Free Commander Keyboard Shortcuts

 

File
F3 or Shft+F3	View selected file
F4 Shft+F4	Edit selected file Create and edit a file
F5	Copy selected files and folders
F6	Move selected files and folder
F8 or Del	Delete selected files and folders
Shft+Ctrl+F8	Wipe selected files and folders
F2	Rename selected object
Ctrl+Alt+V	Compare files (see 'Settings')
N/A	Change case (lower / upper) of the selected files
Alt+F5	Compress selected files
Alt+F6	Uncompress selected archive
Shft+Ctrl+I	Split selected files into multiple files
Alt+Enter	Display properties of selected objects
Shft+Enter	Change date and attributes of selected object
Shft+F10	Show context menu
Alt+F7	Search for files / folders
Alt+F4	Exit program and save settings
Edit
Ctrl+X	The selected folders and files will be moved into the clipboard
Ctrl+C	The selected folders and files will be copied into the clipboard
Ctrl+V	The folders and files from the clipboard will be inserted into the folder of the current window.
Ctrl+A	Select all files and folders in the current window
+(Num)	Select some of the files and folders in the current window.
Alt++(Num)	Select all files with the same extension in the current window.
*(Num)	Invert the selection in the current window
Ctrl+*(Num)	Invert the selection in the current window - only files
Ctrl+-(Num)	Deselect all files and folders in the current window
-(Num)	Deselect some files and folders in the current window
Alt+-(Num)	Deselect all files with the same extension in the current window
Alt+Ins	Copy the full path and file name into the clipboard
Shft+Alt+Ins	Copy file names into the clipboard
Ctrl+Alt+Ins	Copy the full path of the current window into the clipboard
Folder
Alt+F1	Change drive in the left window
Alt+F2	Change drive in the right window
Shft+A,...,Shft+Z	Change drive in current window to drive A: .. Z:
Press and hold Ctrl and click on a drive in the drive bar	Change to the root folder of the drive in the current window
F7	Create new folder in current folder
Shft+F7	Find folder in tree view
Alt+G	Go to folder
Ctrl+F Alt+Scroll-Down	Define a filter to hide/show a distinct group of files Display filter popup menu
Alt+F9	Detail view: show size of subfolder
Ctrl+F9	Detail view: show size of selected folder
Alt+Down	Show history of last 20 selected folders
Ctrl+F3	Sort the files and folders in current window by name
Ctrl+F4	Sort the files and folders in current window by type
Shft+Ctrl+F4	Sort the files and folders in current window by extension
Ctrl+F5	Sort the files and folders in current window by time
Ctrl+F6	Sort the files and folders in current window by size
Shft+Ctrl+F	Define folder favorites
Shft+Ctrl+1,..., Shft+Ctrl+0	The first 10 folder favorites Show popup menu for folder favorites
Alt+Up	Show popup menu for folder favorites
Alt+V	Compare files from active and inactive window
Alt+S	Synchronize folders
BkSp	Go one folder up
Ctrl+Pos1	Go back to the root folder
Alt+Left	History - back
Alt+Right	History - next
Ctrl+Y	Go to quick filter field
Alt+Y	Deactivate quick filter
View
Ctrl+F1	Change view in current window to: list
Ctrl+F2	Change view in current window to: file details
Ctrl+I	Change view in current window to: thumbnails
Ctrl+H	Split horizontal
Alt+T	Show tree view for current window
Ctrl+Shft+F1	Hide left window
Ctrl+Shft+F2	Equalize size for left and right window
Ctrl+Shft+F3	Hide right window
Ctrl+R	Refresh current window
Ctrl+Shft+R	Refresh all
Ctrl+U	Toggle windows
Ctrl+E	Same folder in both windows
Ctrl+S	Show only selected files
Shft+Esc	Minimize FreeCommander Window
Ctrl+Alt++	Autoresize columns
Shft+F1	Popup menu for views
Ctrl+Q	Quick view on/off
Ctrl+T	New folder TAB
Ctrl+W	Close folder TAB
Shft+Ctrl+W	Close all folder TABs
Extras
Shft+Ctrl+S	Settings
Click with right mouse key into the status line	Quickly change settings
Ctrl+Y	Define layouts
Alt+1,...,Alt+0	Access the first 10 layouts
Shft+Ctrl+Y	Define program favorites
Ctrl+1,...,Ctrl+0	Access the first 10 program favorites
Ctrl+D	Open DOS window
F11	Connect network drive
F12	Disconnect network drive
DOS Prompt
Ctrl+Shft+Spacebar	Toggle between command line and current window
Ctrl+Spacebar	Insert name of the current folder in the command line
Ctrl+Enter	Insert name of the selected file or folder in the command line
Shft+Ctrl+Enter	Insert path and name of the selected file or folder in the command line
Ctrl+Up	Go up in the list of command from the history
Ctrl+Down	Go down in the list of commands from the history
Alt+Down	Show list of commands from the history
Enter or Alt+Enter	Execute the command in the command line
Ctrl+Left, Ctrl+Right	Jump left / right in the command line

 

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