Keyboard Layout of Total Commander

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Key
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Action
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F1
Help
F2
Reread source window
F3
List files
F4
Edit files
F5
Copy files
F6
Rename files
F7
Create directory
F8 or DEL
Delete files to recycle bin /delete directly - according
to configuration
F9
Activate menu above source window (left or right)
F10
Activate left menu or leave menu
ALT+F1
Change left drive
ALT+F2
Change right drive
ALT+F3
Use external viewer
ALT+SHIFT+F3
Start Lister and load file with internal viewer (no plugi
ns or multimedia)
ALT+F4
Exit
ALT+F5
Pack selected files
ALT+SHIFT+F5
Move to archive
ALT+F6
Unpack specified files from archive under cursor, or sele
cted archives (use Alt+F9 on Windows 95)
ALT+F7
Find
ALT+F8
Opens the history list of the command line
ALT+F9
Same as ALT+F6 (because ALT+F6 is broken on Windows 95)
ALT+SHIFT+F9
Test archives for integrity
ALT+F10
Open a directory tree window
ALT+F11
Opens left current directory bar (breadcrumb bar)
ALT+F12
Opens right current directory bar (breadcrumb bar)
ALT+SHIFT+F11
Focus the button bar to use it with the keyboard
ALT+left or right
Open previous/next directory in list of already visited d
irs
ALT+down
Open list of already visited dirs
SHIFT+F1
Choose custom columns view
SHIFT+F2
Compare file lists
SHIFT+F3
List only file under cursor, when multiple files selected
SHIFT+F4
Create new text file and load into editor
SHIFT+F5
Copy files (with rename) in the same directory
SHIFT+CTRL+F5
Create shortcut of files in target directory
SHIFT+F6
Rename files in the same directory
SHIFT+F8/DEL
Delete directly / delete to recycle bin - according to co
nfiguration
SHIFT+F10
Show context menu
SHIFT+ESC
Iconize Wincmd
NUM +
Expand selection
NUM Shrink selection
NUM *
Invert selection
NUM /
Restore selection
SHIFT+NUM +
Like NUM +, but files and folders if NUM + selects just f
iles (and vice versa)
SHIFT+NUM Always removes the selection just from files (NUM- from f
iles and folders)
SHIFT+NUM *
Like NUM *, but files and folders if NUM * inverts select
ion of just files (and vice versa)
CTRL+NUM +
Select all

CTRL+SHIFT+NUM +
files)
CTRL+NUM CTRL+SHIFT+NUM ALT+NUM +
ALT+NUM BACKSPACE or CTRL+PgUp
CTRL+PgDn
s)
CTRL+<
CTRL+\
CTRL+left or right
w.

Select all (files and folders if CTRL+NUM + selects only

Deselect all
Deselect all (always files, no folders)
Select all files with the same extension
Remove selection from files with the same extension
Change to parent directory (corresponds to cd ..)
Open directory/archive (also self extracting .EXE archive
Jump to the root directory (most European keyboards)
Jump to the root directory (US keyboard)
Open directory/archive and display it in the target windo
If the cursor is not on a directory name, the current dir

ectory is
CTRL+F1
CTRL+SHIFT+F1
CTRL+F2
CTRL+SHIFT+F2
CTRL+F3
CTRL+F4
CTRL+F5
CTRL+F6
CTRL+F7
CTRL+F8
CTRL+SHIFT+F8
wo trees, off
CTRL+F9
CTRL+F10
CTRL+F11
CTRL+F12
TAB
SHIFT+TAB
Letter
INSERT
SPACE
an unselected

displayed instead.
File display 'brief' (only file names)
Thumbnails view (preview images)
File display 'full' (all file details)
Comments view
Sort by name
Sort by extension
Sort by date/time
Sort by size
Unsorted
Display directory tree
Cycle through separate directory tree states: one tree, t
Print file under cursor using the associated program
Show all files
Show only programs
Show user defined files
Switch between left and right file list
Switch between current file list and separate tree
Redirected to command line, cursor jumps to command line
Select file or directory
Select file or directory (as INSERT). If SPACE is used on
directory under the cursor, the contents in this director

y are counted
and the size is shown in the 'full' view instead of the s
tring <DIR>.
ENTER
te command line

Change directory/run program/run associated program/execu

if not empty. If the source directory shows the contents

of an archive,
SHIFT+ENTER
ommand /c and

further information on the packed file is given.

1. Run command line/program under cursor with preceding c
leave open the program's window. Only works if NOCLOSE.PI

F is in your
Windows directory!
2. With ZIP files: use alternative choice of these (as ch
osen in Packer
config): (Treat archives like directories <-> call associ
ated program,
ALT+SHIFT+ENTER
are counted.

i.e. winzip or quinzip).

The contents of all directories in the current directory
The sizes of the directories are then shown in the 'full'

view instead
ALT+ENTER
CTRL+A
CTRL+B
bdirs in one list
CTRL+SHIFT+B
of selected dir
CTRL+C
CTRL+D
CTRL+F
CTRL+SHIFT+F
CTRL+I
CTRL+L
CTRL+M
CTRL+SHIFT+M
CTRL+N
CTRL+P
CTRL+Q
CTRL+R
CTRL+S
CTRL+SHIFT+S
CTRL+T
CTRL+SHIFT+T
CTRL+U
CTRL+SHIFT+U
CTRL+V
CTRL+W
CTRL+SHIFT+W
CTRL+X
CTRL+Z
CTRL+UP
CTRL+SHIFT+UP
CTRL+TAB
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
ALTGR+Letter(s) or
rs) in current
CTRL+ALT+Letter(s)

of the string <DIR>.

Show property sheet.
Select all
Directory branch: show contents of current dir and all su
Directory branch for selected directories: show contents
and all subdirs in one list
Copy files to clipboard
Open directory hotlist ('bookmarks')
Connect to FTP server
Disconnect from FTP server
Switch to target directory
Calculate occupied space (of the selected files)
Multi-Rename-Tool
Change FTP transfer mode
New FTP connection (enter URL or host address)
Copy current path to command line
Show Quick View panel instead of a file list
Reread source directory
Open Quick Filter dialog and activate filter
Open Quick Filter dialog and reactivate last-used filter
Open new folder tab and activate it
Open new folder tab, but do not activate it
Exchange directories
Exchange directories and tabs
Paste from clipboard to current dir
Close currently active tab
Close all open tabs
Cut files to clipboard
Edit comment
Open dir under cursor in new tab
Open dir under cursor in other window (new tab)
Jump to next tab
Jump to previous tab
Quick search for file name (starting with specified lette
directory

Command Line: Keys

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If Total Commander is active, nearly all keyboard input is directed to the comma
nd line.
Here the layout for some keys:
ENTER
character

The command line is executed, if it contains at least one

(otherwise, the program under the cursor in the source wi

ndow is started).
If the command is cd, md or rd, it is executed internally
. If it is an
internal DOS command, DOS will be executed with this comm
and. Otherwise,
SHIFT-ENTER
ed DOS program

a program with the given name is executed.

Like ENTER, but with preceding command /c. After the call
is terminated, its window is not automatically closed. Th

is will only

work if the file noclose.pif is in your windows directory

.
CTRL-ENTER
nded to the
CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER
to the command
CTRL-CURSORDOWN or
ened. Hold down
ALT+F8
t an entry. By

The file under the cursor in the source directory is appe

command line.
The file under the cursor including its path is appended
line.
A list with the latest command lines (history-list) is op
the CTRL key and use the up and down cursor keys to selec
pressing the left or right key, you can edit the command

line. This
TAB or Cursor Keys
and cursor

automatically closes the list.

Puts the cursor back to the source directory. Cursor left
right move the cursor through the command line, even if t

he cursor was
in the source directory before. If brief was selected, th
ese keys move
the cursor through the source directory. You then have to
hold down
SHIFT to move it inside the command line. Cursor up and c
ursor down
move the cursor bar inside the source window, even if it
was inside
ESC
CTRL+Y
CTRL+C
CTRL+X
CTRL+V
CTRL+E
CTRL+K
CTRL+W
CTRL+T

the command line.

Clears the command line, put cursor back in file window.
Clears the command line, cursor stays in command line.
Copy selected text to clipboard
Cut selected text to clipboard
Paste text from clipboard to command line.
Copy previous command to command line
Delete to end of line
Delete word to the left of the cursor
Delete word to the right of the cursor