Commander Keyboard Shortcuts

• Tab – Change active panel

• Ctrl+R/F5 – Re-read panel
• Backspace or Alt+Up – Open parent directory
• Ctrl+\ – Open root directory
• Ctrl+H – Open home directory
• Alt+Left – Go back
• Alt+Right – Go forward

• Alt+F1 – Open path change menu for left panel
• Alt+F2 – Open path change menu for right panel

• Ctrl+B – Bookmark current directory
• Ctrl+O, Ctrl+L, Alt+D – Display bookmark window

• Ctrl+Alt+T – Toggle tree panel

• Ins – Select/deselect file
• Num+ – Select group
• Num- – Deselect group
• Num* – Invert selection
• Ctrl+A – Select all files
• Shift+Ctrl+L – Deselect all files
• Shift+Ctrl+S – Restore selection

• F2 – Rename focused file
• F4 – Edit focused file
• Shift+F4 – Edit (create) new file
• Ctrl+Alt+F4 – Edit focused file in an internal editor
• F5/Ctrl+K – Download (when remote panel is active), Upload (when local panel is active) selected files, Copy (when both panels are local)
• Shift+F5 – Duplicate selected files (remote panel only)
• F6 – Download (when remote panel is active), Upload (when local panel is active) selected files and delete original, Move (when both panels are local)
• Shift+F5 – Duplicate selected files (remote panel only)
• Shift+F6 – Move/rename selected files (remote panel only)
• Alt+F6 – Add/edit link
• F7 – Create new folder
• F8, Del – Delete selected files
• Shift+Del – Delete selected files (alternative)
• F9, Alt+Enter – Change properties of selected files
• Shift+Alt+Enter – Calculate sizes of selected directories
• Ctrl+C – Copy the selected files to the clipboard
• Ctrl+V – Paste files, open path from clipboard, open session URL from clipboard

• Shift+Ctrl+D, Ctrl+W – Close active tab
• Ctrl+T – Open a new tab
• Ctrl+N – Open a new remote tab/session
• Shift+Ctrl+N – Open a new local tab
• Shift+Ctrl+R – Reconnect session
• Ctrl+Tab, Shift+Ctrl+Tab – Cycle opened sessions
• Alt+1, Alt+2 … Alt+9, Alt+0 – Switch to other opened session

• Ctrl+Alt+B – Toggle synchronized browsing
• Shift+F2 – Compare files in panels
• Ctrl+P – Open current session in PuTTY
• Ctrl+Alt+P – Open Preferences dialog
• Shift+Ctrl+Q – Process queue
• Ctrl+Alt+R – Toggle automatical refresh of remote directory after operation
• Ctrl+S – Synchronize directories
• Ctrl+U – Keep remote directory up to date
• Shift+Ctrl+T – Open terminal window
• F10, Alt+F4 – Quit
• Alt+F7/F3 – Find file
• Esc – Cancels reading of remote directory

• Ctrl+F3 – Sort files in the active panel by name
• Ctrl+F4 – Sort files in the active panel by extension
• Ctrl+F5 – Sort files in the active panel by modification time
• Ctrl+F6 – Sort files in the active panel by size
• Ctrl+F7 – Sort files in the active panel by attributes/permissions
• Ctrl+F8 – Sort files in the active panel by owner (remote panel only)
• Ctrl+F9 – Sort files in the active panel by group (remote panel only)

• Ctrl+Enter – Insert names of selected files to command line
• Shift+Ctrl+C – Copy names of selected files to the clipboard
• Ctrl+Alt+C – Copy names of selected files including paths to the clipboard
• Ctrl+[ – Copy current local path to the clipboard
• Ctrl+] – Copy current remote path to the clipboard

• Ctrl+Alt+H – Toggle hidden and system files displaying
• Ctrl+Alt+F – Filter files
• Ctrl+Alt+E – Open current directory in Windows File Explorer (local panel only)
• Shift+Ctrl+M – Show/focus command line
• Ctrl+Q – Focus queue view (when visible)

You can associate custom keyboard shorcuts with some features.