XYplorer Keyboard Shortcuts

 

File Menu
Ctrl+P	Copy Item full name (ie with path) to clipboard either of all selected items in the List if it got the focus, or of selected Tree item (if focus is on Tree, Catalog, etc
Ctrl+Shft+P	Copy name(s) to clipboard (of all selected items in the List)
Ctrl+Shft+Alt+P	Copy path(s) to clipboard (of all selected items in the List)
Ctrl+I	Copy Compact File Info to clipboard
Shft+F2	Opens Batch Rename dialog for selected items in the List
Enter	Open Selected Item(s)
Ctrl+Enter	Open Focused Item
Ctrl+D	Copy the selected item to current location and automatically renames it with a suffix number. This number will be added before the item's extension (even if it is a folder) unless one was already present, if so it will be incremented.
Ctrl+Shft+Alt+D	Copy the selected item to current location and automatically renames it with a suffix based on the current date. This suffix will be added before the item's extension (even if it is a folder). If an item with that name already exist, a suffix number will be automatically added.
Ctrl+Shft+D	Copy the selected item to current location and automatically renames it with a suffix based on the item's last modified date. This suffix will be added before the item's extension (even if it is a folder). If an item with that name already exist, a suffix number will be automatically added.
Ctrl+S	Copy the selected item on the current location and renames it on-the-fly.
Del	Delete (Recycle bin)
Shft+Del	Delete (no recycle bin)
Ctrl+Del	Delete (Skip Locked) (Recycle bin)
F2	Rename
Alt+Enter	Show Properties dialog of the focused item (AltGr+Enter to avoid beep sound)
Ctrl+Q	Opens the Preview tab and show the Panel if needed, and starts the preview for the focused item if selected. If there is currently a preview in progress, it will be stopped and the file will be released. Note that if the Panel is visible, the preview tab active, and no files are selected/previewed then Panel will be hidden.
Ctrl+Alt+F4	Exit without Saving
Alt+F4	Exit (with or without Saving according to your Configuration)
Edit Menu
Ctrl+X	Cut
Ctrl+C	Copy
Ctrl+V	Paste
Ctrl+Shft+V	Paste Here to New Subfolder...
Shft+F7	Move To
Ctrl+F7	Copy To
Ctrl+Shft+F7	Backup To
Ctrl+N	Create New Folder
Ctrl+Shft+N	Create new Text file
Ctrl+Alt+N	Create New Path
Ctrl+A	Select All items currently listed
Ctrl+Shft+A	Deselect All all items currently listed
Ctrl+Shft+I	Invert selection
Ctrl+M	Selection Filter
Ctrl+Alt+M	Select all items of the same type(s) as the selected item(s)
Ctrl+Shft+Alt+M	Select all files, not folders
Ctrl+F	Find Files: Show the panel if hidden and activates the Find Files tab
F3	Find Now: Start File Find operation with the current parameter settings
Ctrl+F3	Show All Items In Branch
Shft+F3	Repeat Last Find Files
Ctrl+F9	Open the Search Templates window
View Menu
Ctrl+R	Sort by Random Order
Ctrl+Shft+F5	Sort Again
Ctrl+T	New Tab
Ctrl+Shft+T	Tab List...
Ctrl+Shft+Left	Move Tab Left
Ctrl+Shft+Right	Move Tab Right
Alt+Home	Go Home
Ctrl+L	Lock Tab
Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4	Close Tab
Ctr+Shft+W	Close All Other Unlocked Tabs
Ctrl+J	Set Visual Filter...
Ctrl+Shft+J	Toggle No/Last Visual Filter
Ctrl+Alt+J	Filter to only show items with the same extension(s) as the List's selected item(s). If no items are selected, then extension of the focused item is used instead
Ctrl+Shft+Alt+J	Filter to hide all items with the same extension as one of the List's selected item(s). If no items are selected, then extension of the focused item is used instead
Ctrl+NumPad	AddAutosize all columns
Ctrl+Shft+NumPad	AddGrows the Name column by 5 pixels
Ctrl+Shft+NumPad	SubstractShrinks the Name column by 5 pixels
Ctrl+Shft+E	Toggle Age (date display format)
Ctrl+R	Instantly desactivate any auto-refreshing for the current location temporarily, without affecting any (Auto-Refresh) settings. The auto-refresh will be reactivated as soon as you change location, or if you manually reactivate it.
F4	Refresh Tree
Shft+F4	Refresh Current Folder
Ctrl+Shft+F4	Rebuild Tree: rebuilds the whole folder tree and then carries you back to the location where you were before, while closing all other open branches
F5	Refresh File List: update the current list data, but keep any selections and scroll position.
Ctrl+F5	Refresh and Reset File List: update the data, scroll back to top, set focus to the first item (if any), unselect any selections.
Shft+F5	Calculate Folder Sizes: calculate selected folder sizes if any, otherwise calculate all folders sizes
Ctrl+Shft+H	Same as the option Show hidden files and folders. Affects Tree, List and search results
Ctrl+Shft+O	Same as the option Show folders in list.
Go Menu
F7	Previous Location: jump to the previous location (useful to zap back and fore between two locations)
Ctrl+Alt+F7	Last Target: jump to the most recent target of a move/copy operation that was performed within XY's current session
Backspace	Go up to the parent folder
Shft+Backspace	Go down to the most recently browsed subfolder of the current location (if any) (see Breadcrumb for more)
Ctrl+Backspace	Pop up the Breadcrumb menu. Note that Ctrl+Alt+Backspace (and therefore AltGr+Backspace) is also available for this.
Alt+Left	Go Back (History related)
Alt+Right	Go Forward (History related)
Ctrl+H	Pop up the Hotlist
Ctrl+G	Go to...: enter/paste a location to jump to
Ctrl+Shft+G	Go to from Here...: enter/paste a location to jump to (preset to current path)
Ctrl+Shft+L	Go to Line...: enter/paste a line number to jump to
Favorites Menu
Ctrl+B	Toggle Favorite Folder: toggle favorite status of current folder
Ctrl+Shft+B	Toggle Highlighted Folder: toggle highlighted status of current folder
Ctrl+Alt+B	Toggle Boxed Branch: toggle boxed branch status of current folder
Tools Menu
F9	Opens the Configuration window
Shft+F9	Opens the Customize Keyboard Shortcuts window
Window Menu
Ctrl+Shft+F12	Show Address Bar
Ctrl+F12	Show Toolbars
F8	Show Catalog
F12	Show Info Panel: toggle the Info Panel's visibility
Alt+F12	Last Size/Minimize Info Panel
Shft+F12	Maximize/Minimize Info Panel
Help Menu
F1	Contents and Index: display this help file
Tree
[alphanum. key]	Select the next visible folder whose name starts with that letter or number
Numpad - (minus)	Collapse selected node
Numpad + (plus)	Expand selected node
Numpad / (divide)	Fully collapse selected node
Numpad * (multiply)F	ully expand selected node
Enter	Toggle collapse/expand
Backspace key	Browse to parent folder
[arrow keys etc.]	All common navigation keys just like Explorer
Alt+Enter	Show Properties dialog of the focused item (AltGr+Enter to avoid beep sound)
Ctrl+Home	Go to the top folder (Drive, \\Server, Desktop, MyDocuments) of the current folder
Shft+F6	Put the selected item into view
List
[alphanum. key]	Select the next file whose name starts with that letter or number
Backspace key	Browse to parent folder
[arrow keys]	Unique function in XY on Rename only: Up/Down keys unselect any selection inside the edit box by a single keystroke without moving the caret one position to the left or right. This is useful for example when the selection is set to the base excluding the extension (to do this, check Configuration | Advanced | Exclude extension on rename). Note that using the Up key will move the caret to the left end of the selection; using the Down key will move it to the right end.
Del	Delete all currently selected files (Recycle Bin)
Shft+Del	Delete all currently selected files (NO Recycle Bin, ie. they are nuked!)
Ctrl+Del	Delete (Skip Locked) (Recycle bin)
Ctrl+Shft+Del	Delete (Skip Locked) (no recycle bin)
Ctrl+Left Arrow	(find results only) jump to currently focused file in its folder
Alt+Enter	Show Properties dialog of the focused item (AltGr+Enter to avoid beep sound)
Ctrl+Numpad Add	Adjust all column widths
Shft+F6	Put the selected item into view, keeping any selection untouched
Esc	Abort running operation (eg. creating thumbnails, File Find, Calculate Folder Sizes, ...)
Catalog
Shft+F6	Put the selected item into view
Tabs
Ctrl+T	Open new tab
Alt+Home	Go Home
Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4	Close current tab
Ctrl+Tab	Cycle Tabs Forward
Ctrl+Shft+Tab	Cycle Tabs Backward
Ctrl+PageDown	Cycle Tabs Forward, Delay Browsing until all keys are up
Ctrl+PageUp	Cycle Tabs Backward, Delay Browsing until all keys are up
Ctrl+Shft+Left	Shift current tab to left
Ctrl+Shft+Right	Shift current tab to right
For locked tabs:
Ctrl+Alt+[Location]	Set the new location for the lock (ie change the tabs loction and lock it there) ; [Location] is whatever would change the tab's location, eg click on a folder on the Tree, on a Catalog item, etc
Info Panel
Ctrl+1 - Ctrl+6J	ump to Panel tabs by number
File Find
Enter	Start File Find when any control on the find files tab is focused (except the textbox on the Contained Text tab, where this key just creates a new paragraph)
Esc	Abort a running File Find or Folder Report process
Audio/Video Preview
Space bar	Start/pause playing
Shft+Space bar	Go to beginning
Image Preview
F11	Toggle Full Screen Preview mode. Note: This only works if an image with a non-excluded format is selected and focused)
Full Screen Mode
Up/Down, PageUp/Down	Previous/Next image
Home/End	First/Last image
Numpad * (multiply)	Toggle show/hide filename
Numpad - (minus)	Toggle background color
Numpad + (plus)	Toggle zoom/original size
Print	Screen shot
Any other key/button	Exit full screen mode
Other
F6	Move focus among Tree, Address Bar, and List
Shft+F11	Open focused web file in new browser window
Ctrl+Up/Down	In lists with shiftable positions: shift selected item up/down.
Ctrl+Space	Toggle selected state of focused list item
Ctrl+Shft+H	Show/Hide hidden files and folders
Ctrl+T followed by Alt+Left arrow	Brings back any accidentally closed tab

 

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