Docs / Keyboard shortcuts
F-key bar
Hold Shift, Ctrl or Alt and the bar at the bottom of the window relabels itself, so you can always see what a key will do.
| Key | Plain | With a modifier |
|---|---|---|
| F1 | Run | Shift: other drive · Ctrl: run · Alt: load only. See launching. |
| F2 | Rename in place | - |
| F3 | View | Shift: hex view · Ctrl: view in the other pane |
| F4 | Disk Inspector | BAM / sector map and disk report for an image |
| F5 | Copy | Shift: copy to a folder · Ctrl+Shift: duplicate |
| F6 | Move | Shift: move to a folder · inside a disk, Ctrl: lock, Ctrl+Shift: splat |
| F7 | Make folder | Shift: new file · Ctrl: new disk image · Alt: make folder and enter it |
| F8 / Del | Delete | On your PC it goes to the Recycle Bin. Shift: wipe permanently |
| F9 | Mount on drive A | Shift: mount on drive B |
| F10 / Alt+F4 | Quit | - |
| F11 | Show / hide preview | Shift: cycle layout · Ctrl / Alt: hide the left / right pane |
| F12 | Hard reset the Ultimate | Shift: reboot · Ctrl: reset and run · Ctrl+Alt: power off |
Navigation & selection
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Tab | Switch active pane |
| Enter | Open folder / open disk image or archive / launch PRG |
| Backspace | Parent folder |
| Alt+Left / Right | Back / forward |
| Home / End | First / last item (with Shift: extend the selection) |
| Type letters | Quick-jump to matching name |
| Shift+arrows | Select a range |
| + / - / * | Select by mask / deselect by mask / invert selection |
| Ctrl+A | Select all |
| Ctrl+F | Search box of the active pane |
| Ctrl+Shift+F | Find in disks |
| Ctrl+D | Favourite folders |
| Ctrl+Shift+D | Add this place to the favourites |
| Ctrl+R | Refresh |
| Ctrl+U | Cycle which panes are visible |
| Ctrl+M | Single-screen mode: flip Browse / Work |
Inside a disk image
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Up / Down | Move the entry up / down the directory |
| Ctrl+Home / End | Move the entry to the top / bottom of the directory |
| Ctrl+I | Stamps: pick a stamp to insert |
| Ctrl+Shift+I | Insert the last stamp again |
| Alt+I | Disk info |
| Tap Ctrl+Shift | Switch the PETSCII character set |
While renaming: Right Alt works as the Commodore key, Ctrl+Space opens the PETSCII picker, Ctrl+H types a byte in hex, Enter commits and Esc cancels. On keyboard layouts that use AltGr, the Commodore-key combinations can't be reached - use the picker instead.
Clipboard & standard
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+C | Copy selection |
| Ctrl+X | Cut selection |
| Ctrl+V | Paste into the active pane |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo, up to 64 steps |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo a disk edit |
| Ctrl+Shift+N | New folder |
| Ctrl+Enter / Alt+Enter | Open in an emulator (autostart / attach only) |
Prefer the mouse? Settings can switch the F-keys off altogether. For what all these keys act on, see the feature tour.