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Shortcut Keys

Notes:

  • Shift+Key (or Ctrl+Key or Op +Key) means press Alt (or Ctrl or Alt) and the specified key simultaneously.
  • Key1, Key2 means press Key1 (which could be a combination, e.g. Shift+Key)DeletNew, release it, and then press Key2.
  • LMB: Left Mouse Button
  • MMB: Middle Mouse Button
  • RMB: Right Mouse Button
  • Left/Right/Up/Down: Cursor keys

Group Action Shortcut Comment
Program operations Restart, running as Administrator Ctrl+Shift+F12  
  Close program Ctrl+WindowClose  
File opening Open File/Folder Enter  
  Open With Ctrl+Enter  
  Run .exe as Administrator Ctrl+Enter For .exe and link to .exe
  Run .exe with parameters Ctrl+Shift+Enter For .exe and link to .exe
Columns navigation Toggle Columns on/off in Standard Layout `  
  Open Parent Folder Backspace or Alt+Up  
  Open previous Path Alt+Left or 4th Mouse Button Path history is saved for each Tab
  Open next Path Alt+Right or 5th Mouse Button  
  Edit Path \ or Alt+D or Ctrl+L  
  Copy current Folder Path to Clipboard Ctrl+Shift+C If no File is selected
    \, Ctrl+C \ to edit Path and then regular copy
  Context Menu RMB or Menu Key or Shift+F10 Menu Key is between right Windows and Ctrl keys on ANSI keyboards
  Context Menu with additional options Shift+RMB  
File operations Rename F2  
  Copy file to other Browser Alt+C  
  Move file to other Browser Alt+M  
  Duplicate single file Ctrl+D Single file only
  Duplicate one or many files Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V  
  Delete file Del  
  Delete file without sending it to Recycle Bin Shift+Del Not available yet
  Delete permanently (unrecoverable) Ctrl+Shift+Delete Not available yet
  File information/properties Ctrl+I or Alt+Enter  
  Tag files (color) Ctrl+Alt+T  
  View long file names (toggle) F7  
New New File Ctrl+N  
  New File containing Clipboard contents Ctrl+V .txt if Clipboard contains text, .png if it contains bitmap image
  New Folder Ctrl+Shift+N  
  ... create and open Ctrl+Enter from New Folder popup
  ... create and move selected files inside Shift+Enter from New Folder popup; files need to be selected first
  New Note Alt+N  
Tabs New Tab (duplicate of Current Tab) Ctrl+T  
  New Tab from path in Clipboard Ctrl+Shift+T  
  Open Folder in new Tab MMB  
  Close Tab Ctrl+W or MMB  
  Next Tab Ctrl+Tab  
  Previous Tab Ctrl+Shift+Tab  
  Move Tab to other Browser Pane Alt+MMB  
Browsers Change focus between Browsers Alt+F  
  Copy file or folder to other Browser Alt+C  
  Move file or folder to other Browser Alt+M  
Clipboard Copy Files Ctrl+C  
  Cut Files Ctrl+X  
  Paste Files Ctrl+V  
  Copy Files as Paths Ctrl+Shift+C  
  Copy Files to other Browser Pane Alt+C  
  Move Files to other Browser Pane Alt+M  
Preview Preview File Space  
  Close Preview Esc  
  Preview previous/next File Up/Down  
  PDF Preview previous/next page Left/Right  
  Image zoom around cursor Mouse Wheel  
Selection Select all Ctrl+A  
  Select additional Files Ctrl+LMB or Ctrl+Space  
  Select range Shift+LMB  
  Window selection MMB+Drag  
Window Call One Commander (system shortcut) Win+Alt+O Works from any program
  Call One Commander and dock to bottom of screen Ctrl+` Works from any program but only if activated in Settings > Window; first time it's used, restores Window to previous location; repeat to hide
  Center on main display Shift+F1 Useful for locating the Window if it's lost when monitor is detached
  Minimize or restore from Maximized Win+Down  
  Maximize or restore from Minimized Win+Up  
Other Show Notification Pane ~ (Shift+`)  
  Reload/Refresh Columns F5 or Ctrl+R  
  Show/hide hidden files and folders Ctrl+H  
  Toggle columns resizing/not resizing in Columns Layout F8  
  Reload Theme Ctrl+Shift+F5  
  Search F3 or Ctrl+F  
  Quick Filter A-Z, 0-9  
  Clear Quick Filter Esc  
  Open Terminal (CMD/Powershell) in Current Folder F10  
  Open Terminal (CMD/Powershell) as Administrator Ctrl+F10  
       


Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3