xplr/docs/en/src/default-key-bindings.md

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-c		terminate
ctrl-i	tab	next visited path
ctrl-o		last visited path
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
q		quit
r		rename
s		sort
space	v	toggle selection
~		go home
[0-9]		input

recover

key	remaps	action
ctrl-c		terminate
esc		escape

filter

key	remaps	action
R		relative does not contain
backspace		remove last filter
ctrl-c		terminate
ctrl-r		reset filters
ctrl-u		clear filters
enter	esc	done
r		relative does contain

number

key	remaps	action
backspace		remove last character
ctrl-c		terminate
ctrl-u		remove line
ctrl-w		remove last word
down	j	to down
enter		to index
esc		cancel
k	up	to up
[0-9]		input

go to

key	remaps	action
ctrl-c		terminate
esc		cancel
f		follow symlink
g		top
x		open in gui

search

key	remaps	action
backspace		remove last character
ctrl-c		terminate
ctrl-n	down	down
ctrl-p	up	up
ctrl-u		remove line
ctrl-w		remove last word
enter	esc	focus
left		back
right		enter
tab		toggle selection

selection ops

key	remaps	action
c		copy here
ctrl-c		terminate
esc		cancel
m		move here
x		open in gui

action to

key	remaps	action
!		shell
c		create
ctrl-c		terminate
e		open in editor
esc		cancel
l		logs
m		toggle mouse
q		quit options
s		selection operations
[0-9]		go to index

create

key	remaps	action
ctrl-c		terminate
d		create directory
esc		cancel
f		create file

create file

key	remaps	action
backspace		remove last character
ctrl-c		terminate
ctrl-u		remove line
ctrl-w		remove last word
enter		create file
esc		cancel

create directory

key	remaps	action
backspace		remove last character
ctrl-c		terminate
ctrl-u		remove line
ctrl-w		remove last word
enter		create directory
esc		cancel

rename

key	remaps	action
backspace		remove last character
ctrl-c		terminate
ctrl-u		remove line
ctrl-w		remove last word
enter		rename
esc		cancel

delete

key	remaps	action
D		force delete
ctrl-c		terminate
d		delete
esc		cancel

sort

key	remaps	action
!		reverse sorters
E		by canonical extension 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
ctrl-c		terminate
ctrl-r		reset sorters
ctrl-u		clear sorters
e		by canonical extension
enter	esc	done
m		by canonical mime essence
n		by node type
r		by relative path
s		by size

filter

key	remaps	action
R		relative does not contain
backspace		remove last filter
ctrl-c		terminate
ctrl-r		reset filters
ctrl-u		clear filters
enter	esc	done
r		relative does contain

relative path does contain

key	remaps	action
backspace		remove last character
ctrl-c		terminate
ctrl-u		remove line
ctrl-w		remove last word
enter		apply filter
esc		cancel

relative path does not contain

key	remaps	action
backspace		remove last character
ctrl-c		terminate
ctrl-u		remove line
ctrl-w		remove last word
enter		apply filter
esc		cancel

switch layout

key	remaps	action
1		default
2		no help menu
3		no selection panel
4		no help or selection
ctrl-c		terminate
esc		cancel