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| ====== Managing Local Files ====== | ====== Managing Local Files ====== | ||
| - | //In the latest beta version,// &beta WinSCP [[ui_commander|Commander interface]] can serve as two-panel local file manager, in addition to still being able to manage remote files. | + | WinSCP [[ui_commander|Commander interface]] can serve as two-panel local file manager, in addition to being able to manage remote files. |
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| + | ===== Using WinSCP as Local File Manager ===== | ||
| When WinSCP starts, it by default opens with one local [[ui_tabs|tab]], what is a tab in which both [[ui_file_panel|file panels]] show a local folder. While WinSCP still by default pops a [[ui_login|Login dialog]] over it, if you cancel it, you can easily manage your local files. You can opt not to get the Login dialog by default by unchecking the //Show Login dialog on startup ...// checkbox at the bottom of the dialog.((You can do that also (or revert that) in [[ui_pref_window|preferences]].)) | When WinSCP starts, it by default opens with one local [[ui_tabs|tab]], what is a tab in which both [[ui_file_panel|file panels]] show a local folder. While WinSCP still by default pops a [[ui_login|Login dialog]] over it, if you cancel it, you can easily manage your local files. You can opt not to get the Login dialog by default by unchecking the //Show Login dialog on startup ...// checkbox at the bottom of the dialog.((You can do that also (or revert that) in [[ui_pref_window|preferences]].)) | ||
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| In the local tab, both panels work as independent local folder browsers. You can copy or move files between the panels easily, both using mouse and keyboard. | In the local tab, both panels work as independent local folder browsers. You can copy or move files between the panels easily, both using mouse and keyboard. | ||
| - | You can have multiple local tabs opened. And you can combine those with remote tabs, i.e. tabs that have a remote file panel. To open a new local tab, go to //Tab > New Tab > Local//, or more easily, use the drop·down menu on the [[ui_tabs#working|//New Tab// tab]]. If you use local tabs more often than remote tabs, configure //New Tab// not to open remote tabs by default, by unchecking //Tab > New Tab > Default to Remote Tab//. | + | You can do all basic operations with local files in WinSCP: |
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| + | * Browsing folders | ||
| + | * Opening and editing files | ||
| + | * Coping and moving files | ||
| + | * Deleting files | ||
| + | * Renaming files | ||
| + | * Showing and changing file properties | ||
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| + | ===== Local Tabs ===== | ||
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| + | You can have multiple local tabs opened. And you can combine those with remote tabs, i.e. tabs that have a remote file panel. To open a new local tab, go to //Tabs > New Tab > Local Tab//, or more easily, use the drop-down menu on the [[ui_tabs#working|//New Tab// tab]]. If you use local tabs more often than remote tabs, configure //New Tab// not to open remote tabs by default, by unchecking //Tabs > New Tab > Default to Remote Tab//. | ||
| The local tabs are part of your [[workspace]]. If you [[workspace#auto|enable automatic workspace saving]] and opt not to show the Login dialog on startup, your tabs will automatically restore, when you start WinSCP. | The local tabs are part of your [[workspace]]. If you [[workspace#auto|enable automatic workspace saving]] and opt not to show the Login dialog on startup, your tabs will automatically restore, when you start WinSCP. | ||
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