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
.		show hidden
/	ctrl-f	search
:		action
?		global help menu
G		go to bottom
V	ctrl-a	select/unselect all
ctrl-d		duplicate as
ctrl-i		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

vroot

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

relative_path_does_match_regex

key	remaps	action
enter		submit

go_to_path

key	remaps	action
enter		submit
tab		try complete

duplicate_as

key	remaps	action
enter		submit
tab		try complete

debug_error

key	remaps	action
enter		open logs in editor
q		quit

selection_ops

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

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
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
g		top
i		initial $PWD
p		path
x		open in gui

edit_permissions

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

switch_layout

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

create

key	remaps	action
d		create directory
f		create file

create_directory

key	remaps	action
enter		submit
tab		try complete

create_file

key	remaps	action
enter		submit
tab		try complete

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
left		back
right		enter
tab		toggle selection

number

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

action

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

filter

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

rename

key	remaps	action
enter		submit
tab		try complete

relative_path_does_not_match_regex

key	remaps	action
enter		submit

quit

key	remaps	action
enter		just quit
f		quit printing focus
p		quit printing pwd
r		quit printing result
s		quit printing selection

recover

key	remaps	action

delete

key	remaps	action
D		force delete
d		delete

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