Backspace`	Delete word to the left of cursor