Directory Opus is my favorite file manager. It is easily customizable, has configurable keyboard shortcuts and custom toolbar buttons.
I have recorded a video in which I show how I use it for my daily file management tasks.
Click on the link below to access the 15min screencast.
I forgot to mention the following features in the video:
- To copy the path of currently selected item, press Ctrl+P.
- Search. Pressing Ctrl+F brings up the search window using which we can either search by file name or search for text content within files. It works well and is pretty fast.
- Double clicking on the empty area of tab bar creates a new tab with the same location as the current tab. Double clicking on an existing tab closes it.
- Toolbar buttons to a) email selected files b) zip and email selected files.
My configuration file can be downloaded from below:
Sridhar's Directory Opus Configuration (59.7 KiB, 423 hits)
These are some of the keyboard shortcuts included in my configuration:
| What it does | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Create a new folder | Ctrl+N |
| Create a new file | F7 |
| Create a new file w/ clipboard's text content | Ctrl+V |
| Copy selected item(s) to opposite pane | F5 |
| Move selected item(s) to opposite pane | F6 |
| Compress selected item(s) to a zip file | Alt+F5 |
| Extract a zip file | Alt+F6 |
| Bring up search interface | Ctrl+F (or) F3 |
| Makes a copy of selected file and names it by appending "- original" | Ctrl+S |
| Copies selected item's path to clipboard (for quick pasting in File Open/Save dialogs) | Ctrl+P |
