Keyboard Shortcuts

If you have paired a Bluetooth keyboard with your iOS device, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts with OmniOutliner 2 for iOS. These are the same keyboard shortcuts you’ll find in OmniOutliner for Mac, so you should feel right at home.

As an added bonus for iOS 9 users, you don’t have to worry about trying to memorize the keyboard shortcuts, because OmniOutliner presents them to you whenever you hold down the Command (⌘) key on your Bluetooth keyboard. The basic list of keyboard shortcuts is shown when you don’t have anything selected in your outline:

The keyboard shortcut HUD when no row is selected

If you do have a row selected in your outline, the shortcut overlay offers multiple screens of shortcuts. With the Command (⌘) held down, you can swipe left or right through the overlay to locate the keyboard shortcut you’re looking for.

The keyboard overlay when a row is selected

Similarly, if you are editing a row (such as entering or deleting text, adding an image, and so on), holding down the Command key (⌘) displays another set of keyboard shortcuts you can use.

The keyboard overlay when editing a row

Editing

CommandKeyboard Shortcut
CutCommand-X
CopyCommand-C
PasteCommand-V
Copy StyleOption-Command-C
Paste StyleOption-Command-V

Styles

CommandKeyboard Shortcut
BoldCommand-B
ItalicCommand-I
UnderlineCommand-U
Clear custom styleControl-Command-Delete
Increase font sizeCommand-+
Decrease font sizeCommand-–
Toggle first named styleControl-1
Toggle second named styleControl-2
Toggle third named styleControl-3
Toggle forth named styleControl-4
Toggle fifth named styleControl-5
Toggle sixth named styleControl-6
Toggle seventh named styleControl-7
Toggle eighth named styleControl-8
Toggle ninth named styleControl-9
Toggle tenth named styleControl-0
Split row at cursorControl-Return
Insert line breakOption-Return
Toggle editing current rowCommand-Return

Reorganize

CommandKeyboard Shortcut
Move row upControl-Command-↑
Move row downControl-Command-↓
Move row leftControl-Command-←
Move row rightControl-Command-→
Split RowControl-Command-Return
Indent rowCommand-] or Tab
Outdent rowCommand-[ or Shift-Tab
Add rowReturn
Add row aboveShift-Return
Add childShift-Command-]
Add auntShift-Command-[
GroupOption-Command-G
UngroupOption-Command-U
DuplicateCommand-D
Toggle editing noteCommand-'
Select allCommand-A
Deselect allShift-Command-A
Back deleteDelete
Forward deletefn-Delete
Move to next cellTab
The Tab key can be used to either indent/outdent, or to navigate between cells.

View

CommandKeyboard Shortcut
Expand all rowsControl-Command-9
Collapse all rowsControl-Command-0
Expand selected rowsCommand-9
Collapse selected rowsCommand-0
Expand selected rows completelyOption-Command-9
Collapse selected rows completelyOption-Command-0
Toggle Note visibility for all rowsControl-Command-'
Zoom in on text (makes the text bigger onscreen, but doesn’t change the font size in the document)Shift-Command->
Zoom out on text (makes the text smaller onscreen, but doesn’t change the font size in the document)Shift-Command-<
The following commands only work when you already have a row selected:
Scroll to First RowCommand-↑
Scroll to Last RowCommand-↓
Move selected row upu
Move selected row downd
Move leftl
Move rightr
Edit rowe
Toggle statusSpacebar
GroupOption-Command-G
UngroupOption-Command-U
Select row above↑
Select row below↓
Expand selected row(s)→
Collapse selected row(s)←
Add row above to selectionShift-↑
Add row below to selectionShift-↓
Toggle Note visibility for selected row(s)Option-Command-'

Find

CommandKeyboard Shortcut
FindCommand-F
Select previous match↑
Select next match↓
Select all matchesCommand-A
Only works when in row selection mode.