Yazi Cheatsheet
Navigation
`Easy jump
fJump to character, then n or N
k↑Move cursor up
j↓Move cursor down
h←Parent directory
l→Enter directory
KSeek up 5 in preview
JSeek down 5 in preview
ggGo to top
GGo to bottom
zJump to a file/directory via fzf
ZJump (z.lua)
Go To
-Go to parent directory
HBack to previous directory
LForward to next directory
g cGo to ~/.config
g dGo to Downloads
g eOpen in Explorer
g fFollow hovered symlink
g gGo to top
g hGo home
g tGo to top
g ␣Go to direct subfolder
GGo to bottom
Compress
c aAchive selected
c uExtract (choose method)
File Operations
EnteroOpen file(s)
OOpen interactively
yxYank (copy/cut)
YXCancel yank
pPPaste (normal/overwrite)
dDDelete (normal/permanent)
aCreate file or dir/
rBulk rename
;Shell command
:Shell (blocking)
-_Symlink (absolute/relative)
.Toggle hidden
InsCreate file or folder
DelDelete selected
S-DelDelete selected (permanently)
Selection
␣Toggle selection
vVisual mode
VVisual mode (unset)
C-aSelect all
C-rInvert selection
EscCancel selection
Search & Filter
/Find next file
?Find previous file
nNext found
NPrevious found
sSearch name (fd)
SSearch content (rg)
C-sCancel the ongoing search
Copy Paths
c cCopy full file path
c dCopy dir path
c fCopy filename
c nCopy name (no ext)
Tabs
tNew tab
1-9Switch to tab N
[]Prev / Next tab
{}Swap tab position
C-F4C-wC-cClose tab
Sorting
, a , AAlphabetical/Rev
, b , BBirth/Rev
, e , EExtension/Rev
, f , FFolders first On/Off
, m , MModified/Rev
, n , NNatural/Rev
, s , SSize/Rev
, rRandom
General
F1~Help
qQuit
QQuit (no cwd)
wShow task manager
C-1
C-2
C-3
Toggle parent/current/preview
A-1
A-2
A-3
Maximize parent/current/preview
Configuration
There are 4 configuration files for Yazy:
init.lua: script executed on startupyazi.toml: General configurationkeymaps.toml: Custom keybindingstheme.toml: Color scheme configuration
The location for these configuration files is:
~/.config/yazi/on Unix-like systems.%AppData%\yazi\config\on Windows.