Bear Keyboard Shortcuts

85 keyboard shortcuts to help you write beautiful notes on mac faster in Bear

Bear is a note-taking & knowledge application developed by Shiny Frog. It lets users write beautiful notes on mac with a professional-grade toolset.

Knowing the right keyboard shortcuts turns Bear into a faster, more responsive tool. It is one of the simplest upgrades to any workflow.

Since Bear runs solely on macOS, every shortcut listed here is specific to that operating system.

macOS

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Editor: Text Styles 21 shortcuts

Heading 1

Cmd +1

Heading 2

Cmd +2

Heading 3

Cmd +3

Heading 4

Cmd +4

Heading 5

Cmd +5

Heading 6

Cmd +6

Line separator

Opt +Cmd +S

Bold

Cmd +B

Italic

Cmd +I

Underline

Cmd +U

Strikethrough

Shift +Cmd +U

Link

Cmd +K

Wiki Link

Cmd +D

Unordered list

Cmd +L

Ordered list

Shift +Cmd +L

Quote

Shift +Cmd +T

Inline code

Opt +Cmd +C

Code block

Ctrl +Cmd +C

Highlighter/Marker

Shift +Cmd +M

Footnote

Shift +Cmd +E

Insert file

Shift +Cmd +V

Editor: Tables 5 shortcuts

Create Table

Opt +Cmd +T

Add Row

Ctrl +Cmd +Down

Add Column

Ctrl +Cmd +Right

Delete Row

Ctrl +Cmd +Backspace

Delete Column

Ctrl +Shift +Cmd +Backspace

Editor: Todos 2 shortcuts

Todo

Cmd +T

Toggle Todo

Cmd +.

Editor: Structure 4 shortcuts

Shift line right

Opt +Cmd +Right

Shift line left

Opt +Cmd +Left

Move line up

Opt +Cmd +Up

Move line down

Opt +Cmd +Down

Editor: Lists 2 shortcuts

Shift the list element right

Tab

Shift the list element left

Shift +Tab

Editor: Dates 4 shortcuts

Long Form Date with time (11 Jul 2017, 10:43)

Shift +Cmd +7

Long Form Date (11 Jul 2017)

Shift +Cmd +8

Short Form Date (11/07/2017)

Shift +Cmd +9

Hours (11:43)

Shift +Cmd +0

Editor: Control 7 shortcuts

Select all

Cmd +A

End editing

Cmd +Enter

Print note

Cmd +P

Open link

Shift +Cmd +K

Toggle Folding

Cmd +'

Copy Link to Note

Opt +Shift +Cmd +L

Copy Note Identifier

Opt +Shift +Cmd +I

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Editor: Zoom 3 shortcuts

Zoom in

Cmd ++

Zoom out

Cmd +-

Actual size

Cmd +0

Editor: Panels and search 6 shortcuts

Toggle statistics panel

Shift +Cmd +I

Toggle table of content panel

Shift +Cmd +A

Toggle the backlinks panel

Shift +Cmd +B

Search inside the current note

Cmd +F

Search and replace inside the current note

Opt +Cmd +F

Search inside the note list

Shift +Cmd +F

Navigation 23 shortcuts

Create a new note

Cmd +N

Create a new note in a new window

Opt +Cmd +N

Move the selection in the note and tags lists

Up

Move the selection in the note and tags lists

Down

Move the selection between the sidebar, the note list and the editor; open/close nested tags

Left

Move the selection between the sidebar, the note list and the editor; open/close nested tags

Right

Edit the selected note

Enter

Delete selected note

Cmd +Delete

Open the Quick Open panel

Cmd +O

Restore selected note

Shift +Cmd +R

Pin/unpin selected note

Shift +Cmd +P

Select all the notes in the list

Cmd +A

Empty Trash

Shift +Cmd +Delete

Select _Notes_ in the sidebar

Opt +Cmd +1

Select _Untagged_ in the sidebar

Opt +Cmd +2

Select _ToDo_ in the sidebar

Opt +Cmd +3

Select _Today_ in the sidebar

Opt +Cmd +4

Select _Locked_ in the sidebar

Opt +Cmd +5

Select _Pinned_ in the sidebar

Opt +Cmd +6

Select _Trash_ in the sidebar

Opt +Cmd +0

Select _Archive_ in the sidebar

Opt +Cmd +9

Navigate back in visualized notes history*

Cmd +[

Navigate forward in visualized notes history*

Cmd +]

Saving and importing 2 shortcuts

Export selected notes

Shift +Cmd +S

Import notes

Shift +Cmd +O

Window 6 shortcuts

Show editor only

Ctrl +1

Show note list and editor

Ctrl +2

Show sidebar, note list and editor

Ctrl +3

Show preferences

Cmd +,

Enter fullscreen

Ctrl +Cmd +F

Open main window

Cmd +\

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