Bear Tips: How to use Edit Mode to tap links | Y.E.S bear blog
WedesignedBearsoyoucaneasilyslipinandoutofeditingyournotes.Infact,theshiftinEditModeisprettysubtle,anditcanaffecthowafewfeatureswork.Putsimply,EditModeistoggledwheneveryoutaporclickontheEditor(Bear’sthird,right-mostpanewhereyoueditnotes).Ifyouseeacursor,you’reinEditModeandyoucanstarttyping.However,EditModealsochangeshowsomefeaturesbehave,specifically:linksarenotone-tap/clickableexistingsketchesoniPadandiPhonecannotbeeditedWhileeditinganote,youcanleaveEditModeinafewways:PressCommand+Returnona...
We designed Bear so you can easily slip in and out of editing your notes. In fact, the shift in Edit Mode is pretty subtle, and it can affect how a few features work.
Put simply, Edit Mode is toggled whenever you tap or click on the Editor (Bear’s third, right-most pane where you edit notes). If you see a cursor, you’re in Edit Mode and you can start typing. However, Edit Mode also changes how some features behave, specifically:
links are not one-tap/clickableexisting sketches on iPad and iPhone cannot be editedWhile editing a note, you can leave Edit Mode in a few ways:
Press Command + Return on a hardware keyboard. Bonus tip: yes, Bear for iOS has good keyboard support[1], even on iPhone!Select a different note in the Note ListOn an iPad or iPhone without a keyboard, swipe down on the note to hide the on-screen keyboard, orSwipe right from anywhere in the Editor on iOS (not just from the left edge). We spent time making this feature, as we wanted t...