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title: "Keyboard shortcuts - PaneStack"
description: "Every keyboard shortcut in PaneStack, the Finder alternative for Mac, and its command line."
canonical: https://panestack.app/shortcuts.html
---

# PaneStack keyboard shortcuts

Every shortcut can be changed in **PaneStack › Keyboard Shortcuts…**.

| Action | Keys |
|---|---|
| Jump to a folder, file or command | ⌘K (or ⇧⌘P) |
| Filter this folder | ⌘F |
| Search this folder / this Mac | ⌥⌘F / ⇧⌘F |
| Start / Library | ⌘0 / ⇧⌘0 |
| Icons / List / Columns / Gallery / Size Map / Mosaic | ⌘1 / ⌘2 / ⌘3 / ⌘4 / ⌘5 / ⌘6 |
| Inspector | ⌥⌘I |
| Edit Info (title, author, keywords… of pictures and PDFs) | ⌥⇧⌘I |
| Dual pane | ⌃⌘P |
| Link panes / Scenes | ⌃⌘L / ⇧⌘L |
| Copy / Move to the other pane | F5 / F6 |
| Terminal drawer | ⌃⌘` |
| In the terminal: find in scrollback / next / previous | ⌘F / ⌘G / ⇧⌘G |
| In the terminal: open a link | ⌘-click |
| New window / tab / folder | ⌘N / ⌘T / ⇧⌘N |
| New folder with selection | ⌃⌘N |
| New text file | ⌥⌘N |
| Rename (one) / Rename many | Return / select several, then Return |
| Open / Open in new tab | ⌘↓ or ⌘O / ⌃⌘O |
| Enclosing folder | ⌘↑ |
| Back / Forward | ⌘[ / ⌘] |
| Quick Look | Space |
| Duplicate / Make alias | ⌘D / ⌃⌘A |
| Copy / Paste / Move here | ⌘C / ⌘V / ⌥⌘V |
| Copy path | ⌥⌘C |
| Move to Trash / Delete immediately | ⌘⌫ / ⌥⌘⌫ |
| Undo / Redo / Undo history | ⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z / ⌥⌘Z |
| Show hidden files | ⇧⌘. |
| Tags (Red … Gray) | ⌃1 … ⌃7 |
| Add bookmark / go to bookmark | ⌥⌘B / ⌥⌘1…9 |
| Workspaces | ⌃⌥1…9 |
| Go to folder | ⇧⌘G (Tab completes) |
| Home, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Applications | ⇧⌘H, ⇧⌘D, ⇧⌘O, ⌥⌘L, ⇧⌘A |
| Connect to server | ⇧⌘K |
| On a server: Edit on This Mac (saves go back up) | ⌥⌘O |
| Edit Pages (in Edit Pages: turn left / right, remove) | ⌘[ / ⌘] / ⌫ |
| Shelf | ⇧⌘Y |
| Folder rules | ⌥⇧⌘R |
| Bigger / smaller icons | ⌘= / ⌘- |
| Send an Open/Save dialog to PaneStack's folder (from any app) | ⌃⌥G |

## Command line

```
panestack                 # open the current folder
panestack ~/Projects      # open a folder, or reveal a file
panestack -s "pdfs last week over 5 mb"   # search here
panestack -S "invoice 2024"               # search this Mac
```

URL scheme: `panestack://open?path=…`, `panestack://search?q=…&scope=mac`, `panestack://palette`.