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:

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.

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

User Interface Control

Key Combo	Function
`Esc`	Show Menu