yazi/docs/keymap.md

Keymap

manager

• escape: Exit visual mode, clear selected, or cancel search.
• quit: Exit the process.
• close: Close the current tab; if it is the last tab, then exit the process.

Navigation

• arrow

  • n: Move the cursor up or down by n lines. Use negative values to move up and positive values to move down.

• leave: Go back to the parent directory.

• enter: Enter the child directory.

• back: Go back to the previous directory.

• forward: Go forward to the next directory.

Selection

• select

  • --state=true: Select the current file.
  • --state=false: Deselect the current file.
  • --state=none: Default, toggle the selection state of the current file.

• visual_mode: Enter visual mode (selection mode).

  • --unselect: Enter visual mode (deselect mode).

• select_all

  • --state=true: Select all files.
  • --state=false: Deselect all files.
  • --state=none: Default, toggle the selection state of all files.

Operation

• open: Open the selected files.

  • --select: Open the selected files with an interactive ui to choose the opening method.

• yank: Copy the selected files.

  • --cut: Cut the selected files.

• paste: Paste the files.

  • --force: Overwrite the destination file if it exists.
  • --follow: Copy the file pointed to by a symbolic link, rather than the link itself. Only valid during copying.

• remove: Move the file to the trash/recycle bin.

  • --permanently: Permanently delete the file.

• create: Create a file or directory (ends with / for directory).

• rename: Rename a file or directory.

• hidden: Set the visibility of hidden files.

  • show: Show hidden files.
  • hide: Hide hidden files.
  • toggle: Default, toggle the hidden state.

• search

  • rg: Search files by content using ripgrep.
  • fd: Search files by name using fd.
  • none: Default, cancel the ongoing search.

• jump

  • fzf: Jump to a directory, or reveal a file using fzf.
  • zoxide: Jump to a directory using zoxide.

Tabs

• tab_create

  • path: Create a new tab using the specified path.
  • --current: Create a new tab based on the current directory.

• tab_close

  • n: Close the tab at position n, starting from 0.

• tab_switch

  • n: Switch to the tab at position n, starting from 0.
  • --relative: Switch to the tab at a position relative to the current tab. The value of n can be negative when using this parameter.

• tab_swap

  • n: Swap the current tab with the tab at position n, where negative values move the tab forward, and positive values move it backward.

Tasks

• tasks_show: Display the task manager.

tasks

• close: Hide the task manager.
• arrow:
  • -1: Move the cursor up 1 line.
  • 1: Move the cursor down 1 line.
• cancel: Cancel the task.

select

• close: Cancel selection.
  • --submit: Submit the selection.
• arrow
  • n: Move the cursor up or down n lines. Negative value for up, positive value for down.

input

Normal mode

• close: Cancel input.

  • --submit: Submit the input.

• escape: Cancel visual mode and enter normal mode.

• insert: Enter insert mode.

  • --append: Insert after the cursor.

• visual: Enter visual mode.

• move: Move the cursor left or right.

  • n: Move the cursor n characters left or right. Negative value for left, positive value for right.

• backward: Move to the beginning of the previous word.

• forward: Move to the beginning of the next word.

  • --end-of-word: Move to the end of the next word.

• delete: Delete the selected characters.

  • --insert: Delete and enter insert mode.

Insert mode

• close: Cancel input.

  • --submit: Submit the input.

• escape: Cancel insert mode and enter normal mode.

• backspace: Delete the character before the cursor.