Main menu - Help - Keyboard shortcuts


Activating the menu item "Help → Keyboard shortcuts" opens a list of keyboard shortcuts initially assigned to FreeCommander commands.

These initially assigned keyboard shortcuts can be changed with the menu item "Tools → Define keyboard shortcuts". There is a list with all commands and their actually assigned keyboard shortcuts shown there. The commands in this list are sorted by the following groups:

File

View selected file

F3 or Shift+F3

Edit selected file

F4

Create and edit a file 

Shift+F4

Copy selected files and folders

F5

Move selected files and folder

F6

Delete selected files and folders

Del

Wipe selected files and folders

Shift+Ctrl+Del

Rename selected object

F2

Compare files (see Settings→Programs→Compare files)

Ctrl+Alt+V

Multi rename selected files

Ctrl+M

Pack selected files

Alt+F5

Unpack selected archive

Alt+F6

Split selected files into multiple files

Shift+Ctrl+I

Display properties of selected objects

Alt+Enter

Change date and attributes of selected object

Shift+Enter

Show context menu

Shift+F10

Search for files / folders

Ctrl+F, Alt+F7

Create MD5-checksums

Ctrl+K

Exit program

Alt+F4


Edit

The selected folders and files will be moved into the clipboard

Ctrl+X

The selected folders and files will be copied into the clipboard

Ctrl+C

The folders and files from the clipboard will be inserted into the folder of the current window

Ctrl+V

Select all files and folders in the current window

Ctrl+A

Select some of the files and folders in the current window

(Num+)

Select all files with the same extension in the current window

Alt+(Num+)

Invert the selection in the current window

(Num*)

Invert the selection in the current window - only files

Ctrl+(Num*)

Deselect all files and folders in the current window

Ctrl+(Num-)

Deselect some files and folders in the current window

(Num-)

Deselect all files with the same extension in the current window

Alt+(Num-)

Copy the full path and file name into the clipboard

Alt+Ins

Copy file names into the clipboard

Shift+Alt+Ins

Copy the full path of the current window into the clipboard

Ctrl+Alt+Ins


Folder

Change drive in the left window

Alt+F1

Change drive in the right window

Alt+F2

Change drive in current window to drive A: .. Z:

Shift+A,...,Shift+Z

Change to the root folder of the drive in the current window

Press and hold Ctrl and click on a drive in the drive bar

Create new folder in current folder

F7

Find folder in tree view

Shift+F7

Go to folder

Alt+G

Define a filter to hide/show a distinct group of files

Alt+Y

Display filter popup menu

Alt+Scroll-Down

Detail view: show size of subfolder

Alt+F9

Detail view: show size of selected folder

Ctrl+F9

Show history of last 20 selected folders

Alt+Down

Sort the files and folders in current window by name

Ctrl+F3

Sort the files and folders in current window by type

Ctrl+F4

Sort the files and folders in current window by extension

Shift+Ctrl+F4

Sort the files and folders in current window by date/time

Ctrl+F5

Sort the files and folders in current window by size

Ctrl+F6

Define favorite items

Shift+Ctrl+F

Add current folder to the list of favorite items

Shift+Ctrl+V

Access the first 10 favorite items

Shift+Ctrl+1,..., Shift+Ctrl+0

Show popup menu for favorite items

Alt+Up

Compare files from active and inactive window

Alt+V

Synchronize folders

Alt+S

Go one folder up

BkSp

Go to the root folder

Ctrl+Home

History - back

Alt+Left

History - forward

Alt+Right

Activate/deactivate quick filter

Ctrl+Y


View

Change view in current window to: list

Ctrl+F1

Change view in current window to: file details

Ctrl+F2

Change view in current window to: thumbnails

Ctrl+I

Toggle view in current window

F9

Locks view and disable automatic views

Shift+F9

Switch main splitter horizontal/vertical

Ctrl+H

Show/hide tree view for current window

Alt+T

Show/hide favorites tree

Alt+F

Switch between dual and one window

F10

Equalize size for left and right window

Shift+Ctrl+F2

Refresh current window

Ctrl+R

Refresh all

Shift+Ctrl+R

Refresh network caches

Ctrl+Alt+R

Swap the both windows

Ctrl+U

Same folder in both windows

Ctrl+E

Show only selected files

Ctrl+S

Minimize FreeCommander Window

Shift+Esc

Full screen mode

F11

Autoresize columns

Shift+Ctrl+(Num+)

Popup menu for views

Shift+F1

Quick view on/off 

Ctrl+Q

New folder TAB 

Ctrl+T

Locked TAB - Go to locked path

Ctrl+Bksp

Close folder TAB 

Ctrl+W

Close all folder TABs 

Shift+Ctrl+W

Restore last closed TAB 

Shift+Ctrl+T

Change to last active TAB

Ctrl+PgUp

Plain view - files 

Ctrl+B

Plain view - folders 

Shift+Ctrl+B

Plain view - files, folders 

Ctrl+Alt+B

Open archive file

Ctrl+PgDn


Tools

Settings

F12

Quickly change settings

Right mouse click into the status line

Define layouts


Access the first 10 layouts

Alt+1,...,Alt+0

Define favorite tools

Shift+Ctrl+Y

Access the first 10 favorite tools

Ctrl+1,...,Ctrl+0

Open DOS window

Ctrl+D

Connect network drive

Ctrl+F11

Disconnect network drive

Ctrl+F12

Quick starter

Shift+Ctrl+J

Open "Desktop Snapshot" dialog

Shift+Ctrl+F11

Take the desktop snapshot

Shift+Ctrl+F12


DOS prompt

Toggle between command line and current window

Shift+Ctrl+Spacebar

Insert name of the current folder into the command line

Ctrl+Spacebar

Insert name of the selected file or folder into the command line

Ctrl+Enter

Insert path and name of the selected file or folder into the command line

Shift+Ctrl+Enter

Go up in the list of command from the history

Ctrl+Up

Go down in the list of commands from the history

Ctrl+Down

Show list of commands from the history

Alt+Down

Execute the command in the command line

Enter or Alt+Enter

Jump left / right in the command line

Ctrl+Left, Ctrl+Right