Available Keyboard Shortcuts for iPad and Vision Pro

When using a hardware keyboard with your iPad or Vision Pro, you can take advantage of a variety of powerful shortcuts while connected to a computer during a Screens session.

Connection Controls

• Grab Screenshot (iPad) — ⇧⌃⌘ R
  Capture the current screen of your remote computer.

• Close Connection — ⇧⌃⌘ C
  End your active connection and return to the main view.

Desktop Navigation

• Mission Control — ⇧⌃⌘ ↑
  Display all open windows.

• Application Windows — ⇧⌃⌘ ↓
  Show all windows of the active application.

• Move Left a Space — ⇧⌃⌘ ←
  Switch to the desktop space on the left.

• Move Right a Space — ⇧⌃⌘ →
  Switch to the desktop space on the right.

App Management

• Minimize (iPad) — ⇧⌃⌘ M
  Minimize the current window.

• Hide — ⇧⌃⌘ H
  Hide the active app.

• Hide Others — ⇧⌃⌥⌘ H
  Hide all other apps except the current one.

• Close (iPad) — ⇧⌃⌘ W
  Close the active window or tab.

• Quit — ⇧⌃⌘ Q
  Quit the active app.

System Commands

• Force Quit — ⇧⌃⌘ ⎋
  Open the Force Quit dialog.

• Lock Screen (iPad) — ⇧⌃⌘ S
  Lock the remote Mac screen.

• Log Out User (iPad) — ⇧⌃⌘ U
  Log out the current user session.

• Ctrl–Alt–Del — ⇧⌃⌘ ⌫
  Send the Ctrl–Alt–Del command to a Windows or Linux computer.

Other Shortcuts

• Type User Password — ⇧⌃⌘ P
  Automatically type the saved password for the connected computer.

• Spotlight Search — ⇧⌃⌘ Space
  Open Spotlight on the remote Mac.

• Backslash (iPad) — ⇧⌃⌘ \
  Type a backslash character if not available on your hardware keyboard.

• Insert (iPad) — ⇧⌃⌘ |
  Type the Insert character.

Some shortcuts are currently exclusive to iPad but will also be available on Vision Pro in a future update.