Command Reference

The Menubar in Dolphin's Main Window

The File Menu
File Create New 	Creates a new object (such as a folder or a text file) in the current folder.
N File New Window 	Opens a new Dolphin window.
T File New Tab 	Opens a new tab.
W File Close Tab 	Closes the current tab.
F2 File Rename 	Renames the currently selected item(s).
Del File Move to Trash 	Moves the currently selected item(s) to the trash.
Del File Delete 	Permanently deletes the currently selected item(s). The items are not moved to the trash and cannot be restored.
Return File Properties 	Shows the properties dialog for the currently selected item(s).
Q File Quit 	Exits Dolphin.

The Edit Menu
Z Edit Undo 	Undoes the last action performed by Dolphin.
X Edit Cut 	Cuts the currently selected item(s).
C Edit Copy 	Copies the currently selected item(s).
V Edit Paste Clipboard Contents... 	Pastes the currently copied/cut items to the current folder. If the clipboard does not contain files or folders, the clipboard contents (such as text or image data) will be pasted into a new file.
A Edit Select All 	Selects all files and folders in the current folder.
A Edit Invert Selection 	 Selects all unselected items and deselects all selected items in the current folder.

The View Menu
+ View Zoom In 	Increases the size of icons in the view.
- View Zoom Out 	Decreases the size of icons in the view.
View View Mode 	Changes the view mode to Icons (1), Details (2) or Columns (3).
View Sort By 	Changes whether items are sorted by Name, Size, Date, Permissions, Owner, Group or Type. Descending reverses the sort order. Folders First sorts folders before files.
View Additional Information 	Displays additional information like Size, Date, Permissions, Owner, Group or Type in the different views.
View Preview 	Displays a symbolic preview of the file contents in the different view modes.
View Show in Groups 	Displays the content of the current folder grouped by the option selected in Sort By (only available in the Icons view mode).
. View Show Hidden Files 	Shows all the hidden files and sub-folders within the current folder.
F3 View Split 	Enables and disables the split view mode.
F5 View Reload 	Reloads the current folder.
View Stop 	Stops loading/reading the contents of the current folder.
View Panels 	Enables and disables the different panels: Places (F9), Information (F11), Folders (F7) and Terminal (F4).
L View Location Bar Editable Location 	Changes the location bar between the two modes; the bread crumb mode and the editable mode.
F6 View Location Bar Replace Location 	Switches the location bar to editable mode, if necessary, and selects the location such that it can be replaced quickly.
View Adjust View Properties... 	Opens the View Properties Dialog.

The Go Menu
Up Go Up 	Changes to the folder above the current folder.
Left Go Back 	Changes to the previously viewed folder.
Right Go Forward 	Undoes a Go Back action.
Home Go Home 	Changes to the users home folder, ⪚, /home/Peter/.
Go Recently Closed Tabs 	Shows a list of recently closed tabs which can be reopened.

The Tools Menu
F Tools Find File... 	Opens within the current folder.
I Tools Show Filter Bar 	Enables and disables the filter bar.
F4 Tools Open Terminal 	Opens within the current folder.
Tools Compare Files 	Compare the currently selected files with .
Tools Select Remote Charset 	Offers to choose the charset used by a remote connection manually.

The Settings Menu
M Settings Show Menubar 	Hides and shows the menubar.
Settings Toolbars Shown 	Hides and shows the Main Toolbar and the Search Toolbar.
Settings Configure Shortcuts... 	Opens the shortcut configuration dialog.
Settings Configure Toolbars... 	Opens the toolbar configuration dialog.
Settings Configure Dolphin... 	Opens the Dolphin configuration dialog.

The Help Menu