Keyboard shortcuts

A similar list, shorter and searchable by shortcut and by action, is in “Settings” → “Keyboard”.

Window areas. Tab and Shift+Tab switch between areas: navigation buttons → address bar → Bookmarks → tree → search box → files; the active area has a frame around it. Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2 and Ctrl+3 move the keyboard straight to the Folders pane, the files and the Preview pane. Esc returns the keyboard to the files from anywhere. After operations and dialogs, the keyboard stays where it was: after deleting, the next file is selected; after pasting, the pasted one.

Keys	Action
`Alt+←` / `Alt+→`	Back / forward through the folders you visited
`Alt+↑`, `Backspace`	Up one level
`Enter`	Open the selection: enter a folder, open a file in its default app
`Ctrl+L`, `Alt+D`	Edit the path in the address bar, with all the text selected
`F4`	Recently visited folders
`Enter` / `Esc` in the address bar	Go to the path / cancel editing and return the keyboard to the files
`F5`	Refresh the folder, the expanded branches in both panes, and the list of drives

Moving around the window

Keys	Action
`Tab` / `Shift+Tab`	Next / previous window area
`Ctrl+1`	To the current folder tree, at the open folder; press again for the other tree (Bookmarks ↔ Computer)
`Ctrl+2`	To the files
`Ctrl+3`	To the Preview pane: text, code, document, page, player button; press again for the other half of a pair
`Esc` in the Preview pane	Return the keyboard to the files
`Ctrl+Shift+E`	Show the current folder in the tree and move to it
`Ctrl+Q`	Show / hide the Preview pane
`Ctrl+B`	Show / hide the Folders pane; the button to the left of “←” does the same
`↑` / `↓`, `Home` / `End`, `PgUp` / `PgDn` in the tree	Move the cursor through the rows; a folder opens once the cursor stops on it, unless “Open folders as you move to them with the keyboard” is turned off
`←` / `→` in the tree	Collapse a branch, or on a collapsed one go to the parent / expand a branch, or on an expanded one go to the first subfolder
Letters in the tree	Jump to a folder by the start of its name
`Enter` in the tree	Open the folder under the cursor
`Shift+F10`, Menu key in the tree	Menu of the folder under the cursor
`Esc` in the tree	Return the keyboard to the files
`F2` in the tree	Rename the folder under the cursor
`Ctrl+↑` / `Ctrl+↓` in Bookmarks	Move your bookmark up / down

File operations

Keys	Action
`Ctrl+C` / `Ctrl+X` / `Ctrl+V`	Copy / cut / paste; text or an image on the clipboard is pasted as a file, `Text.txt` / `Image.png`
`Ctrl+Shift+C`	Copy the full path
`Delete`	Move to the Recycle Bin; on your own bookmark, asks whether to remove the bookmark or the folder; a standard bookmark is removed from the pane
`Shift+Delete`	Delete permanently: always asks, can't be undone
`F2`	Rename in place (`Enter` applies, `Esc` cancels); on two or more files, batch rename in a separate window
`Ctrl+Shift+N`	Create a folder and type its name right away
`Ctrl+Z`	Undo the last operation
`Shift+F10`, Menu key	Context menu of the selection, or of the open folder if nothing is selected

Selection and search

Keys	Action
`Ctrl+A`	Select all
`Ctrl+F`	Search box above the files: the open folder right away, subfolders right after
`Ctrl+F` in the Preview pane with text	Find in the text: `Enter` / `Shift+Enter` for next / previous, `Esc` to close
`F3` / `Shift+F3`	Next / previous match in the Preview pane; after the last one, the next found file
`/` in the search box	The list of file types: arrow keys pick, `Enter` / `Tab` complete, `Esc` closes
`Ctrl+Shift+F`	Search window, also from the Preview pane with code
`Enter` in the Search window	Search now, without waiting for a pause
`Esc` in the Search window	Close the window and return the keyboard to the files
`Esc` in the search box	Stop and clear the search, return the keyboard to the files
`F5` on search results	Repeat the search
`Esc` in the files	Clear the selection
Letters in the files	Jump to the file whose name starts with the typed letters; a one-second pause starts over, and repeating the same letter cycles through the files starting with it
Arrows in Tiles and Icons	`→` at the right end goes to the next row, `←` at the left end to the previous one, `↑` in the top row to the first file, `↓` in the bottom row to the last; with `Shift`, the selection extends
`Alt+Enter`	Properties of the selection, or of the open folder if nothing is selected

Views and gallery

Keys	Action
`Ctrl+Shift+1` / `2` / `6` / `7`	Gallery / Icons / Details / Tiles
`0`–`5` in the gallery	Rate the selected files; `0` clears the rating
`Shift+0`–`5` in the gallery	Color label for the selected files; the same one again or `0` clears it
`Enter` / `Space` on photos in the gallery	Full screen: one photo; two selected, side by side; more, one at a time

Full screen

Keys	Action
`→` `↓` `Space` `PgDn` / `←` `↑` `Backspace` `PgUp`	Next / previous photo
`Home` / `End`	First / last photo
`Shift`+arrows	Adjacent photo on the right: the screen splits, and from then on you browse the right one
`←` / `→` on a pair	Keep the left / right one on screen
`0`–`5`, `Shift+0`–`5`	Rate and label the photo; with a pair, the one under the mouse
`Delete` / `Shift+Delete`	Photo to the Recycle Bin / delete permanently, then the next one is shown; with a pair, the one under the mouse
`Alt` (hold)	Frame without helper overlays
`Ctrl+Z`	Undo rating or deletion
`Z`	1:1 loupe without a mouse button; with the pointer hidden, on the sharpest spot or the AF point, depending on the setting; press again to turn it off
`Ctrl`+arrows on a zoomed-in photo	Move the zoomed view, both halves of a pair; arrows without `Ctrl` browse and keep the same spot of the frame. A setting swaps them
`Esc` / `Enter`	Close

Settings window

Keys	Action
`F1`	The guide, at the section about the open page

Mouse

Gesture	Action
Double-click	Open
Right-click an item	Context menu; the selection moves to the item if it was outside the selection
Right-click empty space	Menu of the open folder; the selection is cleared
Click empty space	Clear the selection; the dark frame stays on the last item, and an arrow key takes you back there
Drag across empty space	Selection rectangle; at the edge and beyond it, the files scroll by themselves and the rectangle keeps stretching
`Ctrl`+click	Add to the selection or remove from it
Click a row in the tree or Bookmarks	Go to the folder; you can click anywhere on the row
Right-click a folder in the tree	That folder's menu; the open folder doesn't change
“Paste” in a folder's menu (in the files, the tree, Bookmarks)	Paste into that folder; `Ctrl+V` in the files pastes into the open one
`Alt`+click a triangle	On a collapsed folder, expand it together with its first-level subfolders; on an expanded one, collapse the subtree
`Shift`+wheel	Scroll sideways: tree, Bookmarks, Details
`Ctrl`+wheel in the files	Larger / smaller; each view has its own sizes, and they're saved
`Ctrl`+wheel click	Reset the current view to its default size
Click a column header	Sort; click again to reverse the order
Click a star / circle in the filter bar	Only this rating / only this label; click again to clear the filter
Click the crossed-out star	Only photos without a rating
`Ctrl`+click a star / circle	Add or remove one rating or label without touching the others
Drag	Within a drive, move; between drives, copy; you can drag a folder out of the tree
Drag and hold over a folder	In a pane, a collapsed folder expands; in the files, the folder opens only if “Open a folder when a dragged file hovers over it” is on; at the edge, the list scrolls, faster the farther past the edge
Drag to the “+” zone under Bookmarks	Add the folder to Bookmarks
`Shift` / `Ctrl` / `Alt` while dragging	Move / copy / `.lnk` shortcut
Right-drag	Menu at the drop point: copy, move, shortcuts, “Convert” and “My actions”; in bold, what a normal drop would do
Left button on an image in the Preview pane	Loupe
`Ctrl`+wheel over a photo	Zoom in steps (50 / 100 / 200 / 400%) around the point under the pointer; in the Preview pane and in full screen
`Ctrl`+wheel over a video	Zoom 2× / 4× under the pointer
Wheel, “back” / “forward” buttons in full screen	Browse photos; with `Shift`, the right one of a pair
Left, then right button on an image in a pair	Only the photo under the pointer moves: this is how you align shots taken with an offset; once the right button is released, the photos move together and the offset is kept
`Alt` (hold) over an image	Helper overlays are hidden while the key is held