The Krusader Handbook

Developer: Davide Gianforte
Developer: Toni Asensi Esteve
Developer: Nikita Melnichenko
Documentation: Yuri Chornoivan
Author and initial Handbook author (retired): Shie Erlich
Author and initial Handbook author (retired): Rafi Yanai
Developer (retired): Csaba Karai
Developer (retired): Heiner Eichmann
Developer (retired): Jonas Bähr
Developer (retired): Václav Jůza
Developer (retired): Simon Persson
Developer (retired): Jan Lepper
Developer (retired): Andrey Matveyakin
Developer (retired): Alexander Bikadorov
Developer (retired): Martin Kostolný
Webmaster (retired): Dirk Eschler
Documentation and Marketing coordinator (retired): Frank Schoolmeesters
Documentation and Proofing (retired): Richard Holt
Marketing and Product Research (retired): Matej Urbančič
Revision 2.8.1 (2024-03-10)

Krusader is an advanced, twin-panel (commander-style) file-manager for Plasma and other desktops in the *nix world


Table of Contents

Help Krusader
Note from the Editors
1. Introduction
Package description
Welcome to Krusader!
2. Features
3. User Interface
OFM User Interface
Krusader Main Window
Toolbars
Main Toolbar
Job Toolbar
Actions Toolbar
Location Toolbar
Panel Toolbar
Panels
List Panel
Sidebar
Folder History
Command Line / Terminal Emulator
Command Line
Terminal Emulator
Function (FN) Keys Bar
Folder Tabs
Buttons
4. Basic Functions
Controls
General
Moving Around
Selecting
Executing Commands
Quick search
Quick filter
Quick select
Context Menu
Basic File Management
Executing Files
Copying and Moving
Queue manager
Deleting - move to Plasma™ Trash
Shred Files
Renaming Files, Creating Directories and Link Handling
Viewing and Editing files
Archive Handling
Browsing Archives
Unpack Files
Packing Files
Testing Archives
5. Advanced functions
Virtual file systems (VFS)
Compare
Compare by Content
Compare Folders
Calculate Occupied Space
File Splitter
Checksum Creation and Verification
Send Files by Email
Profiles
Panel Profiles
Color Profiles
Key-binding Profiles
Search Profiles
Synchronizer Profiles
ACL permissions
6. Menu Commands
File Menu
Edit Menu
Go Menu
View Menu
Useractions Menu
Tools Menu
Window Menu
Settings Menu
Help Menu
7. Keyboard Commands
Keyboard Usage
Key-Bindings
8. Mouse Commands
Mouse Usage
9. Krusader Tools
BookMan: Organize your Bookmarks
Using Bookmarks
Password handling
Popular URLs
Permanent bookmarks
Manage bookmarks
Bookmarks as action buttons on the Toolbar
Disk Usage
KruSearcher: find what you are looking for
KrViewer: Krusader's internal viewer-editor
Viewer
Editor
Menu overview
The Editor Component Configuration
Locate GUI Frontend
MountMan: work with your mounted file systems
Remote Connections
LAN connections via fish:/ protocol (zeroconf)
Synchronizer
Introduction
Comparator
Synchronization
UserActions
10. Konfigurator: Krusader's Configuration Center
Startup
Panel
General
View
Buttons
Selection Mode
Media Menu
Layout
Colors
General
General
Viewer/Editor
Atomic extensions
Advanced
Archives
Dependencies page
UserActions
Protocols
11. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Installation FAQ
Usage FAQ
General FAQ
12. Credits and License
A. Configuration Files
B. useractions.xml
C. Release overview
Glossary
Index

List of Tables

C.1. Release overview