Operations

Copy files

You can copy files by right clicking it and click Copy option or select the file then press Ctrl + C as shortcut and paste it by clicking Paste option or press Ctrl + V on the destination folder.

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On windows and macOS, Xplorer will copy the file paths into local clipboard, because of this, you can copy file from Xplorer and paste it into an folder in another system. However, on Linux, we create a string of Xplorer commands and copy it into user clipboard, Xplorer will read user's clipboard when pasting file (because we haven't found any idea to implement it, fell free to open a PR if you can help us). The string of Xplorer command look like this:

Xplorer command - COPY~/xplorer~/test

Copy Location Path

You can copy a file/folder location path into your clipboard by right clicking it and click Copy Location Path or select the file then press Alt + Shift + C as shortcut.

Cut files

You can cut files by right clicking it and click Cut option or select the file then press Ctrl + X as shortcut and paste it by clicking Paste option or press Ctrl + V on the destination folder.

THis is done by creating a string of Xplorer command and copy it into user clipboard to be used when pasting file (not integrated with platform because we haven't found any idea, fell free to open a PR if you can help us.). The string og Xplorer command look like this:

Xplorer command - CUTE://xplorerE://test

Delete files

You can cut files by right clicking it and click Delete option or select the file then press Del as shortcut. Trashed file can be accessed at xplorer://Trash.

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• On Windows, this is done by creating a Trash folder on C: drive and moving the file into it.
• On Linux, this feature is fully integrated with the sytem
• On macOS, this is done by creating a .local/Trash folder on homedir and moving the file into it.

We are still working on Windows on macOS to integrate the Trash folder, will be released before the stable version came out. fell free to open a PR if you can help us.

Permanently delete

Permanently deleted file cannot be restored. Please check again before permanently delete any files.

You can permanently delete a file by:

1. Delete it into Trash and right clicking it and click the Permanent Delete option
2. Select the file and press Shift + Del as shortcut

New

Be careful with new file/folder name Xplorer treats / on file name/folder as subdir/subfile :::

New file

You can create a new file by right clicking the workspace, expand the New option and select file option or press Alt + N as shortcut.

New folder

You can create a new folder by right clicking the workspace, expand the New option and select folder option or press Shift + N as shortcut.

Open file

You can open a file on default application by double-clicking it or select the file then press Enter as shortcut.

Open in Terminal

This is built-in function by Xplorer. You can open a folder on Terminal by right clicking it and click Open in terminal option or select the folder then press Alt + T as shortcut.

Open in VSCode

This is built-in function by Xplorer. You can open a file/folder on VSCode by right clicking it and click Open in vscode option or select the file then press Ctrl + Enter as shortcut. You won't able to do this if you don't have VSCode installed.

Pin to Sidebar

You can pin a file/folder into sidebar by right clicking it and click Pin to Sidebar or select the file then press Alt + P as shortcut.

Preview file

You can preview a file directly from Xplorer by right-clicking it and click Preview otioin or select the file then press Ctrl+O.

Files available to preview for now:

[    ".pdf",    ".html",    ".docx",    ".htm",    ".xlsx",    ".xls",    ".xlsb",    "xls",    ".ods",    ".fods",    ".csv",    ".txt",    ".py",    ".js",    ".bat",    ".css",    ".c++",    ".cpp",    ".cc",    ".c",    ".diff",    ".patch",    ".go",    ".java",    ".json",    ".php",    ".ts",    ".tsx",    ".jsx",    ".jpg",    ".png",    ".gif",    ".bmp",    ".jpeg",    ".jpe",    ".jif",    ".jfif",    ".jfi",    ".webp",    ".tiff",    ".tif",    ".ico",    ".svg",    ".webp",    ".mp4",    ".webm",    ".mpg",    ".mp2",    ".mpeg",    ".mpe",    ".mpv",    ".ocg",    ".m4p",    ".m4v",    ".avi",    ".wmv",    ".mov",    ".qt",    ".flv",    ".swf",    ".md"]

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Properties

You can view properties of a file/folder by right clicking it and click Properties or select the file then press Ctrl + P as shortcut. Available properties for now (will be improved at the next version):

• Size
• File Path
• Created At
• Accesssed At
• Modified At
• Is Hidden

Rename file/folder

You can rename a file/folder by right clicking it and click Rename option or select the file then press F2 as shortcut. It will prompt a dialog, enter the new name and the file/folder will be renamed.