![]() ![]() Most people just look at the UI rather than the functions and what it offers though.įile Explorer is perfect because it offers everything important in a simple way, it doesn’t have tabs that we know will accumulate and dual panel which is the worst idea ever. The program's resource usage was around 115-125MB of memory and about 5% of CPU, though it jumped up to about 10% for a second or two, when switching to a different drive or a folder with hundreds of files. The program is a bit slow to start and appears to lag slightly, which I think is because of the animations. The file manager looks great and works well for the most part, and even though it is mouse-friendly, there are a ton of keyboard shortcuts. It is available for Windows and Linux, but doesn't come in a portable version. Imperium is freeware, but not open source. The travel-as-you-type setting, jumps to folders as you enter the letters, it takes some time getting used to. The Settings menu item opens the application's options, where you can configure the hotkeys, toggle some optional features. There's a light theme available, if you aren't a fan of the dark color scheme. The Command Palette contains handy actions, lets you Swap Panels, Show Clipboard contents (files), Toggle hidden files, full screen and zen mode (single pane UI). The search results are displayed in the sidebar (F1).Ĭlick the gear cog icon in the top left corner for some additional functions that you can enable. Or, you can use regular expressions, if you want to. Ctrl + F opens the built-in search tool, and this supports wild-cards, so you can search for something like *.TXT. Press Ctrl + L to create a filter to only view audio files, executables, folders, images, etc. To search for a file in the current directory, just type its name or file extension, and Imperium will filter the contents of the folder and display the matched items. If it doesn't, select the folder using arrow keys, hit the Tab key. e.g. You can type the path of a directory in the Jump panel to go to it, like C Downloads, the program will auto-complete the path. Toggle the sidebar after you have created a tab group, and you'll be able to manage them from the panel. Add your favorite folders to a Tab Group, this gets saved to the tab menu for quick access. The tab list provides another way to jump to the opened tabs. Switch between tabs using the left and right arrow key. You may use the hotkeys Ctrl + T, Ctrl + W to open or close a tab. Click on the hamburger button to open the tab menu, which lets you open and close tabs. Imperium file manager supports tabbed browsing. The file context menu has some useful shortcuts like copy paths, file names, create archives (ZIP, Tar, GZIP). The menu button in the panel is used for basic file operations, as well as to open a command window among other options. Of course, you can do the same with the keyboard shortcuts, backspace key to go up a folder, Alt + Left and Alt +Right, to go back or forward. Imperium's left pane has some semi-opaque buttons, the arrow keys can be used to navigate between folders. Hit Ctrl + J to brings up the Jump bar, which allows you to switch between directories or drives. There are many ways to get around in the program, you can use your mouse, or click the drive bar. The right pane isn't another directory tree, instead it displays a preview of the selected image or document. The left pane hosts the file tree, which lists folders and files. For now, toggle the sidebar by clicking the button in the top left corner. ![]() Well, technically there are three panels if you include the sidebar, which is sort of the help file, but it has other uses. Imperium is a dual pane file manager, sans the command bar / function bar. ![]()
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