Keyboard shortcuts

SongSheet Pro has many custom keyboard shortcuts to ease your navigation within the app. This page outlines the shortcuts available to you if you are using an external keyboard. If you need to remind yourself of these shortcuts in the app, press and hold ⌘ (the command key) for three seconds, and a handy window will pop up summarising the shortcuts available to you at that moment.

Navigation shortcuts:

Shortcut	Action
⌘N	Create a new song
⇧⌘N	Create a new setlist
⌘E	Toggle song edit mode
⇧⌘D	Share the currently selected song
⌘P	Open the Print/PDF Preview for the currently selected song
⌘.	Exit song view and return to Library view (iOS 18)
⎋	Exit song view and return to Library view
⌃⌘S	Show/Hide sidebar

When editing a song:

Shortcut	Action
⇧⌘L	Format line as lyrics
⇧⌘C	Format line as comment
⌥⇧⌘L	Format stanza as lyrics
⌥⇧⌘T	Format stanza as tablature
⌘R	Rename current stanza
⌘S	Select the chord at the current cursor location

When a chord is selected:

Shortcut	Action
◀︎	Move the chord left one character
▶︎	Move the chord right one character
⌫	Delete the chord
⌘D	Deselect the chord
⌘.	Deselect the chord
esc	Deselect the chord
⇧⌘C	Enter a custom chord name
⌘↩	Apply changes to the chord

Interacting with the song:

Shortcut	Action
.	Set or remove favorite status on a song
F	Set or remove flag status on a song

The following shortcuts are configurable in SongSheet Pro’s settings:

Shortcut	Action
◀︎	Move to the previous song in the library or setlist
▶︎	Move to the next song in the library or setlist
▲	Go to the previous stanza
▼	Go to the next stanza

When working with autoscroll or a backing track:

Shortcut	Action
▲	Jump backward 10 seconds
▼	Jump forward 10 seconds

The following shortcuts are configurable in SongSheet Pro’s settings:

Shortcut	Action
↩︎	Jump forward 2 seconds
space	Play or pause the autoscroll or backing track

Built-in formatting shortcuts:

Shortcut	Action
⌘+	Make text bigger
⌘-	Make text smaller

Built-in editing shortcuts:

Shortcut	Action
⌘Z	Undo change
⇧⌘Z	Redo change
⌘X	Cut selected text
⌘C	Copy selected text
⌘V	Paste clipboard contents
⌘A	Select all lyrics
🌐D	Enter dictation mode
🌐E	Open emoji picker