genesisxyz / total-commander

A simple file explorer done in C++ using SFML for the GUI

About file explorer

File explorer is a multi-panel file explorer app, that allows all basic file operations and navigation between computer locations. Our app is designed with the aim to provide the best means of file navigation and ease of use.

Installation

Check out our releases page.

Shortcuts

File selection

Ctrl + A - Select all files
Ctrl + D - Deselect all files
Ctrl + I - Invert selection

File manipulation

Ctrl + C - Copy all selected files
Ctrl + V - Paste the copied files
Ctrl + X - Cut all selected files
Enter - Open last selected file
Delete - Delete last selected file
F2 - Rename all selected files
F3 - Make directory
F4 - Copy all selected files to a path
F5 - Delete all selected files
F6 - Move all selected files to a path

File sorting

Shift + F2 - Sort by name
Shift + F3 - Sort by extension
Shift + F4 - Sort by size
Shift + F5 - Sort by date

View

Ctrl + R - Refresh explorer
Ctrl + T - Switch to the next theme
Ctrl + SHIFT + T - Switch to the previous theme
F1 - Open this page

Navigation

Backspace - Go back one folder
Tab - Switch focus to next explorer
Shift + Tab - Switch focus to previous explorer
Up - Move up one file / Scroll up
Down - Move down one file / Scroll down

Customizing

You can create your own theme if you don't like the default ones, for that we have template.theme, where you can see the format of the themes and an example. After you created your theme, you just need to add it in the themes folder (that's where all the themes should be saved).

Modifying the font/icons/charSize

If you modify any of these and want to use the new theme, we highly recommend that you change the default-theme field from settings.txt, otherwise the font/icons/charSize will not be properly updated.

Modifying the code

The best part about our project is that it is open source, that means you can take a look at the code and modify it. You can change literally anything you want (at your own risk).

If you are willing to modify the code yourself, you will need to compile it afterwards, so here are the compilation commands:

Linux: g++ src/*.cpp src/components/*.cpp -Iinclude -Iinclude/components -std=c++20 -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system -o total-commander-linux && ./total-commander-linux && clear

Windows: g++ src/*.cpp src/components/*.cpp -Iinclude -Iinclude/components -std=c++20 -IPATH_TO_SFML_INCLUDE -DSFML_STATIC -LPATH_TO_SFML_LIB -lsfml-graphics-s -lsfml-window-s -lsfml-system-s -lopengl32 -lfreetype -lwinmm -lgdi32 -o total-commander && total-commander.exe

For this to work, you will need to install SFML.

Credits

Default icons taken from the following sources: 1, 2, 3, 4.