All panel shortcuts show default key bindings. Every action can be remapped via settings. See Settings and Themes.
Ctrl+O Toggle file manager panel on/off
Alt+Enter Detach to fullscreen / reattach
Up / Down Move cursor through file list
Left / Right Move between columns; scroll
PgUp / PgDn Scroll by one full page
Home Jump to first entry
End Jump to last entry
Tab Switch between panes
Enter Open directory / archive / file / execute cmd
F1 Help -- open this help system
F2 User Menu -- configurable shell commands
F3 View -- open internal file viewer
F4 Edit -- open file in VS Code editor
F5 Copy files to other pane
F6 Move or rename files
F7 Make directory
F8 Delete (Trash on Windows/macOS, permanent
on Linux/FreeBSD)
Shift+F8 Permanently delete (bypass Trash)
F9 Open top menu bar
F10 Quit VSCommander
Ctrl+H Toggle dotfile visibility
Ctrl+P Half-panel mode (show terminal)
Ctrl+Q Quick View (preview in split)
Ctrl+R Re-read active pane directory
Ctrl+U Swap left and right panes
Ctrl+1 / 2 / 3 Set column count (1, 2, or 3)
Ctrl+Left / Right Resize pane border
Insert Toggle selection, move cursor down
Numpad * Invert selection (toggle all)
Numpad + Select all files
Numpad - Deselect all files
Shift+Up Select range upward
Shift+Down Select range downward
See File Selection for details.
Alt+letter Open quick search, jump to match
See Quick Search for details.
Alt+F1 Change drive popup (left pane)
Alt+F2 Change drive popup (right pane)
See Change Drive for details.
Ctrl+F3 Sort by name
Ctrl+F4 Sort by extension
Ctrl+F5 Sort by modification date
Ctrl+F6 Sort by size
Ctrl+F7 Unsorted (filesystem order)
Ctrl+F8 Sort by creation time
Ctrl+F9 Sort by access time
Ctrl+F10 Sort by description
Ctrl+F11 Sort by owner
Ctrl+F12 Open Sort Modes popup
Shift+F11 Toggle sort groups
Shift+F12 Show selected first
See Menus and Sorting for details.
Printable keys Type into command line
Backspace Delete character
Ctrl+Enter Insert filename into command line
Ctrl+[ Insert left pane path
Ctrl+] Insert right pane path
See Command Line for details.