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Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
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Navigation
- 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
- Ctrl+B - Bookmark current directory
- Ctrl+O, Ctrl+L, Alt+D - Display bookmark window
- Ctrl+Alt+T - Toggle tree panel
File Selection
- Ctrl+Space - 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+R - Restore selection
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File Management
- F2 - Rename focused file
- Ctrl+E - Edit focused file
- Shift+Ctrl+E - Edit (create) new file
- Ctrl+C (Ctrl+T in the latest beta version) - Download selected files
- Ctrl+M - Download selected files and delete original
- 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, opens path from clipboard, opens session URL from clipboard
Session Management
- Shift+Ctrl+D, Ctrl+W - 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
- 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
- Ctrl+T (Shift+Ctrl+T in the latest beta version) - Open terminal window
- F3 - Find file
- Alt+F4 - Quit
- F10 - Menu
- Esc - Cancels reading of remote directory
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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+Alt+F - Filter files
- Ctrl+Q - Focus queue view (when visible)
Custom
You can associate custom keyboard shorcuts with some features.