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Navigating the File Manager

The file manager window contains several components and there are different keyboard shortcuts defined to navigate each component. The following graphic illustrates the name and location of each component.

Figure 3-2 File Manager Window Components

3.7.1. To Navigate the View Pane

The following table describes the keyboard shortcuts that enable you to navigate the list and icon views of the file manager view pane. To navigate the music view of the file manager view pane, see Section 3.8 ― Navigating Standard Elements and Controls for information about how to navigate standard user interface controls.

Keys Function
F6 Switch focus between the side pane and the view pane.
arrow keys Select the next or previous file or folder in the direction of the arrow key.
Ctrl+ arrow keys Give focus to the next or previous file or folder but do not select the item.
spacebar Open the focused file or folder.
A sequence of characters that matches the first n characters of a filename. In an icon view, select the first file or folder that starts with the specified sequence of characters.

3.7.2. To Navigate the Side Pane

The following table describes the keyboard shortcuts that enable you to navigate the file manager side pane in general.

Keys Function
F6 Switch focus between the side pane and the view pane.
Shift+F10 Open the side pane popup menu.
arrow keys Give focus to the next or previous tab name.
spacebar Display or hide the tab that has focus. The tab name remains in focus.
Tab Move the focus from the tab name to the tab contents.

The following table describes the keyboard shortcuts that enable you to navigate the History tab in the side pane.

Keys Function
arrow keys Give focus to the next or previous file or folder in the history list.
spacebar Open the file or folder that has focus in the history list.

For information about how to navigate the Notes tab of the file manager side pane, see Section 3.8.5 ― To Navigate Text Boxes for information about how to navigate multi-line text boxes.

For information about how to navigate the Tree tab of the file manager side pane, see Section 3.8.12 ― To Navigate Trees.

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