============================================== Krusader 2.8 (File manager) keyboard shortcuts ============================================== First published at 8/15/2023 on https://defkey.com/krusader-2-shortcuts Krusader is a file manager for KDE and other desktops in Unix environment. The user interface provides a split view, to manipulate files from active panel to inactive panel. This is done via keyboard, but mouse can be used, too. As of this list prepared, the latest version was 2.8.0 which was released on November 22, 2022. Krusader 2.8 (File manager) has 217 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Function keys ------------- F1 Help F2 Rename files F3 View files F4 Edit files F5 Copy files F6 Move files F7 Create a new folder F8 Delete (or move to Trash) files F9 Terminal F10 Quit Shift shortcuts --------------- Shift + F1 What's this? Shift + F2 Multi-rename (Krename) Shift + F3 Enter an URL to view Shift + F4 Edit new file Shift + F5 Copy by queue Shift + F6 Move by queue Shift + F10 View all files Shift + F12 Custom view files Shift + Left arrow Change to left folder tab Shift + Right arrow Change to right folder tab Alt shortcuts ------------- Alt + + Select All Alt + - Unselect All Alt + * Invert Selection Alt + . Show/Hide hidden (dot) files Alt + / MountMan Alt + ` User Menu Alt + Home Home Alt + Enter Properties Alt + Left arrow Left bookmarks Alt + Right arrow Right bookmarks Alt + Down arrow Sidebar Alt + F1 …to F12: Standard (Plasma™) key-bindings Alt+Shift shortcuts ------------------- Alt + Shift + B Brief View Alt + Shift + C Compare Folders Alt + Shift + D Detailed View Alt + Shift + E Test Archive Alt + Shift + K Start Root mode Krusader Alt + Shift + L Panel profiles Alt + Shift + O Sync panels aka “Equals Button (=)” Alt + Shift + P Pack files Alt + Shift + Q Queue Manager Alt + Shift + S Disk Usage Alt + Shift + U Unpack files Ctrl shortcuts -------------- Ctrl + B Add bookmark for the current item Ctrl + D Open Bookmarks in the active panel Ctrl + E Edit file as root (Default Useraction) Ctrl + F Open Quicksearch bar Ctrl + H Open History list in the active panel Ctrl + I Open QuickFilter bar Ctrl + J A Safari-like Jump-Back Ctrl + L Go to the Location Toolbar (origin) as in Firefox® and Konqueror Ctrl + M Open media list Ctrl + N New Network Connection dialog Ctrl + O Select folder dialog to open this folder in the panel Ctrl + P Split file Ctrl + Q Quit Krusader Ctrl + R Reload (Refresh) panel Ctrl + S Search Ctrl + U Swap panels (do not swap all folder tabs) Ctrl + W Close Current tab Ctrl + Y Synchronize Folders Ctrl + Z Popular URLs Ctrl + + Select group Ctrl + - Unselect group Ctrl + / Open command line history list Ctrl + Down arrow Go from the active panel to the command line/terminal emulator Ctrl + Up arrow Go from the command line/terminal emulator to the active panel Ctrl + Up arrow Go from the active panel to the Location Toolbar Ctrl + Home Jump to the Home folder Ctrl + Left arrow / Right arrow Focus a file or folder on the left panel, press Ctrl+Left and the right panel changes Ctrl + Left arrow / Right arrow on a file: the right panel gets the same path as the left panel Ctrl + Left arrow / Right arrow on a folder: refreshes the right panel with the contents of the folder Ctrl + Left arrow / Right arrow For the right panel: press Ctrl+Right and the left panel will change Ctrl + Backspace Jump to the Root folder Ctrl + Page Up Up one folder Ctrl + = Go to the folder from other panel Ctrl + Enter When media menu is open (un)mounts the highlighted device Ctrl+Shift shortcuts -------------------- Ctrl + Shift + D Disconnect remote connection Ctrl + Shift + J Set jump back point Ctrl + Shift + L Locate GUI frontend Ctrl + Shift + O Move current tab to other side of the window Ctrl + Shift + S Open Quickselect bar Ctrl + Shift + U Swap Sides (also swap all folder tabs) Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow Open left media list Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow Open right media list Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow Open terminal emulator, independently, whether the command line is shown or not Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow Close terminal emulator, independently, whether the command line is shown or not Ctrl + Shift + Page Up Move current tab to the left Ctrl + Shift + Page Down Move current tab to the right Ctrl+Alt shortcuts ------------------ Ctrl + Alt + E Show/hide the embedded terminal Ctrl + Alt + M Mount (Default Useraction) Ctrl + Alt + N New tab Ctrl + Alt + R Toggle the List Panel between horizontal and vertical mode Ctrl + Alt + S Create a new symlink Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow Left History list Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow Right History list Ctrl + Alt + = Equal Panel Size (Default Useraction) Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N Duplicate a tab Ctrl + Alt + Enter Open current folder in a new tab General Ctrl shortcuts ---------------------- Ctrl + A Select all Ctrl + Page Down Move to the lower part in the current folder Ctrl + F1 … to F12: Standard (Plasma) key-bindings Ctrl + Shift + F1 … to F12: Standard (Plasma) key-bindings Misc. ----- [A - Z] Type to use quick search, quick select or quick filter Tab Switch between the panels Enter On a file: open/execute that file Enter On an archive file: browse the archive as if it was a folder Esc Will make the menu bar lose the focus if it has it Del Delete (or move to Trash) Ctrl + Del Alternate delete Space On a file: toggle the selection of the file down one position without affecting the selection of other files/folders Backspace One folder up Insert Does the same as the Space key and goes down one position to toggle the next file Context menu key Right-click menu Home Cursor jumps to the top of the list End Cursor jumps to the last file in the list Command Line ------------ Up arrow / Down arrow Scroll through previously typed commands Ctrl + / Open the command line history list Ctrl + Up arrow Jump from the command line to the active panel Ctrl + Down arrow Jump from the active panel to the command line Ctrl + Enter Insert current file / folder name without path to current command line position Ctrl + Shift + Enter Insert current file / folder with full path name to current command line position Terminal emulator ----------------- Ctrl + F Toggle between normal and full screen Terminal emulator Ctrl + V Insert from clipboard Ctrl + Up arrow Jump from the Terminal Emulator to the active panel if the Command line is hidden Ctrl + Down arrow Jump from the active panel to the Terminal Emulator if the Command line is hidden Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow / Down arrow Always focus/unfocus the Terminal Emulator independently whether the Command Line is shown or not Shift + Insert Insert from clipboard Synchronizer ------------ Ctrl + W Reverse direction Alt + Down arrow Exclude Alt + Up arrow Restore original task Alt + Left arrow Copy to left Alt + Right arrow Copy to right Alt + Del Mark for delete Default Useractions ------------------- Ctrl + E Edit a file as root Ctrl + Alt + C Copy current item to clipboard Ctrl + Alt + M Mount a new file system Ctrl + Alt + = Equal panel-size Meta + A Enqueue in Amarok Meta + 1 Sort by Name Meta + 2 Sort by extension Meta + 3 Sort the active panel by size Meta + 4 Sort by modified Meta + F5 Backup current file (Default Useraction) Selecting --------- Space Toggle the selection of the file under the cursor without affecting the selection of other files/folders Insert Toggle the selection of the file under the cursor without affecting the selection of other files/folders Left click Select, or unselect all previously selected files Ctrl + Left click Toggle the selection of the file under the cursor without affecting the selection of other files/folders Shift + Left click Select all the elements between the previous cursor location and the new one Shift + Home Select everything above the cursor (and deselects everything below the cursor, if selected) Shift + End "Select everything below the cursor (and unselects everything above the cursor, if selected) " " Other ----- Ctrl + I Open Quickfilter bar Ctrl + Shift + S Quick select KrViewer -------- Ctrl + S File → Save F5 File → Reload Ctrl + P File → Print Ctrl + Z Edit → Undo Ctrl + X Edit → Cut Ctrl + C Edit → Copy Ctrl + V Edit → Paste Ctrl + A Edit → Select all Ctrl + Shift + A Edit → Deselect Ctrl + Shift + B Edit → Block selection mode Meta + Ctrl + V Edit → Vi input mode Insert Edit → Overwrite mode Ctrl + F Edit → Find… F3 Edit → Find next Shift + F3 Edit → Find previous Ctrl + R Edit → Replace… Ctrl + H Edit → Find selected Ctrl + Shift + H Edit → Find selected backwards Ctrl + G Edit → Go to line… F7 View → Switch to command line F10 View → Dynamic word wrap F6 View → Show icon border F11 View → Show line numbers F9 View → Show folding markers Ctrl + Shift + - 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Click on the right pointing triangle to expand all toplevel regions Ctrl + B Bookmarks → Set bookmark Alt + Page Up Bookmarks → Previous Alt + Page Down Bookmarks → Next Ctrl + Shift + O Tools → Automatic spell checking Ctrl + D Tools → Comment Ctrl + Shift + D Tools → Uncomment Ctrl + U Tools → Uppercase Ctrl + Shift + U Tools → Lowercase Ctrl + Alt + U Tools → Capitalize Ctrl + J Tools → Join lines Ctrl + Shift + G KrViewer menu → Generic viewer Ctrl + Shift + T KrViewer menu → Text viewer Ctrl + Shift + H KrViewer menu → Hex viewer Ctrl + Shift + L KrViewer menu → Lister Ctrl + Shift + E KrViewer menu → Text editor Ctrl + Shift + D KrViewer menu → Detach tab Ctrl + Q KrViewer menu → Quit There are a few more shortcuts in KrViewer. Please refer to the official documentation for more information. https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/krusader/krusader/krviewer.html Disk Usage ---------- Right click menu: Del Delete Ctrl + E Exclude Shift + Up arrow Up one folder Ctrl + N New search Ctrl + R Refresh Ctrl + I Include all Shift + Down arrow Step into View menu: Ctrl + L Line view Ctrl + D Detailed view Ctrl + F Filelight view Shift + Left arrow / Right arrow Previous/Next view Locate GUI frontend Ctrl + Shift + L Start Locate Results window: Double click (on an item) Steps to its folder, makes the item visible and closes the locate dialog Right click Edits/views/finds the menu F3 View the current item F4 Edits the current item Ctrl + F Finds files in the results window Ctrl + N Shows the next search result Ctrl + P Shows the previous search result The results window supports dragging items to other windows and copy to clipboard (Ctrl+C). Source: KDE Last modified on (UTC): Wednesday, August 16, 2023 Defkey © All rights reserved.