=========================== Xyplorer keyboard shortcuts =========================== First published at 4/3/2019 on https://defkey.com/xyplorer-shortcuts Xyplorer is a feature packed file manager for Windows. It provides a dual pane button in the toolbar for a split interface, and has features such as color coding system files, advanced file search, tagging and many configuration options. Xyplorer has 323 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. File Menu --------- Enter Open Selected Item(s) Ctrl + Alt + Enter Open with... Ctrl + Enter Open Focused Item Ctrl + O Open... Ctrl + D Copy Here with Increment Ctrl + Shift + Alt + D Copy Here with Current Date Ctrl + Shift + D Copy Here with Last Modified Date Ctrl + S Copy Here As... Ctrl + Shift + C Copy Here to New Subfolder... Ctrl + Shift + X Move Here to New Subfolder... Del Delete Shift + Del Delete (No Recycle Bin) Ctrl + Del Delete (Skip Locked) F2 Rename Shift + F2 Batch Rename Alt + Enter Properties Ctrl + Q Quick File View F11 Floating Preview Ctrl + Alt + F4 Exit without Saving Alt + F4 Exit Ctrl + P Copy Item Path/Name: Copy name(s) with path to clipboard (of all selected items in List) Ctrl + Shift + P Copy Item Name: Copy name(s) (w/o path) to clipboard (of all selected items in List) Edit Menu --------- Ctrl + Z Undo Ctrl + Shift + Z Redo Ctrl + Alt + Z Action Log Ctrl + X Cut Ctrl + C Copy Ctrl + V Paste Ctrl + Shift + V Paste Here to New Subfolder... Shift + F7 Move To... Ctrl + F7 Copy To... Ctrl + Shift + F7 Backup To... Ctrl + Alt + N New Path... Ctrl + A Select All: Select all items currently listed Ctrl + Shift + A Deselect All: deselect all items currently listed Ctrl + Shift + I Invert Selection Ctrl + M Selection Filter... Ctrl + Alt + M Select By Selected Type(s) Ctrl + Shift + M Select Items... Ctrl + Shift + Alt + M Select All Files Ctrl + F Find Files: open find files tab if not visible anyway Ctrl + Alt + F Find Now F3 Quick Search Ctrl + Shift + F3 Toggle Quick Search Shift + F3 Repeat Last Quick Search Ctrl + F3 Show All Items In Branch Ctrl + N Create New Folder Ctrl + Shift + N Create new Text File View Menu --------- F5 Refresh Ctrl + Shift + R Auto-Refresh Ctrl + R Suspend Auto-Refresh F4 Refresh Tree Shift + F4 Refresh Current Folder Ctrl + Shift + F4 Reset Tree: rebuilds the whole folder tree and then carries you back to the location where you were before, while closing all other open branches Ctrl + F5 Refresh List: update the current list data, but keep any selections and scroll position. Ctrl + Shift + F5 Reset List: update the data, scroll back to top, set focus to the first item (if any), unselect any selections. Shift + F5 Calculate Folder Sizes: refresh current file list with folder sizes shown. Ctrl + Shift + H Show/Hide hidden files and folders Ctrl + T New Tab Alt + Home Go Home Ctrl + L Lock Location Ctrl + W Close Tab Ctrl + F4 Close Tab Ctrl + Shift + W Close All Other Unlocked Tabs Ctrl + J Set Visual Filter... Shift + Alt + J Filter by Selection(s) Ctrl + Alt + J Filter by Selected Extension(s) Ctrl + Shift + Alt + J Filter Out Selected Extension(s) Ctrl + Num + Autosize Columns Now Ctrl + Shift + Num + Grow Name Column Ctrl + Shift + Num + Shrink Name Column Ctrl + Alt + R Sort by Random Order Go Menu ------- F7 Previous Location: jump to the previous tab/mode/location (useful to zap back and fore between two locations) Shift + Alt + F7 Go to Previous Item in List: jump to the previously focused and selected item in the current file list. Ctrl + Alt + F7 Go to Last Target Backspace Up Shift + Backspace Down Ctrl + Backspace Breadcrumb... Alt + Left arrow Back Alt + Right arrow Forward Ctrl + H Hotlist... Ctrl + Shift + T Tab List... Ctrl + G Go to...: enter/paste a location to jump to Ctrl + Shift + G Go to from Here...: enter/paste a location to jump to (preset to current path) Ctrl + Shift + L Go to Line...: enter/paste a line number to jump to Ctrl + Shift + Alt + G Go to Application Folder Favorites Menu -------------- Ctrl + B Toggle Favorite Folder: toggle favorite status of current folder Ctrl + Shift + 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 Configuration: show configuration window Shift + F9 Customize Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl + Shift + F9 Customize Toolbar Shift + Alt + F9 Customize File Icons Ctrl + Shift + E Toggle Age (date display format) Panes Menu ---------- F10 Dual Pane Ctrl + F10 Horizontal Panes Ctrl + Alt + F10 Toggle Active Pane Shift + F6 Move to Other Pane Ctrl + F6 Copy to Other Pane Ctrl + Shift + F6 Backup to Other Pane Window Menu ----------- Ctrl + Shift + F12 Show Address Bar Ctrl + F12 Show Toolbar F8 Show Navigation Panels Shift + F8 Show Tree Ctrl + F8 Show Catalog F12 Show Info Panel: Toggle the Info Panel's visibility Help Menu --------- F1 Contents and Index: Display the XYplorer help file Other Shortcuts ---------------     Tree [A - Z] Select the next visible folder whose name starts with that letter or number Num - Collapse selected node Num + Expand selected node Num / Fully collapse selected node Num * Fully expand selected node Ctrl + Num / Fully collapse drive Shift + Num / Optimize tree Enter Toggle collapse/expand Backspace Browse to parent folder Arrow keys All common navigation keys just like Explorer Alt + Enter Show Properties dialog of the focused item Ctrl + Home Jump to the top folder (Drive, \\Server, Desktop, MyDocuments) of the current folder Shift + Alt + F6 Move the focused item into view Ctrl + Alt + P Open Command Prompt Here Context menu key 32-bit or 64-bit Context Menu (depends on setting in Configuration | Shell Integration) Shift + Context menu key 32-bit Context Menu Ctrl + Context menu key 64-bit Context Menu     List [A - Z] Select the next file whose name starts with that letter or number Backspace Browse to parent folder Del Delete all currently selected files (Recycle Bin) Shift + Del Delete all currently selected files (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 + Return to avoid beep sound) Ctrl + Num + Autosize Columns Now Esc Abort calculating folder sizes or a running search Shift + Alt + F6 Move the focused item into view Context menu key 32-bit or 64-bit Context Menu (depends on setting in Configuration | Shell Integration) Shift + Context menu key 32-bit Context Menu Ctrl + Context menu key 64-bit Context Menu scrollock If Scroll Lock is ON then the Up and Down arrow keys scroll the list keeping the current item (the focused and selected item) in the same screen position.     To enable this feature you need to tweak the XYplorer.ini file. Set the MindScrollLock key to 1:     MindScrollLock=1     Catalog Del Remove selected item from Catalog ("sure?"-prompt) Shift + Del Remove selected item from Catalog (no prompt) Insert Add New Item Here... Ctrl + Insert Duplicate Item Shift + Alt + F6 Move the focused item into view Ctrl + Shift + Enter Open Selected List Item(s), using the clicked application Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Enter Show a Catalog item's location in the Tree, without selecting the tree folder nor displaying its contents in the file list.     Tabs Ctrl + T New Tab Alt + Home Go Home Ctrl + W Close current tab Ctrl + F4 Close current tab Ctrl + Tab Cycle thru tabs (forward) Ctrl + Shift + Tab Cycle thru tabs (backward) Shift + Left click Close that tab     Tabbed Info Panel Ctrl + 1 … to 8: Jump 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 Contents tab, where this key just creates a new paragraph) Esc Abort a running File Find or Folder Report process     Audio/Video Preview Space Start/Pause playing Shift + Space Go to beginning and stop     Floating Preview and Full Screen Preview F11 Open current image file in Floating Preview Shift + F11 Open current image file in Full Screen Preview Shift + F11 Close Full Screen Preview Esc Close Full Screen Preview Page Up Previous image Shift + Space Previous image Wheel up Previous image Page Down Next image Space Next image Wheel down Next image Shift + Arrow keys Pan cropped image Home First/Last image End First/Last image A Fit All Num + Fit All W Fit Width H Fit Height I Zoom to Fill O Original Size 1 Original Size Num / Original Size D Double Size 2 Double Size Num + Zoom In Num - Zoom Out Shift + Num + Fine Zoom In Shift + Num - Fine Zoom Out K Lock Zoom X Lock Zoom Position G Toggle Zoom Z Zoom to Fit V Top-align if Vertically Cropped S Show Status Bar M Mouse Down Blow Up L Rotate Left R Rotate Right F Flipped Ctrl + Alt + Enter Open with... Del Delete File F2 Rename File F5 Refresh F12 Full Screen Ctrl + Right click Advanced options F11 Close Floating Preview Esc Close Floating Preview     Floating Preview and Full Screen Preview: Advanced Options N Navigate by Click M Mouse Down Blow Up Ctrl + M Mouse Down Blow Up: Shrink to Fit Q High Quality Image Resampling Ctrl + T Transparency Grid Ctrl + W White Border B Cycle Background Color Shift + B Cycle Background Color Backwards S Show Status Bar P Show Photo Data T Show Tag Bar F8 Run Script Ctrl + H Show Histogram Ctrl + R Color Histogram Ctrl + I Invert Ctrl + G Grayscale C Copy Original Ctrl + C Copy Preview     Configuration Dialog F3 Jump to Setting... F7 Jump back and forth between this and the previous page     Customize Toolbar Del Remove selected item Insert Insert selected item S Add separator Backspace Remove the item right before the currently selected item F3 Focus filter box (if no filter box is focused, else toggle filter) F6 Switch between the two lists. Alt + V Focus left list. Alt + B Focus right list.     Edit Boxes Ctrl + A Select all. Click three times (rapidly) Select all. Ctrl + F Opens Find Text dialog. F2 Select toggle all/nothing. F3 Find next occurrence of the search string specified in Find Text dialog. F3 Opens Find Text dialog if there wasn't any previous search in that edit box. Shift + F3 Find previous occurrence of the search string specified in Find Text dialog. Shift + F3 Opens Find Text dialog if there wasn't any previous search in that edit box. Up arrow If selection: caret to start of selection and unselect. Else: caret to start of text. Down arrow If selection: caret to end of selection and unselect. Else: caret to end of text F5 Convert selected text to Title Case (converts the first letter of every word in string to upper case) Shift + F5 Convert selected text to UPPER CASE Ctrl + F5 Convert selected text to lower case Ctrl + Backspace Delete the previous word     Small Lists Ctrl + Left click + Move the mouse Create a clone of the dragged item in a new position. Works only in lists where you can add new items, e.g. in Color Filters     Other Esc All time-consuming processes (finding files, calculating folder sizes...) can always be stopped by pressing ESC. F6 Cycle focus in this sequence: Address Bar > Tree > List > Catalog. Alt + D Focus Address Bar. Ctrl + Up arrow / Down arrow In lists with shiftable positions: shift selected item up/down. Ctrl + Num / Fully collapse current drive. The drive root will automatically be selected. Shift Open the location you are going to in a new tab (Exception: The location change is triggered by a script) Ctrl + Shift Open the location you are going to in the inactive pane. Alt + F12 Last Size/Minimize Info Panel Shift + F12 Maximize/Minimize Info Panel Mouse Tricks ------------     Anywhere Ctrl + Wheel up and wheel down Over Status Bar: Zoom font size of Buttons and Labels. Ctrl + Wheel up and wheel down Elsewhere: Zoom font size of main controls.     Tree Ctrl + Double click On the white space: scroll focused item into view. Ctrl + Shift + Double click On the white space: Scroll to Top. Right click On non-folder area: pops up the Favorites context menu. Ctrl + Left click Open in new background tab. Ctrl + Shift + Left click Open in new tab (and focus it). Shift + Left click Open in new tab (and focus it). Alt + Left click Open in inactive pane. Shift + Alt + Left click Open in a new tab in the inactive pane. Middle click Open in new tab (equivalent to Shift + Click). Shift + Wheel up and wheel down Scroll horizontally (if possible). Ctrl + Shift + Wheel up and wheel down Increase/Decrease row height (line spacing). Shift + Alt + Wheel up and wheel down Increase/Decrease indent. Left click On expansion icon: Collapse/Expand selected node. Ctrl + Left click On expansion icon: Fully Collapse/Expand selected node.     Catalog Ctrl + Left click Open in new background tab. Shift + Left click Open in new tab (and focus it). Ctrl + Alt + Left click Open in this tab (even if it is locked). Middle click Open in new tab (equivalent to Shift + Click). Needs "Middle-click opens folder in new tab" enabled. Ctrl + Shift + Left click Open Selected List Item(s), using the clicked application. Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Enter Show a Catalog item's location in the Tree, without selecting the tree folder nor displaying its contents in the file list. Left click + Move the mouse Move dragged item to new position. Ctrl + Left click + Move the mouse Copy dragged item to new position. Ctrl + Shift + Wheel up and wheel down Increase/Decrease row height (line spacing). Left click Left-most 8 pixels: select item but do not trigger action.     List Double click On the line numbers column header ("#"), or on the area to the right of all column headers: Autosize Columns Now. Ctrl + Double click On the white space: scroll focused item into view. Right click On the line numbers column header ("#"):  pops the Sort  By menu. Right click On the column headers: pops the Show Columns context menu. Shift + Wheel up and wheel down While selecting a view: Apply the view to all tabs. Middle click Open a folder in a new tab (equivalent to Shift + double click). Needs "Middle-click opens folder in new tab" enabled. Shift + Wheel up and wheel down Scroll horizontally (if possible). Ctrl + Shift + Wheel up and wheel down Increase/Decrease row height (line spacing). Ctrl + Shift + Double click On a folder: browse the folder in the inactive pane. On a file in Search Results: the containing folder is opened in the inactive pane and the file is selected. On the white space: Scroll to Top.     Toolbar Ctrl + Wheel up and wheel down Button captions font size. Ctrl + Shift + Wheel up and wheel down Toolbar zoom.     Breadcrumb Bars Ctrl + Shift + Wheel up and wheel down Increase/Decrease bar height.     List showing thumbnails Left click (click on thumb) Mouse Down Blow Up, while mouse button is down. Note: hold the mouse down longer than 150ms. Quick clicks will simply select the item. Right click (click on thumb) Mouse Down Blow Up, stay up until you hit any key or click it again.     Drag & Drop Ctrl + Left click + Move the mouse Force copying dragged objects. Shift + Left click + Move the mouse Force moving dragged objects.     Tabs Wheel up and wheel down (use mouse wheel over Tab heads) Scroll through the tabs Double click Close tab (background tabs are shortly selected, then closed). Middle click Close tab (background tabs are closed without selecting them first).     Tabbed Info Panel Double click (click on splitter) Toggle Info Panel min/max size. Ctrl + [1 - 9] Select Tab 1, 2 etc.     Find Files Tab Ctrl + Left click (click Tab heads) Toggle search filter On/Off     Copying Information to Clipboard     As rule of thumb, any text or icon you see anywhere on the info panel or the status bar can be copied to the clipboard by double-clicking it. Some special cases are extensions to this rule:     Double clicking on the Objects-section on the status bar (the left-most section) copies summary information on the current folder, e.g.:     D:\Download\, 145 object(s), Total: 13.29MB (13,935,798 bytes)     Double clicking on a Key label on the Properties and Version tabs copies the key and the value. e.g.:     Created: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 20:57:21     Double clicking on a Value label on the Properties and Version tabs copies just the value. e.g.:     Wednesday, January 12, 2000 20:57:21 Image Preview -------------     Mouse actions directly on the preview image: Left click Mouse Down Blow Up: Popup image in original size (aligned to the bottom-left). If image is larger than the main window move the mouse while holding it down to scroll the image in any direction (or enable "Shrink to fit" in Configuration | Preview). Ctrl + Left click Toggle zoom/original size. Right click Pops up the image preview context menu. Audio/Video Preview -------------------     Mouse actions directly on the progress bar: Left click Go to mouse position. Right click Start/Pause playing. Shift + Left click Go to beginning. Shift + Right click Go to beginning and stop. Ctrl + Left click Set start of sub loop. Ctrl + Right click Set end of sub loop. Ctrl + Alt + Left click Reset sub loop. Floating Preview and Full Screen Preview ---------------------------------------- Right click Show context menu. Ctrl + Left click + Move the mouse Pan a cropped image. Right click + Move the mouse Pan a cropped image. Middle click Close preview. Wheel up Previous Image. Wheel down Next Image. Ctrl + Wheel up Zoom In. Ctrl + Wheel down Zoom Out. Ctrl + Shift + Wheel up Fine Zoom In. Ctrl + Shift + Wheel down Fine Zoom Out. Source: Xyplorer help file Last modified on (UTC): Monday, November 11, 2019 Defkey © All rights reserved.