The Explorer is where you spend your day. It is built to be fast with a keyboard and calm to read.

Views

View	Best for
Grid	Mixed folders, with thumbnails and the Inspector beside them
List	Code and documents: sortable columns, expandable folders, Git emblems
Columns	Moving through deep trees
Media	Photo and video folders
Size	Finding what takes up space

Group a folder into sections by kind or date, show or hide hidden files (Ctrl+H) and filter the current folder (Ctrl+Shift+F).

Quick Preview

Press Space on a file to preview it without opening another app: images, video, audio, PDF, text and code.

Search

The search bar looks across every indexed location. Refine results by kind, extension, size, date and hidden files. The counts cover the whole result, not just the first page.

Tabs, dual pane and terminal

Tabs: Ctrl+T opens one, Ctrl+W closes it, Ctrl+Shift+T reopens the last.
Dual pane: F3 splits the Explorer in two, to copy and compare side by side.
Docked terminal: F4 shows a terminal under the view that follows the folder you are in. Shift+F4 opens your own terminal there. Pick the command in Settings; empty uses xdg-terminal-exec, $TERMINAL or an installed terminal.

Git

In a repository, files and folders carry emblems for modified, added, untracked and ignored states, so the list view doubles as a quick git status.

Keyboard shortcuts

On macOS, read Ctrl as Cmd.

Action	Shortcut
Command palette	Ctrl+Shift+P
Settings	Ctrl+,
Quick Preview	Space
Rename	F2
Open selection	Enter
Inspector	Ctrl+I
Focus path bar	Ctrl+L
Back / forward / parent	Ctrl+← / Ctrl+→ / Ctrl+↑
Copy / cut / paste	Ctrl+C / Ctrl+X / Ctrl+V
Duplicate	Ctrl+D
Undo	Ctrl+Z
Move to trash / delete permanently	Delete / Shift+Delete
New folder / new file	Ctrl+Shift+N / Ctrl+Alt+N
Select all / invert / by pattern	Ctrl+A / Ctrl+Shift+I / Ctrl+S
Refresh	F5
Hidden files	Ctrl+H
Dual pane	F3
Terminal	F4
New window	Ctrl+N

Views

Quick Preview

Search

Tabs, dual pane and terminal

Git

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Keyboard shortcuts