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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.
Learn if this interface is appropriate for your needs.
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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
- 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.
Using the Interface
While you can control the interface with mouse, it is primarily designed to be controlled using keyboard. If you are not familliar with the Norton Commander concept there are few important things you need to learn:
- Use
Tabkey to switch between the left and right panel - Keyboard shortcut for file operations are sensitive to the panel that has focus. I.e. if the local panel has focus, pressing
F5(copy) will cause upload of select files, while if the remote panel has focus, pressing the same key will cause download of select files. - By default file selection works very different to what you may be used to from other Windows applications (like Windows explorer).
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Selecting Files
By default file selection works very different to what you may be used to from other Windows applications. Differences are:
- Selection is not cleared when you click outside of the selected region or change the focused file.
- When selecting files using keyboard use
SpaceorInsertkey.Spacejust selects/unselects focused file.Insertbeside the selection moves the focus to the next file. So you may select five files in a row by pressingInsertkeys five times. - You can also select/unselect files by mask (like
*.html), usingPlus/Minuskeys on numeric keypad. - For other selection shortcuts see Mark menu.
You may wish to switch to standard Windows selection style.
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
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
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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
- 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
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