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⤢ BEAR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W E R ⇧ ⌘ Restore … T ⌘ Insert T… Y U ⌘ Underline I ⌘ Italic O ⌘ Open Qui… P ⇧ ⌘ Pin / Un… A ⌘ Select A… S ⇧ ⌘ Export S… D ⌘ Wiki Link F ⌘ Search I… G H J K ⌘ Link L ⌘ Unordere… Z X C ⌥ ⌘ Inline C… V B ⌘ Bold N ⌘ Create N… M ⇧ ⌘ Highligh… MORE SHORTCUTS Ordered List ⇧ ⌘ L Toggle Todo ⌘ . Search Inside… ⇧ ⌘ F Delete Select… ⌘ ⌫ Strikethrough ⇧ ⌘ U Code Block ⌃ ⌘ C Move Line Up ⌘ ⌥ ↑ Move Line Down ⌘ ⌥ ↓ End Editing ⌘ ↵ Search and Re… ⌥ ⌘ F Navigate Back… ⌘ [ Navigate Forw… ⌘ ] Quote ⇧ ⌘ T Shift Line Ri… ⌥ ⌘ → Shift Line Le… ⌥ ⌘ ← Toggle Folding ⌘ ' Copy Link to … ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ L Create New No… ⌥ ⌘ N Toggle Table … ⇧ ⌘ A Toggle Backli… ⇧ ⌘ B Import Notes ⇧ ⌘ O Print Note ⌘ P Show Preferen… ⌘ , Enter Fullscr… ⌃ ⌘ F shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH BEAR · MAC
BEAR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A ⌘ Select A… Z E R ⇧ ⌘ Restore … T ⌘ Insert T… Y U ⌘ Underline I ⌘ Italic O ⌘ Open Qui… P ⇧ ⌘ Pin / Un… Q S ⇧ ⌘ Export S… D ⌘ Wiki Link F ⌘ Search I… G H J K ⌘ Link L ⌘ Unordere… M ⇧ ⌘ Highligh… W X C ⌥ ⌘ Inline C… V B ⌘ Bold N ⌘ Create N… MORE SHORTCUTS Ordered List ⇧ ⌘ L Toggle Todo ⌘ . Search Inside… ⇧ ⌘ F Delete Select… ⌘ ⌫ Strikethrough ⇧ ⌘ U Code Block ⌃ ⌘ C Move Line Up ⌘ ⌥ ↑ Move Line Down ⌘ ⌥ ↓ End Editing ⌘ ↵ Search and Re… ⌥ ⌘ F Navigate Back… ⌘ [ Navigate Forw… ⌘ ] Quote ⇧ ⌘ T Shift Line Ri… ⌥ ⌘ → Shift Line Le… ⌥ ⌘ ← Toggle Folding ⌘ ' Copy Link to … ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ L Create New No… ⌥ ⌘ N Toggle Table … ⇧ ⌘ A Toggle Backli… ⇧ ⌘ B Import Notes ⇧ ⌘ O Print Note ⌘ P Show Preferen… ⌘ , Enter Fullscr… ⌃ ⌘ F shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH BEAR · MAC
⤢ FORMATTING Bold ⌘ B Italic ⌘ I Link ⌘ K Insert Todo ⌘ T Unordered List ⌘ L Ordered List ⇧ ⌘ L Underline ⌘ U Strikethrough ⇧ ⌘ U Highlighter / Marker ⇧ ⌘ M Wiki Link ⌘ D Inline Code ⌥ ⌘ C Code Block ⌃ ⌘ C Quote ⇧ ⌘ T WINDOW Show Preferences ⌘ , Enter Fullscreen ⌃ ⌘ F NAVIGATION Open Quick Open Panel ⌘ O Navigate Back in Hist… ⌘ [ Navigate Forward in H… ⌘ ] Toggle Table of Conte… ⇧ ⌘ A Toggle Backlinks Panel ⇧ ⌘ B EDITING Toggle Todo ⌘ . Select All ⌘ A Move Line Up ⌘ ⌥ ↑ Move Line Down ⌘ ⌥ ↓ End Editing ⌘ ↵ Shift Line Right ⌥ ⌘ → Shift Line Left ⌥ ⌘ ← Toggle Folding ⌘ ' Copy Link to Note ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ L NOTES Create New Note ⌘ N Delete Selected Note ⌘ ⌫ Pin / Unpin Selected … ⇧ ⌘ P Create New Note in Ne… ⌥ ⌘ N Restore Selected Note ⇧ ⌘ R SEARCH Search Inside Current… ⌘ F Search Inside Note Li… ⇧ ⌘ F Search and Replace in… ⌥ ⌘ F FILE Export Selected Notes ⇧ ⌘ S Import Notes ⇧ ⌘ O Print Note ⌘ P Bear KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 40 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH BEAR · MAC ⤢ FORMATTING 13 Bold ⌘ B Italic ⌘ I Link ⌘ K Insert Todo ⌘ T Unordered List ⌘ L Ordered List ⇧ ⌘ L Underline ⌘ U Strikethrough ⇧ ⌘ U Highlighter / Marker ⇧ ⌘ M Wiki Link ⌘ D Inline Code ⌥ ⌘ C Code Block ⌃ ⌘ C Quote ⇧ ⌘ T WINDOW 02 Show Preferences ⌘ , Enter Fullscreen ⌃ ⌘ F NOTES 05 Create New Note ⌘ N Delete Selected Note ⌘ ⌫ Pin / Unpin Selected … ⇧ ⌘ P Create New Note in Ne… ⌥ ⌘ N Restore Selected Note ⇧ ⌘ R SEARCH 03 Search Inside Current… ⌘ F Search Inside Note Li… ⇧ ⌘ F Search and Replace in… ⌥ ⌘ F FILE 03 Export Selected Notes ⇧ ⌘ S Import Notes ⇧ ⌘ O Print Note ⌘ P NAVIGATION 05 Open Quick Open Panel ⌘ O Navigate Back in Hist… ⌘ [ Navigate Forward in H… ⌘ ] Toggle Table of Conte… ⇧ ⌘ A Toggle Backlinks Panel ⇧ ⌘ B EDITING 09 Toggle Todo ⌘ . Select All ⌘ A Move Line Up ⌘ ⌥ ↑ Move Line Down ⌘ ⌥ ↓ End Editing ⌘ ↵ Shift Line Right ⌥ ⌘ → Shift Line Left ⌥ ⌘ ← Toggle Folding ⌘ ' Copy Link to Note ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ L Bear KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 40 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH BEAR · MAC
⤢ BEAR · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 7 SETS · No.01 BEAR TOTAL 40 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS FORMATTING 13 NOTES 05 NAVIGATION 05 EDITING 09 SEARCH 03 FILE 03 WINDOW 02 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Bold ⌘ B Italic ⌘ I Link ⌘ K Insert Todo ⌘ T Unordered List ⌘ L Ordered List ⇧ ⌘ L Underline ⌘ U Strikethrough ⇧ ⌘ U Highlighter / Marker ⇧ ⌘ M Wiki Link ⌘ D Inline Code ⌥ ⌘ C Code Block ⌃ ⌘ C Quote ⇧ ⌘ T Create New Note ⌘ N Delete Selected Note ⌘ ⌫ Pin / Unpin Selected Note ⇧ ⌘ P Create New Note in New Window ⌥ ⌘ N Restore Selected Note ⇧ ⌘ R Open Quick Open Panel ⌘ O Navigate Back in History ⌘ [ Navigate Forward in History ⌘ ] Toggle Table of Contents Panel ⇧ ⌘ A Toggle Backlinks Panel ⇧ ⌘ B Toggle Todo ⌘ . Select All ⌘ A Move Line Up ⌘ ⌥ ↑ Move Line Down ⌘ ⌥ ↓ End Editing ⌘ ↵ Shift Line Right ⌥ ⌘ → Shift Line Left ⌥ ⌘ ← Toggle Folding ⌘ ' Copy Link to Note ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ L Search Inside Current Note ⌘ F Search Inside Note List ⇧ ⌘ F Search and Replace in Note ⌥ ⌘ F Export Selected Notes ⇧ ⌘ S Import Notes ⇧ ⌘ O Print Note ⌘ P Show Preferences ⌘ , Enter Fullscreen ⌃ ⌘ F
BEAR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W E R T ⌘ Insert T… Y U ⌘ Underline I ⌘ Italic O ⌘ Open Qui… P A ⌘ Select A… S D F ⌘ Search I… G H J K ⌘ Link L ⌘ Unordere… Z X C V B ⌘ Bold N ⌘ Create N… M MORE SHORTCUTS Ordered List ⇧ ⌘ L Toggle Todo ⌘ . Search Inside Not… ⇧ ⌘ F Delete Selected N… ⌘ ⌫ shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH BEAR · MAC Keyboard map FORMATTING Bold ⌘ B Italic ⌘ I Link ⌘ K Insert Todo ⌘ T Unordered List ⌘ L Ordered List ⇧ ⌘ L Underline ⌘ U SEARCH Search Inside Current Note ⌘ F Search Inside Note List ⇧ ⌘ F NOTES Create New Note ⌘ N Delete Selected Note ⌘ ⌫ NAVIGATION Open Quick Open Panel ⌘ O EDITING Toggle Todo ⌘ . Select All ⌘ A Bear KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH BEAR · MAC Isometric FORMATTING 07 Bold ⌘ B Italic ⌘ I Link ⌘ K Insert Todo ⌘ T Unordered List ⌘ L Ordered List ⇧ ⌘ L Underline ⌘ U SEARCH 02 Search Inside Current Note ⌘ F Search Inside Note List ⇧ ⌘ F NOTES 02 Create New Note ⌘ N Delete Selected Note ⌘ ⌫ NAVIGATION 01 Open Quick Open Panel ⌘ O EDITING 02 Toggle Todo ⌘ . Select All ⌘ A Bear KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH BEAR · MAC Typewriter BEAR · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 5 SETS · No.01 BEAR TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS FORMATTING 07 NOTES 02 NAVIGATION 01 EDITING 02 SEARCH 02 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Bold ⌘ B Italic ⌘ I Link ⌘ K Insert Todo ⌘ T Unordered List ⌘ L Ordered List ⇧ ⌘ L Underline ⌘ U Create New Note ⌘ N Delete Selected Note ⌘ ⌫ Open Quick Open Panel ⌘ O Toggle Todo ⌘ . Select All ⌘ A Search Inside Current Note ⌘ F Search Inside Note List ⇧ ⌘ F Editorial Bear is a markdown-based notes app for macOS that uses tags to organize writing in a clean, focused interface. Keyboard shortcuts speed up formatting, tagging, and jumping between notes so your writing stays uninterrupted.
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All Bear keyboard shortcuts (Mac)
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13 Action Shortcut Bold ⌘ B Italic ⌘ I Link ⌘ K Insert Todo ⌘ T Unordered List ⌘ L Ordered List ⇧ ⌘ L Underline ⌘ U Strikethrough ⇧ ⌘ U Highlighter / Marker ⇧ ⌘ M Wiki Link ⌘ D Inline Code ⌥ ⌘ C Code Block ⌃ ⌘ C Quote ⇧ ⌘ T
9 Action Shortcut Toggle Todo ⌘ . Select All ⌘ A Move Line Up ⌘ ⌥ ↑ Move Line Down ⌘ ⌥ ↓ End Editing ⌘ ↵ Shift Line Right ⌥ ⌘ → Shift Line Left ⌥ ⌘ ← Toggle Folding ⌘ ' Copy Link to Note ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ L
5 Action Shortcut Create New Note ⌘ N Delete Selected Note ⌘ ⌫ Pin / Unpin Selected Note ⇧ ⌘ P Create New Note in New Window ⌥ ⌘ N Restore Selected Note ⇧ ⌘ R
5 Action Shortcut Open Quick Open Panel ⌘ O Navigate Back in History ⌘ [ Navigate Forward in History ⌘ ] Toggle Table of Contents Panel ⇧ ⌘ A Toggle Backlinks Panel ⇧ ⌘ B
3 Action Shortcut Search Inside Current Note ⌘ F Search Inside Note List ⇧ ⌘ F Search and Replace in Note ⌥ ⌘ F
3 Action Shortcut Export Selected Notes ⇧ ⌘ S Import Notes ⇧ ⌘ O Print Note ⌘ P
2 Action Shortcut Show Preferences ⌘ , Enter Fullscreen ⌃ ⌘ F
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Does the poster include every Bear shortcut? Bear has 40 keyboard shortcuts in total — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
Can I print it at home? Yes. The digital download is a high-resolution 300 DPI file you can print at home or at any print shop, in standard frame sizes.
Does it cover both Mac and Windows? We sell separate Mac and Windows editions so every key matches your keyboard exactly. This page is the macOS edition.
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