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Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation
File Selection
File Management
Session Management
Service Commands
File Panels

File Selection

Ctrl+Space - Select/deselect file
Num+ - Select group
Num- - Deselect group
Num* - Invert selection
Ctrl+A - Select all files
Ctrl+L - Deselect all files
Ctrl+Alt+R - Restore selection

File Management

F2 - Rename focused file
Ctrl+E - Edit focused file
Shift+Ctrl+E - Edit (create) new file
Ctrl+C - Download selected files
Ctrl+M - Move selected files to local directory
Ctrl+Alt+M - Move/rename selected files
Ctrl+Alt+L - Add/edit link
Ctrl+D - Create new folder
Del - Delete selected files
Shift+Del - Delete selected files (alternative)
Alt+Enter - Change properties of selected files
Ctrl+V - Paste files

Session Management

Shift+Ctrl+D - Close active session
Ctrl+N - Open new session
Ctrl+Tab, Shift+Ctrl+Tab - Cycle opened sessions
Alt+1, Alt+2 … - Switch to other opened session

Service Commands

Ctrl+P - Open current session in PuTTY
Ctrl+Alt+P - Open Preferences dialog
Ctrl+Alt+R - Toggle automatical refresh of remote directory after operation
Ctrl+S - Synchronize directories
Ctrl+U - Keep remote directory up to date
Ctrl+T - Open terminal window
Alt-F4 - Quit
F10 - Menu
Esc - Cancels reading of remote directory

File Panels

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 permissions
Ctrl+F8 - Sort files in the active panel by owner
Ctrl+F9 - Sort files in the active panel by group

Shift+Ctrl+C - Copy names of selected files to the clipboard
Ctrl+Alt+C - Copy names of selected files including paths to the clipboard
Shift+Ctrl+P - Copy current remote path to the clipboard

Ctrl+Alt+H - Toggle hidden and system files displaying
Ctrl+Q - Focus queue view (when visible)