= Actions and default shortcuts =

== Fundamentals of Midnight Commander shortcuts ==

=== Explanation to the description of key combinations ===
Keyboard combinations are selected by modifiers. Following modifiers are used in mc:
   - '''Ctrl''' - "Control" key or "Ctrl";
   - '''Meta''' - "Alternate" key, or "Alt", or "Meta", also can be replaced with a single "Esc" or "Escape";
   - '''Esc''' - "Escape" key or "Esc";
   - '''Shift''' - "Shift" key. It may also appear on the keyboard as a pointer showing up below the keys "Caps Lock" or below the key "Enter".

=== The simultaneous pressing of several keys ===
If you need to press multiple keys simultaneously, then that pressing is described as the summation. For example, if you need to press "Control" and "r", it would be described as:
{{{
Ctrl+r
}}}
If you need to press the keyboard combination with uppercase letters (for example Ctrl and R):
{{{
Ctrl+Shift+r
}}}
keyboard key combination with Meta modificator described similarly:
{{{
Meta+r
Meta+Shift+r
}}}
Simultaneous pressing does not mean literally the same time - you must press the modifier, then the required key, then release the key modifier.
For example, to enter the combination of ''Meta+r'':
    - Push '''Alt''' key and not released it;
    - Push the  '''r''' key and immediately released it;
    - Release '''Alt''' key.
In the case of adding a '''Shift''' modifier (''Meta + Shift + R'', for example), the steps that:
    - Push '''Alt''' key and not released it;
    - Push '''Shift''' key  and not released it;
    - Push '''r''' key  and immediately released it;
    - Release '''Shift''' key;
    - Release '''Alt''' key.

=== Successive pressing of several keys ===
If you need to press a first key (or keyboard combination) and then the second such action is recorded as a sequence, separated by commas. For example, press a ''Ctrl+p'' a combination, and then further to press "p", it would be described as follows:
{{{
Ctrl+p,p
}}}
Or, if you need to click twice ''Ctrl+p'':
{{{
Ctrl+p,Ctrl+p
}}}

=== Several shortcuts on one action ===
Each keyboard combination for some one action is described with a new line. Below are tables of keyboard combinations, and actions to which they are linked

== File manager actions ==

== File panel actions ==

== Common dialog actions ==

== Input line actions ==

== Listbox actions ==

== Help viewer actions ==

== Internal viewer actions ==

== Internal editor actions ==

== Internal diffviewer actions ==