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Tips and Tricks

some simple tips

clipboard operations

rovr provides an interesting clipboard management:

yanking/copying will push it to the clipboard, and select them for pasting
clipboard shows current selection and operations
access clipboard panel by focusing it with c
you can delete items, or unselect them from being pasted

backspace or u: go back to previous location
space: go forward in history (after going back)

pinned folders

pin frequently accessed directories for quick access:

shift+p: pin the current folder
pinned folders appear in the sidebar
pins are saved and restored, and automatically updated across sessions

quick jumping

ctrl+l: focus path switcher, similarly to explorer.exe
f: if plugins.finder is enabled, search for something in the current directory recursively using fd
z: if plugins.zoxide is enabled, use zoxide to go to another directory

file operations

archive management

rovr provides some in-house archive handling:

ctrl+e: extract archives
E: compress selected files/folders into an archive
browse inside archives without extracting them
supports most common archive formats (.zip, *.tar, .rar)

external integration

enter on files: open with system default application
external editor plugin available (disabled by default)
configure with file_executable and folder_executable in config

customization tips

themes and appearance

themes can be configured in config.toml under [theme] section
built-in themes include “nord”, “solarized-dark”, “dark-pink” (more soon + overhaul)
create custom themes with [[custom_theme]] sections
transparency can also be enabled (at runtime as well using command palette)

command palette

access the command palette for advanced operations:

ctrl+p: open command palette
search and execute any available command

search and filtering

make finding files easier:

ctrl+f or /: search in current directory
search is fuzzy and matches partial names
search results are navigable with arrow keys