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Operations

Copy files#

You can copy files by right-clicking it and click the Copy option or select the file then press Ctrl + C as a shortcut and paste it by clicking the 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 the local clipboard, because of this, you can copy a file from Xplorer and paste it into any folder in another system. However, on Linux, we create a string of Xplorer commands and copy it into the user clipboard, Xplorer will read the user's clipboard when pasting the file (because we haven't found any idea to implement it, feel free to open a PR if you can help us). The string of the Xplorer command looks 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 a shortcut.

Cut files#

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

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

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

Delete files#

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

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  • On Windows, this is done by creating a Trash folder on the C: drive and moving the file into it.
  • On Linux, this feature is fully integrated with the system.
  • 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, which will be released before the stable version came out. Feel free to open a PR if you can help us.

Permanently delete#

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A 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 a 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 the file option, or press Alt + N as a shortcut.

New folder#

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

Open file#

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

Open in Terminal#

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

Open in VSCode#

This is a built-in function by Xplorer. You can open a file/folder on VSCode by right-clicking it and click the Open in vscode option or select the file then press Ctrl + Enter as a 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 the sidebar by right-clicking it and click Pin to Sidebar or select the file then press Alt + P as a shortcut.

Preview file#

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

Preview Demo

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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"]

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 a shortcut. Available properties for now (will be improved at the next version):

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

Rename file/folder#

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