Keyboard shortcuts

AB Commander offers the following keyboard shortcuts that you can use instead of choosing the commands from the menus:

To	Press
Open Help for AB Commander	F1
Open the selected folder or file	Enter
Run the selected program as administrator (Windows 8/7/Vista only)	Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Navigate to the parent folder	Backspace
Navigate to the root folder of the current drive	Alt+Backspace, Ctrl+\
Navigate to the Computer folder	Alt+Shift+Backspace
Navigate to the Desktop folder	Shift+Backspace
Match the panel with the opposite one	Alt+ =
Go to the previous folder	Alt+Left Arrow
Go to the next folder	Alt+Right Arrow
Display the previous folders list	Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow
Display the next folders list	Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow
Display the Favorites list	Ctrl+O
Add to Favorites	Shift+F
Display the History list	Ctrl+H
Display the prompt for the folder to go to	Ctrl+G
Enter a folder to jump to in the title	Ctrl+J, Alt+D
Display the drive menu	Ctrl+D
Display the drive menu for the first panel	Alt+F1
Display the drive menu for the second panel	Alt+F2
Display the Network menu	Ctrl+W
Display the Network menu for the first panel	Ctrl+F1
Display the Network menu for the second panel	Ctrl+F2
Open selected folder in a New Tab	Ctrl+T
Duplicate current Tab	Ctrl+Alt+T
Close the current Tab	Ctrl+F4
Switch to the Next Tab	Ctrl+~
Switch to the Previous Tab	Ctrl+Shift+~
Load tabs	Ctrl+B
Save tabs	Ctrl+Alt+B
Open the preferred Quick Editor	Ctrl+Q
Open the alternative Quick Editor	Ctrl+Shift+Q
Open the internal Quick Editor in a new window	Ctrl+Alt+Q
Open the preferred Quick Viewer	Ctrl+I
Open the alternative Quick Viewer	Ctrl+Shift+I
Open the preferred Quick Finder	Ctrl+F
Open the alternative Quick Finder	Ctrl+Shift+F
Open the preferred Quick Finder	Ctrl+F
Open the Find Files window	Ctrl+Alt+F
Open the alternative file comparer	Ctrl+Shift+E
Open the preferred folder comparer	Shift+O
Open the alternative folder comparer	Ctrl+Shift+O
Open the preferred synchronizer	Shift+Z
Open the alternative synchronizer	Ctrl+Shift+Z
Create a new folder	Ctrl+N
Create a new junction point	Shift+J
Open the Resize Images window	Ctrl+Alt+I
Copy files and/or folders	Shift+C
Move files and/or folders	Shift+M
Rename files and/or folders	Shift+R
Delete files and/or folders	Shift+D
Display the Delete window	Ctrl+Shift+D, Ctrl+Shift+Delete
Create a printable or importable list of objects	Shift+L
Copy List to Clipboard	Ctrl+Shift+ L
Copy Name to Clipboard	Ctrl+Shift+N
Copy Path to Clipboard	Ctrl+Shift+P
Copy Path (UNIX-style) to Clipboard	Shift+Alt+P
Copy Name Alias to Clipboard	Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N
Copy Path Alias to Clipboard	Ctrl+Shift+Alt+P
Select files and/or folders by a mask	Shift+S
Invert selection	Shift+I
Select focused item only	Ctrl+Y
Select all items of the active folder	Ctrl+A
Deselect all objects of the active folder	Esc
Switch to/from the command prompt	Shift+Esc
Clear the command prompt	Ctrl+Del
Insert the file name into the command prompt	Ctrl+Ins
Insert the full path into the command prompt	Shift+Ins
Insert the full path (UNIX-style) into the command prompt	Alt+Ins
Insert the 8.3 name into the command prompt	Ctrl+Alt+Ins
Insert the 8.3 path into the command prompt	Shift+Alt+Ins
Undo last insert into the command prompt	Alt+Del
Open the Options dialog	Ctrl+P
Switch to/from the full-screen mode	Ctrl+S
Maximize/restore the main window	Ctrl+M
Reduce the main window to a taskbar icon	Ctrl+Break
Refresh main window and both panels	F5
Store columns	Ctrl+Alt+U
Restore columns	Ctrl+U
Set filter for the active panel	Ctrl+L
Remove filter from the active panel	Ctrl+Alt+L
Maximize/split the active panel	Ctrl+Alt+M
Split the panels horizontally	Ctrl+Alt+H
Split the panels vertically	Ctrl+Alt+V
Swap the panels	Ctrl+Alt+P
Refresh the active panel	Ctrl+R
Activate the passive panel	Tab
Activate the folder bar	Shift+Tab
Activate the next window	Ctrl+Tab
Activate the previous window	Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Cut selected objects to the Clipboard	Ctrl+X
Copy selected objects to the Clipboard	Ctrl+C
Paste objects from the Clipboard	Ctrl+V
Exit AB Commander	Alt+F4
Exit, minimize, or iconize AB Commander (depending on the selected option)	Ctrl+WINDOWS

If the Use Norton Commander keys option is selected, then the following keyboard shortcuts may also be used. Note that some of them override the shortcuts listed above.

To	Press
Run the Quick Editor	F4
Copy files and/or folders	F5
Move files and/or folders	F6
Create a new folder	F7
Delete files and/or folders	F8
Exit AB Commander	F10
Display the drive menu for the first panel	Alt+F1
Display the drive menu for the second panel	Alt+F2
Find files	Alt+F7
Display the History list	Alt+F8
Navigate to the root folder of the current drive	Ctrl+\