keys
The complete keymap: panels, marks, the F-key verbs, tabs and the command line.
F1 inside manycommander shows this keymap. Keys that are also command-line editing keys,
such as Enter, Home and Ctrl+A, act on the panel while the command line is empty and
on the text once you have typed something.
Panels
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Tab | Switch to the other panel |
Up, Down, PgUp, PgDn, Home, End | Move the cursor |
Enter | Enter the directory, or open the file with xdg-open |
Backspace, Alt+Up | Parent directory |
Alt+Left, Alt+Right | Back and forward in the panel's history |
Ctrl+S | Quick search: type to jump to a name |
Alt+. | Show or hide hidden files |
Ctrl+F3, Ctrl+F4, Ctrl+F5, Ctrl+F6 | Sort by name, extension, size or time; again to reverse |
Ctrl+R | Re-read both panels |
Ctrl+U | Swap the panels |
Esc | Stop a directory that is still loading |
Panels refresh on their own when a directory changes on disk.
Marks
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Insert | Mark or unmark, and move down |
Space | Mark or unmark; on a directory, also compute its size |
Ctrl+A | Mark all |
Alt+=, Alt+- | Mark or unmark by glob |
Alt+* | Invert the marks |
The file verbs act on the marked entries, or on the entry under the cursor when nothing is marked.
Verbs
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
F3 | View the file in $PAGER |
F4, Shift+F4 | Edit the file, or a new file, in $EDITOR |
F5 | Copy to the other panel |
F6, Shift+F6 | Move to the other panel, rename in place |
F7 | Make a directory; a/b/c creates the parents |
F8 | Move to the trash |
Shift+F8 | Delete permanently, after you type delete |
F10, Alt+X | Quit |
What each verb guarantees is on the file operations page.
Tabs
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+T, Ctrl+W | New tab, close tab |
Alt+PgUp, Alt+PgDn | Previous and next tab |
Ctrl+1 .. Ctrl+9 | Go to a tab |
Each panel has its own tabs. Tabs keep their marks while hidden.
Command line
Typing goes to the command line under the panels. Enter runs the line with $SHELL -c
in the active panel's directory; cd DIR changes the panel instead.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Alt+Enter, Alt+P | Insert the quoted name, or path, under the cursor |
Ctrl+O | Show the last command's output |
Ctrl+A, Ctrl+E | Start, end of the line |
Ctrl+U, Ctrl+K | Delete to the start, to the end |
Ctrl+W | Delete the previous word |
Ctrl+P, Ctrl+N | Previous, next history entry |
Esc | Clear the line |
manycommander avoids Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+Shift+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Enter, because Kitty and
Ghostty use them for their own tabs and windows.