Default Key Bindings

The default key binding is inspired by vim and slightly overlaps with nnn, but it's supposed to be customized as per user requirements.

When you press ? in default mode, you can see the complete list of modes and the key mappings for each mode.

default

key	remaps	action
(		prev deep branch
)		next deep branch
.		show hidden
/	ctrl-f	search
:		action
?	f1	global help menu
G		go to bottom
V	ctrl-a	select/unselect all
ctrl-d		duplicate as
ctrl-i	tab	next visited path
ctrl-n		next selection
ctrl-o		last visited path
ctrl-p		prev selection
ctrl-r		refresh screen
ctrl-u		clear selection
ctrl-w		switch layout
d		delete
down	j	down
enter		quit with result
f		filter
g		go to
h	left	back
k	up	up
l	right	enter
page-down		scroll down
page-up		scroll up
q		quit
r		rename
s		sort
space	v	toggle selection
{		scroll up half
}		scroll down half
~		go home
[0-9]		input

duplicate_as

key	remaps	action
enter		submit
f1		global help menu
tab		try complete

filter

key	remaps	action
R		relative path does not match regex
backspace		remove last filter
ctrl-r		reset filters
ctrl-u		clear filters
f1		global help menu
r		relative path does match regex

action

key	remaps	action
!		shell
c		create
e		open in editor
f1		global help menu
l		logs
m		toggle mouse
p		edit permissions
q		quit options
s		selection operations
v		vroot
[0-9]		go to index

create

key	remaps	action
d		create directory
f		create file
f1		global help menu

switch_layout

key	remaps	action
1		default
2		no help menu
3		no selection panel
4		no help or selection
f1		global help menu

selection_ops

key	remaps	action
c		copy here
e		edit selection
f1		global help menu
h		hardlink here
l		list selection
m		move here
s		softlink here
u		clear selection

delete

key	remaps	action
D		force delete
d		delete
f1		global help menu

number

key	remaps	action
down	j	to down
enter		to index
f1		global help menu
k	up	to up
[0-9]		input

create_directory

key	remaps	action
enter		submit
f1		global help menu
tab		try complete

recover

key	remaps	action
f1		global help menu

rename

key	remaps	action
enter		submit
f1		global help menu
tab		try complete

vroot

key	remaps	action
.		vroot $PWD
/		vroot /
ctrl-r		reset vroot
ctrl-u		unset vroot
f1		global help menu
v		toggle vroot
~		vroot $HOME

relative_path_does_match_regex

key	remaps	action
enter		submit
f1		global help menu

relative_path_does_not_match_regex

key	remaps	action
enter		submit
f1		global help menu

debug_error

key	remaps	action
enter		open logs in editor
f1		global help menu
q		quit

edit_permissions

key	remaps	action
G		-group
M		min
O		-other
U		-user
ctrl-r		reset
enter		submit
f1		global help menu
g		+group
m		max
o		+other
u		+user

sort

key	remaps	action
!		reverse sorters
C		by created reverse
E		by canonical extension reverse
L		by last modified reverse
M		by canonical mime essence reverse
N		by node type reverse
R		by relative path reverse
S		by size reverse
backspace		remove last sorter
c		by created
ctrl-r		reset sorters
ctrl-u		clear sorters
e		by canonical extension
enter		submit
f1		global help menu
l		by last modified
m		by canonical mime essence
n		by node type
r		by relative path
s		by size

go_to

key	remaps	action
f		follow symlink
f1		global help menu
g		top
i		initial $PWD
p		path
x		open in gui

quit

key	remaps	action
enter		just quit
f		quit printing focus
f1		global help menu
p		quit printing pwd
r		quit printing result
s		quit printing selection

search

key	remaps	action
ctrl-a		toggle search algorithm
ctrl-f		fuzzy search
ctrl-n	down	down
ctrl-p	up	up
ctrl-r		regex search
ctrl-s		sort (no search order)
ctrl-z		toggle ordering
enter		submit
esc		cancel
f1		global help menu
left		back
right		enter
tab		toggle selection

go_to_path

key	remaps	action
enter		submit
f1		global help menu
tab		try complete

create_file

key	remaps	action
enter		submit
f1		global help menu
tab		try complete

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