File manager

The File manager is a dual-pane (Commander-style) browser: two panels side by side, each pointing at either your local disk or a remote SFTP host. Copy and move between them, and the transfer just works — local→remote, remote→local, even remote→remote.

Panels

Each panel is independent. A panel can show:

Pick the source from the panel header. The focused panel is the active one — its directory drives copy/move targets and keyboard actions. Click a panel (or use Tab on Desktop) to move focus.

Copy, move, and the rest

Remote panels reuse a live SSH connection when one already exists for that host — opening a second view costs only an SFTP channel, not a fresh login.

Multiple workspaces

You can open several File manager instances at once, each with its own pair of panels. Every instance is a first-class session in the tab bar / Active Sessions list (labelled left / right, e.g. Local / prod-db), so switching away and back restores the exact panels you left.

The remembered layout is kept for the running app only — it is not written to disk. A fresh start opens a clean Local view and never dials the network until you ask it to.

Keyboard shortcuts

Commander is fully keyboard-driven (Norton / Total Commander style). Keys act on the focused panel in the list/detail view; switch panels with Tab.

Navigation

KeyAction
TabSwitch the active panel (left ↔ right)
Up / DownMove the cursor
Home / EndJump to the first / last item
Page Up / Page DownMove a page at a time
EnterOpen the folder / activate the file under the cursor
BackspaceGo up to the parent folder
Alt+EnterProperties of the item under the cursor
Ctrl+SpaceReturn focus to the panel's address bar

Selecting files

KeyAction
SpaceMark / unmark the item under the cursor
InsertMark the item and step down
Shift+Up / Shift+DownExtend the marking while moving
Ctrl+AMark everything in the panel
Ctrl+Shift+AClear the marking

File operations

KeyAction
F5Copy marked items to the other panel
F6Move marked items to the other panel
Shift+F6Rename the item under the cursor
F7Create a new folder
Shift+F4Create a new (empty) file
F8 / DeleteDelete marked items
Alt+F7 (or Ctrl+Shift+F)Find files
Ctrl+PEdit permissions (chmod)
Ctrl+HShow / hide hidden files (active panel)

Quick search

Press Alt + a letter to start a quick search in the focused panel, then keep typing to jump to a matching name. While the search box is open: Up/Down jump to the next/previous match, Backspace deletes a character, Enter opens the match, Esc cancels, Tab switches panel.

File-operation keys are paused while a transfer is in progress.

Detach into its own window

A docked File manager can be torn off into a standalone window (the detach control in the title bar) and re-docked later — the same detach / re-dock that works for any session (see Windows & tray). The underlying panels stay alive across detach/re-dock — no reload, no re-login.

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