OMATOOLS/Omanta guide
Install Omanta

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Moving around

Open folders, go back and forward, jump along the path or type where you want to go.

Where it is

The file view, the path bar and the keyboard

What you can do

  • Double-click a folder to open it, or select it and press Enter. Preferences can make a single click open things instead.
  • Back and Forward are Alt+Left and Alt+Right, and the mouse's back and forward buttons.
  • Alt+Up or Backspace goes up to the folder that holds this one. Alt+Home goes home.
  • Ctrl+L turns the path bar into a box you can type in. It understands ~/Documents, ../ and addresses such as smb://server/share.
  • Start typing a name to jump to the first item that begins with it.

In this film

  1. Double-click a folder to open it
  2. Back and forwardAlt+Left and Alt+Right do the same
  3. Click a folder in the path to go there
  4. Type a locationCtrl+L, then a path: ~ means your home
  5. Up one folderAlt+Up, or Backspace
  6. Type a name to jump to itThen Enter opens it
  7. Alt+Home goes home