Keyboard layout

Key F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 ALT+F1 ALT+F2 ALT+F3 ALT+SHIFT+F3 ALT+F4 ALT+F5 ALT+SHIFT+F5 ALT+F7 ALT+F8 ALT+F9 ALT+SHIFT+F9 ALT+F10 SHIFT+F1 SHIFT+F2 SHIFT+F3 SHIFT+F4 SHIFT+F5 SHIFT+CTRL+F5 SHIFT+F6 SHIFT+F10 SHIFT+ESC ALT+left/right ALT+down NUM + NUM NUM * NUM / CTRL+NUM + CTRL+NUM ALT+NUM + ALT+NUM CTRL+PgUp or Backspace CTRL+< CTRL+\ CTRL+PgDn CTRL+left/right Action Help Reread source window List files Edit files Copy files Rename or move files Create directory Delete files Activate menu above source window (left or right) Activate left menu or deactivate menu change left drive change right drive Use alternate (external or internal) viewer Start Lister and load file with internal viewer (no plugins or multimedia) Exit Pack files Move to archive Find Opens the history list of the command line Unpack specified files Test archives Opens a dialog box with the current directory tree Custom columns view menu Compare file lists List only file under cursor, when multiple files selected Create new text file and load into editor Copy files (with rename) in the same directory Create shortcuts of the selected files (Windows 95/98/NT new shell only) Rename files in the same directory Show context menu Minimizes Total Commander to an icon Go to previous/next dir of already visited dirs Open history list of already visited dirs (like the history list in a WWW browser) expand selection shrink selection invert selection restore selection select all deselect all select all files with the same extension remove selection from files with the same extension

Change to parent directory (cd ..) Jump to the root directory (most European keyboards) Jump to the root directory (US keyboard) Open directory/archive (also self extracting .EXE archives) Open directory/archive and display it in the target window. If the cursor is not on a directory name, the current directory is displayed instead. CTRL+F1 File display 'brief' (only file names) CTRL+SHIFT+F1 Thumbnails view (preview pictures) CTRL+F2 File display 'full' (all file details) CTRL+SHIFT+F2 Comments view (new comments are created with Ctrl+Z) CTRL+F3 Sort by name CTRL+F4 Sort by extension

Sort by date/time Sort by size Unsorted Display directory tree Toggle separate directory tree 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 Redirect to command line, cursor jumps to command line Select file or directory. Select file or directory (as INSERT). If SPACE is used on an unselected directory under the cursor, the contents in this directory are counted and the size is shown in the "full" view instead of the string <DIR>. This can be disabled through 'Configuration' - 'Options' - 'Operation' - 'Selection with Space'. ENTER Change directory / run program / run associated program / execute command line if not empty. If the source directory shows the contents of an archive, further information on the packed file is given. SHIFT+ENTER 1. Runs command line / program under cursor with preceding command /c and leave the program's window open. Only works if NOCLOSE.PIF is in your Windows directory! 2. With ZIP files: use alternative choice of these (as chosen in Packer config): (Treat archives like directories <-> call associated program, i.e. winzip or quinzip) 3. Inside an archive file: Unpack the file under the cursor and treat it like an archive (zip in zip processing) 4. In the list of last used dirs (History, Ctrl+D), open the directory on a new Tab. ALT+SHIFT+ENTER The contents of all directories in the current directory are counted. The sizes of the directories are then shown in the "full" view instead of the string <DIR>. ALT+ENTER Show property sheet. CTRL+A select all CTRL+B Directory branch: Show contents of current dir and all subdirs in one list CTRL+C (32 bit) Copy files to clipboard CTRL+D Open directory hotlist ('bookmarks') CTRL+F Connect to FTP server CTRL+SHIFT+F Disconnect from FTP server CTRL+I Switch to target directory CTRL+L Calculate occupied space (of the selected files) CTRL+M Multi-Rename-Tool CTRL+SHIFT+M Change FTP transfer mode CTRL+N New FTP connection (enter URL or host address) CTRL+P Copy current path to command line CTRL+Q Quick view panel instead of file window CTRL+R Reread source directory CTRL+T Open new folder tab and activate it CTRL+SHIFT+T Open new folder tab, but do not activate it CTRL+U Exchange directories CTRL+SHIFT+U Exchange directories and tabs CTRL+V (32 bit) Paste from clipboard to current dir. CTRL+W Close currently active tab CTRL+SHIFT+W Close all open tabs CTRL+X (32 bit) Cut files to clipboard CTRL+Z Edit file comment CTRL+UP Open dir under cursor in new tab CTRL+SHIFT+UP Open dir under cursor in other window (new tab) CTRL+TAB Jump to next tab CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

CTRL+F5 CTRL+F6 CTRL+F7 CTRL+F8 CTRL+Shift+F8 CTRL+F9 CTRL+F10 CTRL+F11 CTRL+F12 TAB Letter INSERT SPACE

Jump to previous tab ALTGR+Letter(s) or CTRL+ALT+Letter(s) Quick search for a file name (starting with specified letters) in the current directory Other keys: See command line