Menu Items and Shortcut Keys

Menu Items

Note: 'Grey' refers to the numeric keypad.

Menu item	Shortcut	Description
System		Submenu with menu commands from system shell. It can be enabled in Options.
Open	Enter	Open current item
Open Inside	Ctrl+PgDn	Open current item as folder inside 7-Zip
Open Outside	Shift+Enter	Open current item in new window
View	F3	Open selected item with viewer
Edit	F4	Open selected item with editor
Rename	F2	Rename selected item
Copy To...	F5	Copy selected items
Move To...	F6	Move selected items
Delete	Delete	Delete selected items
Split file...		Split file to parts
Combine files...		Combine files to one file
Properties	Alt+Enter	Show Properties of file
Comment	Ctrl+Z	Set comment for file
Calculate checksum		Calculates CRC checksum for files
Diff		Show the differences between two files. It can be enabled, if the diff program is set in Options
Create Folder	F7	Create new folder
Create File	Shift+F4	Creates new file
Link...		Create symbolic link or hard link
Alternate Streams		Show alternate file streams at NTFS.
Exit	Alt+F4	Closes the program.

Menu Item	Shortcut	Description
Select All	Shift+[Grey +]	Select all items
Deselect All	Shift+[Grey -]	Select all items
Invert Selection	[Grey *]	Select / Deselect all items
Select...	[Grey +]	Select specified items
Deselect...	[Grey -]	Deselect specified items
Select by Type	Alt+[Grey +]	Select all items with the same extension as current item
Deselect by Type	Alt+[Grey -]	Deselect all items with the same extension as current item

Menu Item	Shortcut	Description
Large Icons	Ctrl+1	Displays items by using large icons
Small Icons	Ctrl+2	Displays items by using small icons
List	Ctrl+3	Displays items in a list
Details	Ctrl+4	Displays items in a list with detailed information about each item
Name	Ctrl+F3	Sort items by Name
Type	Ctrl+F4	Sort items by Type
Date	Ctrl+F5	Sort items by Date
Size	Ctrl+F6	Sort items by Size
Unsorted	Ctrl+F7	Do not sort items
Flat View		Switch Flat view mode for list of files
2 Panels	F9	Switch On/Off second panel
Toolbars		Menu items for toolbars handling
Open Root Folder	\	Open root computer folder
Up One Level	Backspace	Open the folder one level up
Folders History...	Alt+F12	Open folders history
Refresh	Ctrl+R	Refresh items list
Auto Refresh		If "Auto Refresh" is enabled, 7-Zip reloads list of files, if there are changes in files on drive.

Menu Item	Shortcut	Description
Add folder to Favorites as		Adds folder to favorities

Menu Item	Shortcut	Description
Options...		Open Options dialog box
Benchmark		Measure the performance of your computer with 7-Zip LZMA benchmark

Menu Item	Shortcut	Description
Contents...	F1	Opens 7-Zip Help
About 7-Zip...		Opens About dialog box

Shortcut	Description
Tab	Switch between panels
Insert	Select / Deselect current item
Shift+F10	Display the shortcut menu for the selected items
RightCtrl+0 Alt+0 ... RightCtrl+9 Alt+9	Open folder bookmark
Shift+RightCtrl+0 Shift+Alt+0 ... Shift+RightCtrl+9 Shift+Alt+9	Creates folder bookmark
Alt+F1	Edit the Folder Address on left panel
Alt+F2	Edit the Folder Address on right panel
Alt+Up	Open same folder in other panel
Alt+Left, Alt+Right	Open current folder in other panel
Ctrl+[Grey +]	Adjust optimal column width for items
Ctrl+C	Copy the name of selected file to clipboard

Key	Normal	Ctrl	Alt	Shift
Tab	Switch panel
F1	Help		Left Path
F2	Rename		Right Path
F3	View	Sort by Name
F4	Edit	Sort by Type	Exit	Create File
F5	Copy	Sort by Date
F6	Move	Sort by Size
F7	Create Folder	Unsorted
F9	1/2 Panels
F10	Menu			Shortcut Menu
F12			Folders History
0-9		R: Folder Bookmark	Folder Bookmark
A		Select All
C		Copy to clipboard
N		Create File
R		Refresh
Z		Comment
Backspace	Up One Level
Enter	Open		Properties	Open outside
Insert	Select Item
Delete	Delete Item
Page Down		Open Inside
Page Up		Up One Level
Up			Open same folder
Left			Open current folder
Right			Open current folder
\	Open root
Grey /	Open root
Grey *	Select All
Grey +	Select	Adjust columns	Select by Type	Select All
Grey -	Deselect		Deselect by Type	Deselect All