Controls reference
The complete mapping of every action to its keyboard and Xbox controller bindings. See the gamepad guide for the model behind it (triggers as modifiers, the actions menu).
| Action | Keyboard | Xbox controller |
|---|---|---|
| Move | Arrow keys | D-pad / L-stick |
| Switch pane | ← / → | Left / Right |
| Switch tab | Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab | LB / RB |
| Open / enter / preview | Enter | A |
| Back (parent) / close preview | Backspace / Esc | B |
| Rename (or batch rename 2+) | F2 | X |
| Eject device | — | X (on a device) |
| Bookmark folder | Actions menu | Start |
| Remove bookmark | sidebar X button | X (on a bookmark) |
| Search folder | Ctrl+F | Y |
| Page up/down | PgUp / PgDn | LT + ↑ / ↓ |
| Copy | Ctrl+C | LT + A |
| Cut | Ctrl+X | LT + X |
| Paste | Ctrl+V | LT + Y |
| Paste link (macOS/Linux) | Actions menu | Start |
| Move to trash | Del | LT + B |
| Mark / unmark | Space, Ctrl/Shift-click | RT + A |
| Select all | Ctrl+A | RT + X |
| Clear selection | Esc | RT + B |
| Hidden files | Ctrl+H | RT + Y |
| Refresh | F5 / Ctrl+R | L3 |
| Sort menu | toolbar | R3 |
| Operations & Preferences | toolbar | View |
| Zoom out / in | Ctrl/Cmd + - / + | Hold View + LT / RT |
| Actions menu | ⚡ toolbar / right-click | Start |
| Delete forever | Shift+Del | Start |
| New folder | Ctrl+N | Start |
| New file | Actions menu | Start |
| Properties | Ctrl/Cmd+I | Start |
| Open file with… | Actions menu | Start |
| Send to… | Actions menu | Start |
| Tools submenu | Actions menu | Start |
| Open terminal here | Actions menu → Tools | Start → Tools |
| Git pull / push (in a repo) | Actions menu → Tools | Start → Tools |
| Disk usage | Actions menu → Tools | Start → Tools |
| Process list | Actions menu → Tools | Start → Tools |
| Processes: open file location | Enter (in the list) | A (in the list) |
| Processes: end process | X / Del (in the list) | X (in the list) |
| Processes: mine ↔ all users | footer button | Y (in the list) |
| Processes: cycle sort | Tab / Shift+Tab | LB / RB (in the list) |
| Terminal: open keyboard / type | Enter / F2 (in terminal) | A / X (in terminal) |
| Terminal: hide pane | Esc (in terminal) | B (in terminal) |
| Terminal: destroy session | - | Y (in terminal) |
| Terminal: leave typing mode | Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Esc | B (closes keyboard) |
| Preview: scroll (text/image/SVG/HTML) | ↑ / ↓ / PgUp / PgDn | D-pad / LT + ↑ / ↓ |
| Preview: prev / next PDF page | ↑ / ↓ (on a PDF) | D-pad ↑ / ↓ (on a PDF) |
| Preview: first / last PDF page | Home / End (on a PDF) | (via page nav) |
| Preview: show raw source | F2 (SVG/HTML/Markdown) | X (SVG/HTML/Markdown) |
| Preview: edit a text file | preview ✏ button | X (on a text preview) |
| Preview: edit markup | preview ✏ button | X ×2 (via the source) |
| Preview: save edits | Ctrl/Cmd+S | A (when edited) |
| Preview: back out one level | Esc | B |
| Copy path (in Properties) | C (in Properties) | A (in Properties) |
| Copy checksum (in Properties) | H (in Properties) | X (in Properties) |
| Choose checksum algorithm | Preferences → Checksum | Preferences → Checksum |
| Edit permissions (macOS/Linux) | Y (in Properties) | Y (in Properties) |
| Open-source licenses | Licenses button (in About) | X (in About) |
| Compress to ZIP | Actions menu | Start |
| Extract archive | Enter (on archive) / menu | A (on archive) / Start |
| Mount / open disk image | Enter (on image) | A (on image) |
| Pause / resume operation | P (Operations manager) | A (Operations manager) |
| Undo / Redo | Ctrl/Cmd+Z / Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z | Start |
| First-run tour: language | L (in the tour) | Y (in the tour) |
| First-run tour: skip | Esc (in the tour) | X (in the tour) |
| Fullscreen | F11 | — |