Mainstream Bluetooth Keyboard Shortcut Commands for the iPad

To view the keyboard shortcut commands that are available in an app, open the app. Hold the Command⌘ key for a few seconds and a popup menu with the mainstream keyboard shortcut commands will appear. These mainstream Bluetooth keyboard commands will work with or without VoiceOver.

App Switching + Search

•⌘ shift H — Goto HomeScreen (iOS 9.3 removed the need for shift)

•⌘ space —Search

•⌘ tab — Switch App

Calendar

•⌘ N — New Event

•⌘ F — Search

•⌘ T — Show Today

•⌘ R — Refresh Calendars

•⌘ 1 — Go to Day View

•⌘ 2 — Go to Week View

•⌘ 3 — Go to Month View

•⌘ 4 — Go to Year View

Camera

•Volume +/- to take a photo or start/stopa video recording

Contacts

•⌘ N — Create a New Contact

•⌘ F — Search for a Contact

Mail

•⌘ R — Reply

•⌘ shift R — Reply All

•⌘ shift F — Forward

•⌘ shift J — Mark as Junk

•⌘ shift L — Flag

•⌘ shift U — Mark as Unread

•⌘ uparrow — Go to Previous Message

•⌘ downarrow — Go to Next Message

•Delete — Delete Message

•⌘ shift N — Get All New Mail

•⌘ option F — Mailbox Search

•⌘ N — New Message

Maps

•⌘ 1 — Switch to standard

•⌘ 2 — Switch to Transit

•⌘ 3 — Switch to Satellite

•⌘ F — Begin Search

Messages

•return — Send

•⌘ N — New Message

Notes

•⌘ B — Bold

•⌘ I — Italics

•⌘ U — Underline

•⌘ option T — Title

•⌘ option H — Heading

•⌘ option B — Body

•⌘ option L — Checklist

•⌘ shift U — Mark as Checked

•⌘ N — New Note

•⌘ F — Find Note

Reminders

•⌘ N — Create New Reminder

•⌘ control I — Show Reminder Details

Safari

•⌘ R — Reload Page

•⌘ [ — Back

•⌘ ] — Forward

•⌘ F — Find…

•⌘ L — Open Location…

•⌘ T — New Tab

•⌘ W — Close Tab

•Control shift tab — Show Previous Tab

•Control tab — Show Next Tab

•Control shift \ — Show All Tabs

Pages

•⌘ F — Find

•⌘ shift W — Show Word Count

•⌘ N — Create Document

Keynote

•⌘ N — Create Presentation

•⌘ F — Find

•⌘ shift K — Add Comment

•⌘ option P — Play Slideshow

•⌘ option A — Show Transitions and Builds

•⌘ option N — Show Presenter Notes

Numbers

•⌘ N — Create Spreadsheet

•⌘ F — Find

•⌘ option C — Copy Style

•⌘ shift N — Insert Sheet

Facebook Messenger

•⌘ N — New Message

•Return — Line Break

•⌘ return — Send

Google Chrome

•⌘ T — New Tab

•⌘ shift N — New Incognito Tab

•⌘ shift T — Reopened Closed Tab

•⌘ L — Open Location…

•⌘ W — Close Tab

•⌘ D — Bookmark This Page…

•⌘ F — Find in Page…

•⌘ R — Reload

•⌘ left arrow — Back

•⌘ right arrow — Forward

•⌘ Y — History

•⌘ shift — Voice Search

Familiar Mac shortcut keys may also work, including⌘ plus X/C/V for cut, copy, and paste. Some additional iPad apps have also incorporated keyboard shortcuts.