Keyboard shortcuts

Tabs, navigation, Quick Look, clipboard, and file operation shortcuts.

Keyboard Shortcuts & Command Palette (⌘K)

Sulguni Explorer supports 60+ macOS Finder and Windows Explorer / Total Commander shortcuts. You can also copy the entire formatted Markdown cheat sheet anytime via Preferences (⌘,) → Shortcuts → Copy Cheat Sheet.

Navigation & Direct Path

  • ⌘[ / ⌘] (or Alt + ← / Alt + →): Back / Forward in folder history
  • ⌘↑ (or Backspace): Go to enclosing parent folder
  • ⌘↓ (or Return): Open selected folder or file
  • ⇧⌘G: Go to Folder (with live child-folder Tab autocomplete and 1-click Create & Open (fs.mkdirp) for non-existent paths)
  • ⌘L (or F4): Focus inline editable Address Bar
  • ⌘F: Focus Search (with Subfolder, Content Grep, RegEx, Case, and Whole-Word toggles)
  • ⌘K (or ⇧⌘P): Command Palette & 3 Live Calculators (decode chmod 755 octal permissions, convert byte units like 2.5 GB, or evaluate math expressions)

Views, Dual-Pane & Tabs

  • ⌘1 · ⌘2 · ⌘3: Switch between Tiles Grid (⌘1), Details Table (⌘2), and Miller Columns (⌘3)
  • ⌘\ (or F3): Toggle Dual-Pane Commander split view
  • ⌥⌘I: Toggle Live 4K Inspector & Code Preview pane
  • ⇧⌘.: Show or hide hidden dotfiles (.git, .env)
  • ⌘T / ⌘W: New tab / Close active tab (or Middle-Click tab)
  • ⇧⌘T: Reopen most recently closed tab
  • ⌥⌘W: Open Tab Workspaces Studio

Selection, Rename & Pro Studios

  • ⌘A / ⇧⌘I / Esc: Select All / Invert Selection / Clear Selection
  • ⇧⌘S: Select by Pattern Studio (Wildcard *.png, /RegEx/, ! Exclude, and Size filters)
  • Space: Native macOS Quick Look preview
  • Return or F2: Inline Rename (single item) or open Batch Rename Studio (when multiple items are selected)
  • ⇧⌘R: Batch Rename Studio (Find/Replace, Regex, Prefix/Suffix, Numbering, Case, and inline character diff)
  • ⇧⌘K: Quick Shelf (Drop Stack)
  • ⌘I (or Alt + Enter): Properties, Checksums (MD5/SHA-1/SHA-256) & Interactive chmod Matrix
  • ⌘`: Toggle Multi-Tab Embedded zsh PTY Terminal

File Operations, Clipboard & Commander Function Keys

  • ⇧⌘N (or F7): New Folder
  • ⌘D: Duplicate selected items
  • ⌘X / ⌘C / ⌘V: Cut / Copy / Paste files (or Paste Clipboard Image/Text as File)
  • ⌥⌘V: Move copied items here (Finder-style move)
  • ⌥⌘C: Copy full POSIX path(s) to clipboard
  • ⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z: Undo / Redo file operations
  • F5 / F6: Copy / Move active selection to opposite pane in Dual-Pane Commander
  • ⌘⌫ (or Delete / F8): Move to Trash
  • ⌥⌘⌫ (or Shift + Delete): Delete permanently (bypass Trash)
  • ⇧⌘⌫: Empty Trash across all mounted volumes

Tips that prevent mistakes

  • In the Trash view, Delete is treated as permanent.
  • If you rename a lot, keep extensions visible: File extensions

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