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Yazi keyboard shortcuts (ubuntu) Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Yazi file browser keyboard shortcuts

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Navigation

Move to parent directory
or h (H ?)
Enter highli­ghted directory
or l
Move cursor down
or j
Move cursor up
or k
Move cursor down one page
PgDn
Move cursor down half page
Shift + PgDn
Move cursor up one page
PgUp
Move cursor up half page
Shift + PgUn
Move cursor to top
g + g
Move cursor to bottom
G
Go to ~
g + h
Go to ~/Down­loads
g + d
Go to ~/.config
g + c
Move cursor down 5 units (preview)
J
Move cursor up 5 units (preview)
K

Sorting

Sort alphab­eti­cally
, + A
Sort by creation time
, + c
Sort by creation time reverse
, + C
Sort by modified time
, + m
Sort by modified time reverse
, + M
Sort by size
, + s
Sort by size reverse
, + S
Sort naturally
, + n
Sort naturally reverse
, + N
Sort by file extension
, + e
Sort by file extension reverse
, + E
Sort randomly
, + r
 

General

Dislpay help
~ or F1
Quit
q
Quit without changing working dir
Q
Change directory with zoxyde
z
Change directory with fzf
Z
Shell command
;
Run shell command (blocking)
:
Toggle hidden file visibility
.
Copy directory path
c + d
Copy file path
c + c
Copy filename
c + f
Copy filename without extension
c + n

Searching

Search file by name (fd)
s
Search content (ripgrep)
S
Cancel search
Ctrl + s
Filter files
f
Next file
/
Previous file
?
Next item
n
Previous item
N

Tabs

New tab
t
Switch tab
1 to 9
Switch previous tab
[
Switch next tab
]
Swap current tab with previous tab
{
Swap current tab with next tab
}
Close current tab
Ctrl + c
 

File operations

Copy selected files
y
Cut selected files
x
Cancel copy or cut
Y or X
Paste files
p
Paste files (overw­rite)
P
Delete selected files (trash)
d
Delete seledted files (destroy)
D
Open selected files
Enter or o
Open selected files intera­ctive
Ctrl + Enter or O
Rename selected files
r
Create file / directory
a (end with / for directory)

Selecting

Toggle selection
Space
Select all
Ctrl + a
Select all inverse
Ctrl + r
Submit Selection
Enter
Cancel selection
Esc or Ctrl + c
Visual mode on
v
Visual mode off
V

Task manager

Show task manager
w
Cancel task
x
Close window
Esc or Ctrl + c
Inspect task
Enter