Here is a spreadsheet of what I needed to remap to get the GUI Linux file managers to behave (mostly) as I expected:įinder_keyboard_shortcut_mapping_project_.xlsx I notice Files doesn't have a traditional menu bar, so it's a lot like a modern GTK app in Linux in that respect. In Linux, it is becoming fairly common for newer apps that don't have a traditional menu bar (where the Preferences shortcut might have been Alt+E to open the Edit menu, then P or E or N) to use the equivalent of Ctrl+comma (which with Kinto's remapping ends up in the same physical position on the keyboard). So that the transition is smoother for users who need to move between Windows, Linux and/or macOS.įor instance, the shortcut for "preferences" in macOS apps has always been standardized on Command+comma.
In short, I would like to participate in discussions about Files having a keyboard shortcut scheme that is as closely aligned as possible with the most standardized keyboard shortcuts in other file managers.
#WINDOWS MAC KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS WINDOWS#
But Windows shortcuts often most closely resemble Linux shortcuts, and vice versa. I happen to like macOS and the Finder, so I made remaps that made Linux file managers act like the Finder for all sorts of common functions like navigation, tab switching, and so on. Without seeing a list I don't know for sure yet exactly how close the current shortcuts for Files are to the most common shortcuts I've seen in other file managers. I'd like to possibly converse with the devs here and see if it might be possible to get Files to conform as closely as possible to some of the established "standard" shortcuts commonly used by other file managers. So my remaps for Linux file managers consist of a "general" block and then a few "overrides" for some of the individual file managers. My work on remapping keyboard shortcuts for file managers between macOS and Linux showed that there were a number of shortcuts that were common to both platforms and didn't therefore even need to be remapped, and that there were some other shortcuts that were just minor variations using a different modifier key, and then some that were sort of standard but one or more of the Linux file managers had chosen different shortcuts which needed to be accounted for. I tried to search for "shortcuts" in the repo, but a lot of different things came up and it was not immediately obvious if any of the results would contain anything like a complete list of shortcuts.
So if someone could point me to a file here somewhere that might list all of the current shortcuts, that would be helpful.
But at the moment what I need is just a reference to the currently implemented keyboard shortcuts. Is there a chance Files would eventually wind up with a more standard "real" executable name and location?Īnyway, there is an issue here ( #1660) asking for a page in the preferences to list all the keyboard shortcuts, and I would also like to see that implemented. I've never actually seen anything like this before. And I can't even seem to find where this application is installed, either when I installed it from the release file downloaded from GitHub or when I reinstalled it from the Microsoft Store.
#WINDOWS MAC KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS HOW TO#
Without a standard, simple executable name like files.exe, I'm not sure how to apply AutoHotKey remaps.
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