Hotkeys and shortcuts for Midnight Commander

(Total 51)

Ctrl + R
General
Refresh active panel
Ctrl + X then C
General
Opens chmod dialog for marked file
Ctrl + X then O
General
Opens chown dialog for marked file
Alt + ?
General
Opens search dialog
Ctrl + X then A
General
Open VFS list. If a ftp session times out, you can use this to free the open vfs so you can log in again.
File panel actions
move the selection bar to the previous entry in the panel
File panel actions
move the selection bar to the next entry in the panel
File panel actions
move the selection bar to the left
File panel actions
move the selection bar to the right
Page Up
File panel actions
move the selection bar one page up
Alt + V
File panel actions
move the selection bar one page up
Page Down
File panel actions
move the selection bar one page down
Alt + P
File panel actions
move the selection bar one page down
Home
File panel actions
move the selection bar to the first entry in the panel
A then 1
File panel actions
move the selection bar to the first entry in the panel
Alt + <
File panel actions
move the selection bar to the first entry in the panel
End
File panel actions
move the selection bar to the last entry in the panel
C then 1
File panel actions
move the selection bar to the last entry in the panel
Alt + >
File panel actions
move the selection bar to the last entry in the panel
Alt + G
File panel actions
move the selection bar to the first visible entry in the panel
Alt + R
File panel actions
move the selection bar to the middle visible entry in the panel
Alt + J
File panel actions
move the selection bar to the last visible entry in the panel
Alt + S
File panel actions
start a quick filename search in the directory listing
Alt + E
File panel actions
change charset of current panel
Alt + H
Shell functions
Shows command line history
Alt + U
File panel actions
move to the next directory in the history
Alt + Y
File panel actions
move to the previous directory in the history
+
File panel actions
select (tag) a group of files
\
File panel actions
unselect a group of files
Alt + *
File panel actions
invert selection on the current panel
Alt + I
File panel actions
make the current directory of the current panel also the current directory of the other panel
Alt + O
File panel actions
If the currently selected file is a directory, load that directory on the other panel and moves the selection to the next file. If the currently selected file is not a directory, load the parent directory on the other panel and moves the selection to the next file
Alt + L
File panel actions
If the currently selected file is a link to the directory, load that directory on the other panel and moves the selection to the next file
Ctrl + Page Down
File panel actions
move to the child directory
Ctrl + Page Up
File panel actions
move to the parent directory
Insert
File panel actions
tag or untag files. To untag files, just retag a tagged file
Ctrl + T
File panel actions
tag or untag files. To untag files, just retag a tagged file
↑   Shift +
File panel actions
tag file and move the selection bar to the next entry
↑   Shift +
File panel actions
tag file and move the selection bar to the previous entry
Alt + ⤶ Enter
Shell functions
Copies selected filename in command line
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter
Shell functions
Copies full path of selected file in the command line
F1
Function keys
Help
F2
Function keys
Opens user menu
F3
Function keys
View selected file content
F4
Function keys
Opens file in internal text editor
F5
Function keys
Copies selected file. Default is to another panel, but it asks first.
F6
Function keys
Moving file. Default is to another panel, but it asks first.
F7
Function keys
Make directory.
F8
Function keys
Delete file or directory.
F9
Function keys
Opens main menu at the top of the screen.
F10
Function keys
Ends current action; editor, viewer, dialog window or ends mc program.