Navigate your iPhone with iOS Keyboard Shortcuts

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
Mail	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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Documentation Index

​What you’ll learn in this article:

​1. Global iOS Shortcuts

​2. iOS App Specific Shortcuts

​Take your shortcut superpowers to the next level with Clicks Mode

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