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The complete reference.
Every action, in one place. Captain’s Deck has a lot of shortcuts because it does a lot of things — but you only ever need the eight on the cheat sheet to get started.
Help → Keyboard Shortcuts (F1) lists every action — Captain's Deck → Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts to remap.
Navigation
Action
Vim
Standard
Move down
j
↓
Move up
k
↑
Enter directory / open file
l
→ / Enter
Parent directory
h
← / Backspace
Top of list
gg
Home / Option+G
Bottom of list
Shift+G
End
Page up
Ctrl+U
Page Up
Page down
Ctrl+D
Page Down
Top / middle / bottom of the visible rows
Shift+H / M / Shift+L
Scroll cursor to centre / top / bottom
zz / zt / zb
Scroll the view one line down / up
Ctrl+E / Ctrl+Y
Next / previous filter match
n / Shift+N
Switch panes
Tab
Go to path…
Cmd+G
Quick Open (files, folders, commands)
Cmd+P
Home folder
Cmd+Shift+H
Root folder
Cmd+/
Back / forward in history
Cmd+[ / Cmd+], the mouse’s side buttons, or a three-finger swipe
Show bookmarks / add current folder
Cmd+B / Cmd+D
Go to bookmark 1–9
Cmd+1 … Cmd+9
Selection
Toggle selection (and move down)
Space / Insert
Select all
Cmd+A
Deselect all (Esc also leaves visual mode)
Ctrl+Cmd+A / Esc
Invert selection
Cmd+Option+I / * (numpad)
Select by pattern…
Cmd+S / + (numpad)
Deselect by pattern…
Cmd+Shift+S / − (numpad)
Extend selection
Shift+↑ / Shift+↓
Visual selection mode
Shift+V
F-key actions
F1
Keyboard shortcuts panel
F2
Rename
F3
View file (read-only)
F4
Edit file (in chosen editor)
F5 / Cmd+Shift+C
Copy to other pane
F6 / Cmd+Shift+M
Move to other pane (Cmd+M minimises the window, as in every Mac app)
F7 / Cmd+Shift+N
Make directory
F8 / Cmd+Delete
Delete (Trash)
F9
Compare Files… (compare two selected files)
F10
Quit
Cmd+Shift+G
Git Panel (diff modified files in repo)
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To diff a changed file against the last commit, double-click it in the Git Panel, or right-click it → Git → “Show Diff”
Cmd+Shift+R
Batch rename
Cmd+Shift+D
Duplicate
Ctrl+Cmd+N
New Folder with Selection…
Cmd+Option+P
Set permissions
Cmd+Shift+A / Cmd+Shift+E
Create archive / extract archive
Cmd+Z / Cmd+Shift+Z
Undo / redo the last file operation
Cmd+Shift+Delete
Empty Trash…
Clipboard
Copy files
Cmd+C
Cut files
Cmd+X
Paste files
Cmd+V
Copy path
Right-click → Copy Path (no default key)
Tabs
New tab
Cmd+T
Close tab
Cmd+W
Next tab
Shift+Cmd+]
Previous tab
Shift+Cmd+[
Pane management
Swap panes
Cmd+U
Equalize panes (same path)
=
Toggle split orientation
View → Toggle Split Orientation (no default key, so Cmd+Option+S always toggles the sidebar)
Toggle sidebar
Cmd+Option+S
Focus sidebar
Cmd+0
Toggle preview panel
Cmd+Option+E
Sync browsing
Cmd+Option+Y
View & display
Toggle hidden files
Cmd+.
Refresh
Cmd+R
View mode: List / Icon / Column / Column Browser
Ctrl+Cmd+1 … 4
Sort
Click a column header, or View → Sort By (click the same header again to reverse)
Quick Look
Cmd+Y
Get info
Cmd+I
Calculate folder sizes
Option+Shift+Return
Next theme (View → Theme)
Cmd+Option+T
Bigger / smaller list text
Cmd++ / Cmd+−
Normal list text size
Ctrl+Cmd+0
Dropstack: show / add selection
Cmd+Option+K / Cmd+Shift+K
Search & filter
Quick filter view
/
Find in current folder
Cmd+F
Full search (names, contents, archives)
Cmd+Shift+F
Remote operations
Connect to SFTP server…
Cmd+K
Show transfers (Activity)
Cmd+Option+A
Operation Log
Cmd+Option+L
Pause / resume / cancel a transfer
Right-click it in the Activity panel
Terminal integration
Toggle terminal
` (backtick)
Focus terminal
Ctrl+`
Bigger / smaller terminal text
Cmd+Option++ / Cmd+Option+−
Application
Preferences
Cmd+,
New window
Cmd+N
Quit
Cmd+Q / F10
Most bindings here can be changed in Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts. Start from a Layout preset (Orthodox, macOS, Vim or Emacs), then per action use Record to replace a shortcut, Add to give it a second one, or Remove… to drop one — so a single action can answer to several keys. A shortcut can even be a multi-key chord — press keys in sequence, like dd. Removing the last shortcut for an action clears it entirely; Reset restores the default.
