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Far3 Keyboard Shortcuts

File

Enter
Execute, change folder
Shift+­Enter
Execute in separate window
F3
View
Ctrl+Q
Toggle quick view panel
F4
Edit
Shift+F4
Create
F5
Copy
Shift+F5
Copy file under cursor
F6
Move
Shift+F6
Rename
F7
Create new folder
Alt+F7
Perform find file command
Ctrl+A
Set file attributes
Ctrl+Ins
Copy file name to the clipboard
Ctrl+A­lt+Ins, Ctrl+C
Copy full file name to the clipboard
Ctrl+V, Shift+Ins
Insert text from the clipboard
Ctrl+E­nter, Ctrl+J
Insert a file name
Ctrl+F
Insert a full file name
Ctrl+S­hift+ Enter
Insert a file name from passive panel
Ctrl+;
Insert a full file name from passive panel
Alt+[a-z]
Search file by name
Ctrl+Z
Describe file

Select files

Shift+­→/←­/↓/↑, Ins
Select file
Gray +
Select group
Gray -
Deselect group
Gray *
Invert selection
Ctrl + <Gray +>
Select files with the same selection as the current file
Ctrl + <Gray ->
Deselect files with the same selection as the current file
Ctrl + <Gray *>
Invert selection including folders
Alt + <Gray +>
Select files with the same name as the current one
Alt + <Gray ->
Deselect files with the same name as the current one
Shift + <Gray +>
Select all files
Shift + <Gray ->
Deselect all files
Ctrl+M
Restore previous selection
Ctrl+H
Toggle hidden and system files displaying
Ctrl+I
File filters menu
 

Editor

Ctrl+F1
Hide/show left panel
Ctrl+F2
Hide/show right panel
Ctrl+P
Hide/show inactive panel
Ctrl+O
Hide/show both panels
Ctrl+A­lt+­Shift
Hide both panels, as long as keys are held down
Ctrl+U
Swap panels
Ctrl+→/←
Change panels width
Ctrl+↓/↑
Change panels height
Ctrl+S­hif­t+↓/↑
Change current panel height
Ctrl+B
Hide/show bottom key bar
Ctrl+N
Toggle short/long file names
Ctrl+[ / Ctrl+]
Insert path from left/right panel
Ctrl+F12
Display sort modes menu
LeftCtrl+ 1-0
Change view mode
Alt+F9
Toggles the size of the Far window
Shift+F9
Save config­uration
F12, Ctrl+Tab
Switch screens

Content

F2
Save
Shift+F2
Save as
F6
Switch view/edit modes
F7
Search
Shift+F7
Next search result
Alt+F7
Previous search result
Ctrl+F7
Replace
Shift+F8
Change code page
Alt+F8
Jump to line
Shift+ F10
Save & exit
Ctrl+Y
Remove line
Ctrl+T
Delete line content after cursor
Ctrl+N/E
Jump to first/last screen line
Alt+U/I
Shift line one pos. to the left/right
 

Navigation

Ctrl+\
Change to the root folder
Ctrl+PgUp
Change to the parent folder
Ctrl+PgDn
Change folder
Alt+F8
Displays commands history
Ctrl+E
Put previous command from history to command line
Ctrl+X
Put next command from history to command line
Ctrl+T
Toggle tree panel
Alt+F10
Perform find folder command
Alt+F11
Display view and edit history
Alt+F12
Display folder history
Ctrl+L
Toggle info panel
Ctrl+S­hif­t+1-0
Create folder shortcut
RightC­trl+1-0
Jump to a folder shortcut

External applic­ations

F11
Show plugin commands
Shift+Alt+ F9
Configue plugins
Shift+F1
Create an archive
Shift+F2
Extract from the archive
Ctrl+W
Task list
Ctrl+G
Apply command to selected files

Commands History

Enter
Re-execute a command
Shift+ Enter
Re-execute a command in a new window
Ctrl+ Alt+Enter
Re-execute a command as admini­strator
Ctrl+Enter
Copy a command to the command line
Del
Clear the commands history
Ins
Lock/u­nlock a history item
Shift+Del
Delete the current history item
Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Ins
Copy the text of the current command to clipboard
 

Comments

Hi Alex,
Very useful cheat sheet -thank you for posting.

Would it be possible to also include this FAR key combination:

Ctrl-Z


The command "Describe" (Ctrl-Z) from the Files menu is used to describe selected files.

Thanks a lot,
Pavel


Here are some more details from FAR help system:
...
This may be used to associate text information with a file.
Descriptions of the files in the current folder are stored in this folder in a
description list file. The format of the description file is the file name
followed by spaces and the description.

Descriptions may be viewed in the appropriate file panel view modes. By default these modes are "Descriptions" and "Long descriptions".

Description list names may be changed using "File descriptions" dialog from the "Options menu". In this dialog you can also set local descriptions update mode. Updating may be disabled, enabled only if panel current view mode displays descriptions or always enabled. By default Far sets "Hidden" attribute to created description lists, but you may disable it by switching off the option "Set "Hidden" attribute to new description lists" in this dialog. Also here you may specify the position to align new file descriptions in a description list.

If a description file has the "read-only" attribute set, Far does not attempt to update descriptions, and after moving or deleting file objects, an error message is shown. If the option "Update read only description file" is enabled, Far will attempt to update the descriptions correctly.

If it is enabled in the configuration, Far updates file descriptions when
copying, moving and deleting files. But if a command processes files from subfolders, descriptions in the subfolders are not updated.


alexzaitzev alexzaitzev, 20:58 3 Sep 18

Hi pkoulikov. Sorry I've missed your comment. Added 'Describe file' to the cheat sheet. Thanks.
I am not using this, but someone can find it useful.

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