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Main Window (Norton Commander Interface)
Norton Commander Interface is based on Norton Commander (and similar file managers). A local folder is displayed in the left panel and a remote folder in the right panel. Files are usually transfered between these two folders, though it is possible to transfer files into a different folder.
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The screen of the interface has several components. Some of them are hidden by default. They are (from the top to the bottom):
- Main toolbar with the main menu.
- Local and remote panels, each having own toolbar, path display, directory tree (hidden by default) and status line
- Remote panel (on the right by default)
- Command line
- Background transfer queue list
- Key bar
- Status line
You can show/hide most of these components from the View menu or using context menus.
Function Keys
- F2 - Rename selected file
- F4 - Edit in internal editor
- F5 - Copy selected file between local and remote directories
- F6 - Move selected file between local and remote directories
- F7 - Create new Directory
- F8 - Delete selected file
- F9 - Show Properties of selected file
- F10 - Quit WinSCP Application
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With Shift
- F4 - Edit in external editor
- F6 - Move remote between two remote directories
With Alt
- F1 - Change drive
- F6 - Add/Edit links/shortcut
With Ctrl
- F3 - Sort on name
- F4 - Sort on extension
- F5 - Sort on modify date
- F6 - Sort on size
- F7 - Sort on attribute/permission
- F8 - Sort on owner name
- F9 - Sort on Group name
Other Hotkeys
- Ctrl-O - Open Directory/Bookmark
- Ctrl-Alt-E - open in windows explorer
- BackSpace - Go to parent directory
- Ctrl-\ - Go to root directory
- Ctrl-H - Go to home directory
- Ctrl-R - Refresh Directory view
- Ctrl-B - Create bookmark
- Ctrl-[ - Copy local directory path to clipboard
- Ctrl-] - Copy remote directory path to clipboard
- ins - Select/Unselect file
- num+ - Select files
- num- - Unselect files
- num* - Invert selection of files
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- Ctrl-A - Select all
- Ctrl-Enter - insert filename to command line
- Shift-Ctrl-C - copy filename to clipboard
- Ctrl-Alt-C - copy filename with path to clipboard
- Ctrl-C - Compare directory
- Ctrl-U - Keep remote directory up-to-date
- Ctrl-S - Synchronize
- Ctrl-Alt-B - Synchronize browsing
- Ctrl-T - Open terminal
- Ctrl-P - Open in PuTTY
- Ctrl-N - Open new Session
- Alt-1, Alt-2 … - Switch to other opened session
- Shift-Ctrl-D - Disconnect session
- Ctrl-Alt-N - Show/Hide command line
- Ctrl-Alt-P - Preferences