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Commander Interface is a two-pane file manager interface based on Norton Commander (and similar file managers). A local folder is displayed in the left panel and a remote folder in the right panel. Files are usually transferred between these two folders, though it is possible to transfer files into a different folder. This kind of user interface is also known as Orthodox File Manager.
Learn if this interface is appropriate for your needs.
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- Screen Components
- Using the Interface
The screen of the interface has several components. Some of them are hidden, by default. They are (from the top to the bottom):
- Main toolbar with the main menu.
- Session tabs.
- Local and remote panels, each having own toolbar, path display, directory tree (hidden by default) and status line.
- Command line.
- Background transfer queue list (hidden by default).
- Status line.
You can show/hide most of these components from the Options menu or using the context menus.
Command line is an optional component, located by default below the file panels. To show/hide the command line, go to Options > Command Line.
Using the command line, you can type and execute any shell command. Depending on which file panel is active, the command is executed either on the local machine (if the local panel is active) or on remote server (if the remote panel is active). You can easily see this from the prompt on the left side of the command line. Symbol > indicates local command, while symbol $ indicates remote command.
You can easily insert names of files selected in active panel to command line.
To execute entered command, press Enter (the input box must have focus). When you execute remote command, Console window is opened to show you the command output. Learn more about remote commands and how to use them.
While you can control the interface with mouse, it is primarily designed to be controlled using keyboard. If you are not familiar with the Norton Commander concept, there are few important things that you need to learn:
- Use
Tabkey to switch between the left and right panel. - Keyboard shortcut for file operations are sensitive to the panel that has focus. If the local panel has focus, pressing
F5(copy) will cause upload of select files, while if the remote panel has focus, pressing the same key will cause download of select files. - By default, file selection with keyboard works very different to what you may be used to from other Windows applications (like Windows File Explorer).
Check what you can do with the interface.
By default, file selection with keyboard works very different to what you may be used to from other Windows applications. Some of the differences are:
- While selecting the files using keyboard, use
SpaceorInsertkey.Spacejust selects/deselects the focused file.Insertbeside the selection moves the focus to the next file. Hence, you may select five files in a row by pressingInsertkeys five times. - Learn more file selection shortcuts.
- For other selection shortcuts, see Mark menu.
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This selection method provides an advanced ability of selection and focus to be different.
You may wish to switch to standard Windows selection style.
While the Commander interface tries to preserve standard Windows keyboard shortcuts, where possible, some of them collide with the original shortcuts of Norton Commander. In such cases meaning from Norton Commander is preserved by default.
Example is F5 key, which means “copy” in Norton Commander, but “refresh” in Windows.
You can opt to use Windows shortcuts in preferences.
See full list of keyboard shortcuts in Commander interface.
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Using Total Commander on an Apple Mac?
You can use a Windows emulator like Vmware fusion, Parallels or Crossover for Mac to use Total Commander on an Apple Mac computer.
Or try Commander One - Free File Manager for Mac OS X with PRO Pack of additional features for advanced file management. Aimed to be an alternative of Total Commander for Mac users.
Or CRAX Commander, which makes it easier for true fans of TC to migrate from Windows to Mac. CRAX Commander makes possible browsing archives as folders, connecting to FTP / SFTP, multi-renaming files, navigating in app using TC shortcuts and much more.
DCommander for Mac OS X is another great alternative for Mac Users. It includes everything you would expect from an advanced dual-pane file manager, including FTP, SCP, archive browser, synchronization and more, all with minimal memory usage and multi-language support.
Nimble Commander for Mac OS X is a 2 panel file manager especially for power users:
- External Tools integration support: Quickly open any application with a variety of parameters based on the current focus/selection/path, etc.
- External Editors can be used with any virtual file system, and changed files will be uploaded back.