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HIDDEN HOTKEYS
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|i. Directory/File commands
|ii. Directory commands
|iii. File commands
|iv. Split screen mode (F8) - directory commands
|iv.a Split screen mode (F8) - file commands
|v. History list
|vi. Input prompts
|vi.a Input prompt eXecute command
|vii. Branch-/Showall-/Global-view
|vii.a Ctrl-'S'howall-view (tagged files)
|viii. File View Window
|viii.a File View Window - Gather commands
|viii.b File View Window - Ctrl-'V'iew all commands
|ix. Autoview (F7) mode
|x. Ctrl-'I'nvert menu
|xi. Open archive (Alt-F5) view
|xii. Application menu
|xii.a Application menu - Edit mode
|xiii. Configuration Main Menu
|xiv. Color configuration screen
One of the reasons for the unsurpassed ease of use of XTree is the fact, that all functions are accessed by hotkeys and all of them are shown on the screen whenever available. However, strictly speaking, it's NEARLY all hotkeys shown, because through all the years of XTree development a number of functions have been added that could not entirely be presented on the screen any longer. And there are hotkeys that are displayed only in certain XTree versions, although available on some others, too. It may be very circumstantial to search for all of them in the manual (if present...), or in the readme- or help-files (besides the fact that nowhere really all of them are mentioned). Therefore I have tried to compile most/all (|do you know further one ?) of this "Hidden hotkeys" in the following table.
And because Kim Henkel's great XTree clone ZTree is modeled so close to the XTreeGold versions, I do also mention which hotkeys are available in ZTree, too (so far...).But note, that hidden hotkeys that solely belong to ZTree (i.e. do *not* have their XTree equivalent) are *no_longer* covered in this list !
For a detailed list of ZTree(Win) hotkeys, please to refer to the >Hotkeys-page at the >ZTreeWin Unofficial Homepage.
| Hotkey |
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Applies to |
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| "\" or "|" |
Invokes treespec command (See also the
corresponding topic in the tips collection) |
XTG25+,ZTW |
| CTRL+"\" |
Toggles between the last two treespec entries |
XTG25+,ZTW |
| CTRL+"F" |
Toggles between the last two filespec entries |
XTG25+,ZTW |
| Shift+[any letter] |
Jumps to the next directory/file that begins
with this letter |
XTG25+,ZTW |
| ALT+"Z" |
Quits Xtree and saves every aspect
of the current state (highlight bar position, logged files/drives, tags, window, etc.) in
a file named "XTGOLD.TMP" and will restore everything on the next restart |
XTPG,XTG |
| F2 |
Redraw screen (Useful if executed DOS or memory resident
programs have caused any unexpected changes to the display) |
XTPG,XTG |
| F4 |
Cycles the current command menu through
the standard, Alt, and Ctrl menus |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| "/" |
Same as "?" (show extended disk/file statistics) |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| SPACE |
Same as down-arrow |
XTP,XTPG, XTG,ZTW |
| CTRL+ALT |
Display version information |
XTP,XTPG,XTG |
| CTRL+ALT |
Display program author information |
XT2.0 ONLY |
| SHIFT+CTRL+ALT |
Display program author information |
XT2.00E,XT2.02Eq |
| CTRL+"L" |
If the specified drive is NOT logged, XTree logs it in memory,
retaining any other logged drives. However, if you have already logged the
specified disk, XTree simply switches to the drive. (Hidden in XTreePro)
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XTP,XTPG, XTG,ZTW |
| Scroll Lock |
Prevent Pulldown menu items (F10) to flash when selected
(Only XTG 2.0; in XTG 2.5 and above configurable via ALT+F10) |
XTreeGold 2.0 ONLY |
| F9 |
CTRL Lock; substitutes holding down the CTRL key |
XTP |
| F10 |
ALT Lock; substitutes holding down the ALT key |
XT2,XTP |
| F4 |
Hide/unhide command display |
XT1,XT2 |
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| "+" or "=" |
Logs the highlighted directory |
XTG,ZTW |
| Insert |
Logs the highlighted directory |
XTG/xt,
ZTW/xt |
| "*" |
Logs the entire highlighted branch |
XTG,ZTW |
| "-" or "_" |
Unlogs the entire highlighted branch (same
function as Alt-Release Branch) |
XTG25+ |
| "-" |
Unlogs the entire highlighted branch (same
function as Alt-Release Branch) |
XTreeGold 2.0 ONLY, or ZTW |
| "_" |
Unlog and completely hide entire branch until drive-relog
(in contrast to F6 (see below)) |
XTreeGold 2.0 ONLY |
| SHIFT+Gray"-" |
Unlog and completely hide entire branch until drive-relog
(in contrast to F6 (see below)) |
XTG,ZTW |
| Delete |
Unlogs the entire highlighted branch (same
function as Alt-Release Branch) |
XTG/xt,
ZTW/xt |
| SHIFT+Delete |
Unlog and completely hide entire branch until drive-relog
(in contrast to F6 (see below)) |
XTG/xt |
| F5 |
Toggle between showing the entire branch
under the current directory, or only the 1st level subdirectories (indicated
by a preceding centered dot (or a "+" in XTreeProGold)).
(see also NOTE below) |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| F6 |
Toggle between showing the entire branch
under the current directory, or hiding the branch (indicated by a preceding
centered dot (or a "+" in XTreeProGold)).
(NOTE: even though you hide a branch on the tree by using F5 or F6, the files in these directories are still logged in memory. This means, for example, that those files will appear in a Branch or Showall display) |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| "<" or "," |
Switch to the previous logged drive
(in alphabetical order) |
XTG,ZTW |
| "-" or "_" |
Switch to the previous logged drive
(in alphabetical order) |
XTP,XTPG,
XTG/xt,ZTW/xt |
| ">" or "." |
Switch to the next logged drive
(in alphabetical order) |
XTG,ZTW |
| "+" or "=" |
Switch to the next logged drive
(in alphabetical order) |
XTP,XTPG,
XTG/xt,ZTW/xt |
| Left arrow |
Moves to the parent of the current directory,
stopping when the parent is the first-level subdirectory |
XTP,XTPG, XTG,ZTW |
| Right arrow |
Moves down the current path to the last
subdirectory in that path |
XTP,XTPG, XTG,ZTW |
| Tab |
Moves down to the next directory on the
same level as the current directory, within the same branch of the tree |
XTP,XTPG, XTG,ZTW |
| SHIFT+Tab |
Moves up to the next directory on the same
level as the current directory, within the same branch of the tree |
XTP,XTPG, XTG,ZTW |
| "E" |
Edit a new file in the current directory
(same as Alt+"E" in XTG) |
XTP11,XTPG, XTG,ZTW |
| "Z" |
Same as "B" (invoke Branch view) |
XTG,ZTW |
| ALT+F9 |
Select video mode (Hidden in XTreeProGold) |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| F7/F8 |
Tag/Untag all files on disk |
XT1 |
| F9/F10 |
Tag/Untag all files in current directory |
XT1 |
| F5 |
Keep filespec on re-log |
XT2 |
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| CTRL+F4 |
Show only tagged files. (Hidden in XTreeGold) |
XTG25+,ZTW |
| ALT+F8 |
Partial untag of files not yet being copied/moved after
encountering a "disk full" error and hitting "ESC" (Same as CTRL+F8 in XTreeProGold 1.43 and above
resp. XTreeGold) |
XTPG |
| F7/F8 |
Tag/Untag all files |
XT1 |
| F9/F10 |
Tag/Untag current file |
XT1 |
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| Tab |
Toggles the active window |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
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| Tab |
Toggles the active window |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
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| Insert |
Save entry permanently (indicated by a
small block in front) - hitting "Insert" again sets back this status |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| Delete |
Deletes entries - you won't have guessed
that ;-) |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
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| CTRL+Backspace |
Erase the line and move the cursor to the
beginning. |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| Alt+[three digit
number from numpad] |
Inserts the according ASCII character from
the active codepage. |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| Down arrow |
Same as 'Up arrow' (invoke the history list). |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| F3 |
Paste in the most recent used response to the prompt.
(Hidden in XTree(Pro)Gold) |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| Up arrow |
Paste in the most recent used response to the prompt
(except for the eXecute command input prompt, |see below). |
XTP |
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| Up arrow or Down arrow |
Invoke eXecute command history
(XTP for the current session only, while XTPG,XTG& ZTW provide an extended history
for all input prompts that are moreover stored between sessions) |
XTP,(XTPG, XTG,ZTW) |
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| "\" |
Switches to the file window of the highlighted file (See also the
corresponding topic in the tips collection) |
XTG25+,ZTW |
| ALT+F4 |
Special compare menu; different to that
from standard file view (not really a HIDDEN hotkey, but probably rather
a hidden FUNCTION nevertheless) |
XTG,(ZTW) |
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| F2 |
Hide meanwhile untagged files from display
(condense/refresh list of tagged files; Ctrl+F4 in XTG 2.5/3.0 at this state has the same effect) |
XTPG,XTG |
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| "J" |
Junk/Pack view mode, suppresses all
non-printable characters - useful for instance to find text strings in exe/binary-files.
Can be toggled between masked (default) and unmasked mode by hitting "M".
(Hidden in XTree(Pro)Gold)
-- thanx to Daniel / and Kimbo for ZTW! |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| "Q" or ENTER |
Same as ESCAPE (Quit file view) |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| "S" |
Same as F9 (search for text). (Hidden in XTree(Pro)Gold) |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| "T" |
Toggle tabsize between 4 and 8 (handy when viewing indented source code).
(Hidden in XTree(Pro)Gold)
-- thanx to Bernard Murray for this tip! |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| SPACE |
Search again (Hidden in XTPG; same as F10 in XTPG) |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| "\" or "|" |
Same as SHIFT+Up(resp.Down) arrow (autoscroll;
stopped by any key)
NOTE: This is invoked by the physical key right from the left SHIFT-key, which may be a different charcter on non-US keyboards (For example on a German keyboard it's the "<" resp. ">" symbols). |
XTPG,XTG |
| F1 |
Quit XTree |
XT1,XT2 |
| F3 |
Same as ENTER (Quit file view) |
XT1,XT2 |
| Left arrow/
Right arrow |
Autoscroll up (resp. down); hitting
SHIFT will repeat this command (speed/lines to scroll selected by 0...9 keys) |
XT1 |
| SHIFT+Up arrow/
SHIFT+Down arrow |
Autoscroll up (resp. down); hitting
SHIFT will repeat this command (speed/lines to scroll selected by 0...9 keys) |
XT2,XTP |
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SHIFT+PgUp/PgDwn SHIFT+Home/End |
Scroll in file |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| SHIFT+"A" |
ASCII view mode |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| SHIFT+"D" |
Dump view mode |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| SHIFT+"H" |
Hex view mode |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| SHIFT+"J" |
Junk/Pack view mode - see |topic vii. above |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| SHIFT+"M" |
Mask (7 bit) view mode |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| SHIFT+"W" |
Word wrap view mode |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
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Note: All these SHIFT+A/D/H/J/M/W hotkeys toggle view
to the mode used before or back of hit a second or further time. |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
| F7 |
Quit autoview mode |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
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| "I" |
Invert Tags (same as "T")
-- thanx to Ken Meece for this tip ! |
XTPG,XTG,ZTW |
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| "Q" |
Same as ESCAPE (Quit archive view) |
XTPG14,XTG,ZTW |
| "I" |
Invert tag on current file |
XTPG14,XTG,ZTW |
| CTRL+"I" |
Invert tags on all tagged files |
XTPG14,XTG,ZTW |
| "C" |
Same as "E" (extract file from archive) |
XTG3,ZTW |
| ALT+"C" |
Same as Alt+"E" (extract all tagged files
from archive with paths) |
XTG3,ZTW |
| CTRL+"V" or CTRL+"B" |
Building list file for the archive
(suitable for 'G'athering a list of straight path-/filenames)
-- thanx to Cal! |
XTG25+ |
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| ALT+"I" |
Inserts a copy of the entire application menu tree (as present) at
the current position |
XTG |
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P.S.: To expand entire branches, one level, to collapse
branches, or to move within the tree the same hotkeys as for the |directory commands
are provided, as there are: "*", "+", "-", Left/right arrow, and TAB/SHIFT-TAB.
NOTE: In XTreeGold 2.0, contrary to the later versions, just the two ALT-hotkeys, but not (most of the) unshifted ones are listed at the bottom (only in the F10 pull-down menus), as there are: 'A'dd, 'D'elete, 'E'dit, 'G'raphics toggle, 'M'ove, 'R'ename, 'U'ndo, and 'Q'uit. |
XTG |
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| F2 |
Automatically inserts the three-line entry
required to call the last highlighted program file |
XTG25+ |
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| ALT+F10 |
Quit config-menu and use new settings only
for the current session (do not save it permanently) |
XTG25+ |
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| Numrow [1...0] |
Call a pre-defined color set |
XTPG,XTG |
| SHIFT+F1...F10
and CTRL+F1...F10 |
Call more pre-defined color sets |
XTG25+ |
Explanations/abbreviations:
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"Numrow" means number keys 1 - 0 only from the top keyboard row
"Numpad" means number keys only from the numeric keypad block (with Numlock on)
XT1 XTree version 1
XT2 XTree version 2
XTP XTreePro (versions 0.x to 1.1)
XTP11 XTreePro version 1.1
XTPG XTreeProGold (versions 1.3 to 1.4x)
XTPG14 XTreeProGold version 1.4x
XTG XTreeGold (versions 2.0 to 3.0x)
XTG/xt XTreeGold (versions 2.0 to 3.0x),
if run with "/xt" command line switch
XTG25+ XTreeGold versions 2.50 to 3.0x
XTG3 XTreeGold version 3.0 or 3.01
ZTW ZTreeWin resp. ZTreeBold (most recent (beta) version)
ZTW/xt ZTreeWin resp. ZTreeBold (most recent (beta) version),
if run with "/xt" command line switch
(It may be helpful to have a look to the version history also)
Not mentioned here are the most obvious
key functions like Up-arrow, Down-arrow, Home, End, PageUp, PageDown, Enter,
Escape, etc.
Also not mentioned (yet) are hotkeys for
external modules like the 1word text editor or the autocad viewer.
Some (but not all) of the above listed hotkeys
are indeed listed in the F10-invoked menus of XTreeGold, but you may agree
that the real power user of XTree never will endeavour that odd pull-down
menus (neither to trouble the mouse), otherwise we could use one of those
fuzzy Windows file-managers as well.
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