You can show the contents of one folder in the right panel and another one in the left panel. Use Tab key or mouse-click to change the active panel.
Use mouse click or arrow keys and ‘Enter’ to change directory. It has normal 2 panels of fixed width, one of them is active and the other one passive.The interface corresponds to all the rules of an orthodox file manager (see the history section below). Far Manager is a quick and powerful tool. Try to use keyboard and you will realize that the functionality is extended and enhanced.
Try to use the mouse and you see the difference, as Far Manager also allows mouse drag-drop operations. Like Norton Commander running in DOS virtual machine – that could be the first impression.īut the visual resemblance is deceptive. Press Alt-Enter to go fullscreen and take a tour to the 1990-s! All the same keyboard shortcuts work – F5 Copy, F9 Menu, F10 Quit etc. The same blue interface with the DOS “box characters”. Running Far Manager – file and archive manager probably brings nostalgic memories to everybody who has used Norton Commander. But despite the freaky look Far Manager is one of the best free Windows file managers.
For example: archive support, FTP client, temporary panel and network browser are all implemented as plugins included in the standard distribution of Far.Orthodox file managers are back with a vengeance! This was my first thought when I saw the screenshots of Far Manager.ĩ0% pure interface of Norton Commander from the eighties/nineties of the last century. The functionality of Far Manager is greatly extended by external DLL modules - plugins (made possible by a special set of interfaces - the Plugins API). File system navigation is made easier through the use of color highlighting and sort groups. Far Manager works in text mode and provides a simple and intuitive interface for performing most of the necessary actions:įar Manager has a multi-language, easily configurable interface. Far Manager is a program for managing files and archives in Windows operating systems.
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