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title: "Keyboard shortcuts in iOS PDF viewer | Nutrient SDK"
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last_updated: "2026-06-08T19:21:59.248Z"
description: "Discover essential keyboard shortcuts for the iOS PDF viewer in Nutrient iOS SDK. Enhance your workflow and navigate efficiently with quick actions using an external keyboard."
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# Keyboard shortcuts in our iOS viewer

Nutrient offers various keyboard shortcuts that improve the user experience for those using an external keyboard. You can see the available keyboard shortcuts by pressing and holding the Command (⌘) key.

### Bar button item shortcuts

Bar button items displayed in `PSPDFViewController` have shortcuts associated with them, and each shortcut simply executes the corresponding item’s `action`.

| Action                          | Shortcut          | Bar button item                   |
| ------------------------------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------- |
| Toggle Annotation Toolbar       | ⌘ ⇧ A             | [`annotationButtonItem`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/ios/documentation/pspdfkitui/pdfviewcontroller/annotationbuttonitem)        |
| Outline                         | ⌘ I               | [`outlineButtonItem`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/ios/documentation/pspdfkitui/pdfviewcontroller/outlinebuttonitem)           |
| Search                          | ⌘ F               | [`searchButtonItem`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/ios/documentation/pspdfkitui/pdfviewcontroller/searchbuttonitem)            |
| Go Back (Navigation Controller) | ⌘ ← (⌘ → for RTL) | Pops the current navigation item. |
| Share                           | ⌘ S               | [`activityButtonItem`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/ios/documentation/pspdfkitui/pdfviewcontroller/activitybuttonitem)          |
| Email                           | ⌘ M               | [`emailButtonItem`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/ios/documentation/pspdfkitui/pdfviewcontroller/emailbuttonitem)             |
| Open In                         | ⌘ O               | [`openInButtonItem`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/ios/documentation/pspdfkitui/pdfviewcontroller/openinbuttonitem)            |
| Print                           | ⌘ P               | [`printButtonItem`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/ios/documentation/pspdfkitui/pdfviewcontroller/printbuttonitem)             |
| Cancel                          | esc               | [`UIBarButtonSystemItemCancel`](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uibarbuttonsystemitem/uibarbuttonsystemitemcancel?language=objc) |

### Table navigation

Nutrient also supports using the keyboard to navigate a table view.

| Action                | Shortcut   |
| --------------------- | ---------- |
| Change Selected Row   | Arrow keys |
| Activate Selected Row | return     |
| Clear Selection       | esc        |

Note that on the Smart Keyboard Folio for iPad, there is no escape key. Instead, escape is mapped to ⌘.

### Tabbed bar

When viewing documents in the tabbed view, `PSPDFTabbedViewController`, the following shortcuts can be used.

| Action               | Shortcut       |
| -------------------- | -------------- |
| Show Next Tab        | ⌃ tab or ⌘ ]   |
| Show Previous Tab    | ⌃ ⇧ tab or ⌘ [ |
| Close Current Tab    | ⌘ W            |
| Close All Tabs       | ⌘ ⇧ W          |
| Close All Other Tabs | ⌘ ⌥ W          |
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## Related pages

- [Selecting text in our iOS viewer](/guides/ios/features/text-selection.md)
- [Drag and drop text or images in our iOS viewer](/guides/ios/features/drag-and-drop.md)
- [Trackpad and mouse support in our iOS viewer](/guides/ios/features/trackpad-and-mouse-support.md)
- [Customize zooming options in our iOS viewer](/guides/ios/miscellaneous/zooming.md)
- [Customize user interactions on iOS](/guides/ios/customizing-the-interface/handling-user-interactions.md)