The Scan Menu

Scan → Scan folder.. (Ctrl+O)

Offers a folder selection dialog so you can choose a folder to scan.

Scan → Scan Home folder (Ctrl+Home)

Starts a scan of the user's home folder.

Scan → Scan Root folder

Starts a scan of the root folder.

Scan → Rescan (F5)

Starts a new scan of the current working folder, this is useful when changes have been made to the filesystem.

Scan → Stop (Esc)

Stops the current scan.

Scan → Quit (Ctrl+Q)

Quits Filelight.

The View Menu

View → Zoom In (Ctrl++)

Increase the view of the filemap.

View → Zoom Out (Ctrl+-)

Decrease the view of the filemap.

The Go Menu

Go → Up (Alt+Up)

Moves you up one step in the filesystem to the parent folder.

Go → Back

Moves you one step back in your browsing history of the filesystem.

Go → Forward

Moves you one step forward in your browsing history of the filesystem.

The Settings Menu

Settings → Toolbars Shown

Enables or disable the Main Toolbar, Location Toolbar or View Toolbar.

Settings → Configure Shortcuts...

Allows you to configure the Filelight shortcuts.

Settings → Configure Toolbars...

Allows you to configure and edit the Filelight toolbar.

Settings → Configure Filelight...

Starts the Configure Filelight dialog.

Help → Filelight Handbook (F1)

Invokes the KDE Help system starting at the Filelight help pages. (this document).

Help → What's This? (Shift+F1)

Changes the mouse cursor to a combination arrow and question mark. Clicking on items within Filelight will open a help window (if one exists for the particular item) explaining the item's function.

Help → Report Bug...

Opens the Bug report dialog where you can report a bug or request a “wishlist” feature.

Help → Switch Application Language...

Opens a dialog where you can edit the Primary language and Fallback language for this application.

Help → About Filelight

This will display version and author information.

Help → About KDE

This displays the KDE version and other basic information.