Keyboard shortcuts for browsers

The following keyboard shortcuts apply to modeless browsers. Most shortcuts also work in modal browsers.

Windows Mac Menu command Description
Ctrl+X Cmd+X Edit|Cut Removes the selected items and copies them to the Clipboard. The items are not actually removed until you use the Paste command. See Organizing your work.
Ctrl+C Cmd+C Edit|Copy Copies the selected items to the Clipboard.
Ctrl+V Cmd+V Edit|Paste Inserts the items you have copied or cut into the selected location.
Ctrl+Del Cmd+Del Edit|Delete Deletes the selected items.
F2 Enter Edit|Rename Renames the selected item.
Ctrl+A Cmd+A Edit|Select All Selects all items in the window.
Ctrl+I Cmd+I Edit|Invert Selection Reverses which items are selected and which are not.
Ctrl+F Cmd+F Edit|Find Entries Finds entries in files. See Finding files and entries.
Ctrl+L Cmd+L View|Library Only Shows the library folders only, or shows all folders. See Library mode.
F5 F5 View|Refresh Refreshes the contents of the browser.
Ctrl+R Cmd+R Right-click, Render to Disk Renders the selected fractal file, parameter file, or parameter set to disk. See Exporting and rendering.

See Also
General keyboard shortcuts
Browsers