Keyboard Accelerators by function

Here the keyboard accelerators of Probe are presented grouped by functionality. Help on keyboard accelerators is available from within Probe when using the Accelerator Guide.

 

Format

Many keyboard accelerators are invoked by pressing one or several of 'Ctrl', 'Alt', 'Shift' together with some other key. The syntax

Ctrl Shift C

indicates holding down the Ctrl and Shift key at the same time as pressing C.

 

Selection

Insert Toggle selection state of file at cursor and advance
Spacebar Toggle selection state of file at cursor
Ctrl A Select all files and folders
Ctrl Q Deselect all files and folders
Ctrl G Deselect all items in the entire storage tree
Num+ Select files using wildcards (Numeric keypad plus)
Num- Deselect files using wildcards (Numeric keypad minus)
Ctrl Num* Recursively select all files of a subfolder
Ctrl Num/ Recursively deselect all files of a subfolder
Ctrl Num+ Select all files
Ctrl Num- Deselect all files
Shift Num+ Select all folders
Shift Num- Deselect all folders
Ctrl Shift Num+ Select all files and folders
Ctrl Shift Num - Deselect all files and folders
Shift arrows Select a range of files
Ctrl arrows Deselect a range of files
F9 Display information on current selection

 

Navigation

F10 Open the path dialog (explicit path)
Shift C,D,... go to drive C:,D:,...
Ctrl F1 Change drive in current browser
Ctrl F2 Change drive in companion browser
Ctrl PageUp go to folder above
Alt F1 Open the folder selector popup
Alt F2 Open the folder selector popup for the companion
Alt Left arrow Go back in path history (previous folder)
Alt Right arrow Go forward in path history (next folder)

 

File operations

F2 Edit filename at cursor
F4 Open file at cursor as text
F5 Copy selected files to companion browser
F6 Move selected files to companion browser
F7 Make a new subfolder in current folder
F8 Move selected files to the recycle bin
Enter Open file at cursor with default program
Delete Move selected files to the recycle bin
Shift F3 Modify file attributes of selected files
Shift F4 Modify dates of selected files
Shift F5 Apply disk custom command to selected files
Shift F8 Delete selected files
Shift Delete Delete selected files
Ctrl F7 Create a new file in current browser
Ctrl F Edit file attributes of file at cursor
Ctrl N Edit filename at cursor

 

Companion operations

Tab Activate the companion browser
Shift Tab go to the folder under the cursor in the companion browser
Ctrl F2 Change drive in companion browser
Alt F2 Open the folder selector popup for the companion
Ctrl Shift C,D,... go to drive C:,D:,... in companion browser

 

FTP related

Shift Enter Go one folder down in an FTP ###multi-folder path
Ctrl Shift PageUp Go one folder up in an FTP ###multi-folder path

 

Compressed archive related

Ctrl T Test if any the selected files is a compressed archive
Alt F9 Expand the selected archives
Alt F10 Realize the selected archives

 

Miscellaneous

Ctrl F3 Toggles file-filter on/off
Ctrl F4 Edit settings for the file filterr
Ctrl C Activate the command prompt tool
Ctrl W Bring up white area popup-menu
Ctrl P Bring up file popup menuu
Alt Enter Display property page for object

 

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