The Ulysses Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet for Mac

Ulysses is without doubt one of the best distraction-free Markdown editors for your Mac. You can use it to manage all kinds of writing projects in a streamlined manner.

As you’d expect from a powerful, versatile app like Ulysses, there are plenty of keyboard shortcuts to speed up navigation and other app-related actions. And while you can discover the shortcuts as you go about using the app, it’s much easier to have them ready to go in a single location.

That’s why we’ve come up with this cheat sheet, which you can save to your desktop for quick access. It contains all the keyboard shortcuts you need to manage various views, panels, and modes in Ulysses and switch between them effortlessly. You’ll also find several shortcuts for text editing.

With all these shortcuts at your fingertips, you probably won’t need to take your hands off the keyboard at all when you write in Ulysses!

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The Ulysses Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet for Mac

Shortcut	Action
Sheets, Groups, and Views
Cmd + N	Create new sheet
Shift + Cmd + N	Create new group
Control + Cmd + N	Create new filter
Option + Cmd + N	Open new window
Cmd + T	Open new tab
Cmd + O	Show Quick Open panel to open from Library
Shift + Cmd + O	Show Quick Open panel to open from current group
Option + Cmd + O	Show Quick Open panel to open from current selection
¹Cmd + Return (Enter)	Reveal selected sheet in group
Control + Tab	Switch to next tab
Shift + Control + Tab	Switch to previous tab
Cmd + D	Add sheet to Favorites OR Remove sheet from Favorites
Cmd + S	Save current version of sheet and create new version
Cmd + J	Glue selected sheets
Shift + Cmd + B	Split sheet at selection
²Shift + Cmd + P	Open Export preview for selected sheet/group
³Cmd + R	Refresh preview window
Space OR Right Arrow	Jump to next page in preview
Shift + Space OR Left Arrow	Jump to previous page in preview
Down Arrow	Scroll down in preview
Up Arrow	Scroll up in preview
Cmd + P	Print current sheet
Cmd + Delete	Move sheet to Trash
⁴Option + Cmd + Delete	Erase sheet
Cmd + W	Close current tab
Shift + Cmd + W	Close current window
⁵Shift + Cmd + K	Open panel to attach keyword(s) to selected sheet
Cmd + , (Comma)	Open Ulysses Preferences
⁶Cmd + 1	Switch focus to Library OR Toggle Library view
⁶Cmd + 2	Switch focus to Sheets OR Toggle Sheet List view
⁶Cmd + 3	Switch focus to Editor OR Switch to Editor Only view
Cmd + 4	Toggle Attachments view
⁷Cmd + 5	Switch to Favorites group
Cmd + 6	Show Quick Export panel
Cmd + 7	Show Statistics panel
Cmd + 8	Show Navigation panel
Cmd + 9	Show Markup panel
Cmd + F	Show Find panel
Option + Cmd + F	Show Find and Replace panel
⁸Cmd + E	Search for selection
Cmd + G	Find next match in search results
Shift + Cmd + G	Find previous match in search results
⁹Shift + Cmd + F	Show Sheet List search box
¹⁰Esc	Hide Find panel OR Hide Find and Replace panel OR Hide Sheet List search panel
Control + Cmd + Space	Open Emoji & Symbols panel or Character Viewer
Option + Cmd + X	Toggle Dark Theme
Option + Cmd + L	Toggle Dark Mode
Option + Cmd + T	Toggle Typewriter Mode
Control + Cmd + F	Toggle Full Screen Mode
Cmd + M	Minimize Window
Control + Cmd + Z	Zoom Window
Option + Cmd + 3	¹¹Toggle second editor in Split View
Option + Scroll	Scroll simultaneously in both editors in Split View
Cmd + Left Arrow	Switch focus from Sheet List to Library
Cmd + Right Arrow	Switch focus from Library to Sheet List OR Switch focus from Sheet List to Editor
Right Arrow	Open selected group in Library
Option + Cmd + Up Arrow	Select previous sheet
Option + Cmd + Down Arrow	Select next sheet
Option + Cmd + Right Arrow	Move through panes from left to right
Option + Cmd + Left Arrow	Move through panes from right to left
Cmd + Drag	Force copy sheet/group
Option + Drag	Force move sheet/group
Text Editing
Cmd + \ (Back Slash)	Increase heading level
Shift + Cmd + \ (Back Slash)	Decrease heading level
Cmd + Left Arrow	Jump to start of line
Cmd + Right Arrow	Jump to end of line
Cmd + Up Arrow	Jump to start of sheet
Cmd + Down Arrow	Jump to end of sheet
Option + Left Arrow	Jump to previous word
Option + Right Arrow	Jump to next word
Option + Up Arrow	Jump to start of paragraph
Option + Down Arrow	Jump to end of paragraph
Control + Cmd + Up Arrow	Move current/selected line up
Control + Cmd + Down Arrow	Move current/selected line down
Option + Delete	Delete current word
Cmd + Delete	Delete current line
Cmd + B	Emphasize following/selected text
Cmd + I	Italicize following/selected text
Cmd + K	Create link
Cmd + L	Remove markup for current line or for selected text
Tab	Increase indentation
Shift + Tab	Decrease indentation
\ (Back Slash) [text]	Don’t apply markup to following text
Cmd + Z	Undo typing
Shift + Cmd + Z	Redo typing
Cmd + X	Cut selected text
Cmd + C	Copy selected text
Cmd + V	Paste selected text
Cmd + A	Select all text in Editor
Option + Cmd + C	Copy selected text as Markdown
Option + Cmd + V	Paste from Markdown
Option + Shift + Cmd + V	Paste as Plain Text
(img)	Open panel to insert image
(fn)	Open panel to insert footnote
Cmd + + (Plus)	Increase zoom
Cmd + - (Minus)	Decrease zoom
Cmd + 0	Revert to default zoom
Cmd + ; (Semicolon)	Spellcheck document
Shift + Cmd + ; (Semicolon)	Show Spelling and Grammar panel
¹Use in Quick Open panel. ²Preview window shows PDF by default. Select relevant export format from dropdown menu in title bar for corresponding preview. ³Shortcut is available only when preview window is open. ⁴Shortcut deletes sheet immediately without sending it to Trash. ⁵If focus is in Sheet List, popover panel appears and if focus is in Editor, sidebar panel appears. ⁶Shortcut cycles through available actions when used multiple times. ⁷Favorites group appears in Library only when there are one or more favorited sheets. ⁸Use shortcut after opening Find panel or Find and Replace panel. ⁹Search looks for keywords in Sheet List and Editor. ¹⁰Shortcut works only when panel is in focus. ¹¹Refers to Split View in Ulysses and not system-wide Split View option on macOS. However, shortcut works with both options.

Shortcuts for Ulysses on iPad and iPhone

Ulysses is a pleasure to use, and more so once you transition to a smoother workflow using our shortcuts cheat sheet.

You can even use some of these shortcuts in the Ulysses app on iPhone and iPad. To discover the best of them, hold down the Cmd key on the keyboard connected to your mobile device.

And remember, Ulysses is one of the premium Mac apps that make a Setapp subscription worthwhile. So if you already have a Setapp subscription, you don’t need to pay for a standalone Ulysses subscription.

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