Keyboard shortcuts

SongSheet Pro has added many keyboard shortcuts to ease your song editing tasks. Below you can find some of the shortcuts, along with a short explanation of what they do.

If you are on iOS 18 or earlier, press and hold ⌘ (the command key) for three seconds, and a handy window will pop up summarizing the shortcuts available within the app. For iOS 26 or later, press and hold 🌐 (the globe key) or swipe down from the top of the screen, and the menu bar will open, allowing you to see the iPad’s system keyboard shortcuts.

We have also outlined all the keyboard shortcuts available to you in the appendix.

In the song editor:

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
⇧⌘C	Enter a custom chord name
⌘↩	Apply changes to the chord