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Unify [Shift] and [Control] notation.

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  <p>A <b>context menu</b> can be displayed by clicking the right mouse button on the file pane or pressing the menu key while the file pane has the focus.</p>

  <h2>List view</h2>

  <p>This mode can be enabled by selecting &ldquo;List&rdquo; from the View menu, pressing Control + L on the keyboard, or unselecting &ldquo;View as icons&rdquo; from the context menu.</p>

  <p>The list view mode displays images in a standard vertical list. Three columns provide the file name, size in bytes, and the time the contents were last modified.</p>

  <p><b>Thumbnails</b> can be displayed next to each file in the list, to toggle thumbnails on or off by selecting &ldquo;Thumbnails&rdquo; from the View menu, pressing the T key, clicking the thumbnail button on the tool bar, or selecting &ldquo;Show thumbnails&rdquo; from the context menu.</p>

  <h2>Icon view</h2>

  <p>This mode can be enabled by selecting &ldquo;Icons&rdquo; from the View menu, pressing Control + I on the keyboard, or selecting &ldquo;View as icons&rdquo; from the context menu.</p>

  <p>The icon view mode displays images as thumbnails in a grid, and by default a file name below each thumbnail.</p>

  <p>The <b>file name</b> displayed below each thumbnail can be turned on or off by selecting &ldquo;Show filename text&rdquo; from the context menu.</p>

  <h3>Mouse</h3>
  
  <ul>
    <li>
      <p>Control + Primary mouse button will add or remove the file from the selection.</p>
    </li>

    <li>
      <p>Middle mouse button will toggle selection of the file.</p>
    </li>

    <li>
      <p>Shift + Primary mouse button will select all images between the clicked and focused image, or it will unselect all those images if the clicked image is already selected.</p>
    </li>

    <li>
      <p>Shift + Control + Primary mouse works as Shift + Primary, but will not change the selection of files outside the region between the focus and clicked image.</p>
    </li>
  </ul>

  <h3>Keyboard</h3>

  <ul>
    <li>
      <p>Control + Arrows will move the focus without changing the selection.</p>
    </li>

    <li>
      <p>Control + Space will toggle selection of the focused image.</p>
    </li>

    <li>
      <p>Shift + Arrows will select a region of images.</p>
    </li>

    <li>
      <p>Shift + Control + Arrows works as Shift + Arrows, but will not change the selection of files outside the current focus region.</p>
    </li>
  </ul>

  <p>To select all files press Control + A, or to unselect all image press Control + Shift + A. These operations are also available from the Edit menu as &ldquo;Select all&rdquo; and &ldquo;Select none&rdquo;.</p>

  <p>The current number of selected images and their total size will be indicated in the File list section of the <a href="main_window_status_bar.html">status bar</a>.</p>

  <h2>Sorting</h2>

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  <p>A <b>context menu</b> can be displayed by clicking the right mouse button on the file pane or pressing the menu key while the file pane has the focus.</p>

  <h2>List view</h2>

  <p>This mode can be enabled by selecting &ldquo;List&rdquo; from the View menu, pressing [Control] + L on the keyboard, or unselecting &ldquo;View as icons&rdquo; from the context menu.</p>

  <p>The list view mode displays images in a standard vertical list. Three columns provide the file name, size in bytes, and the time the contents were last modified.</p>

  <p><b>Thumbnails</b> can be displayed next to each file in the list, to toggle thumbnails on or off by selecting &ldquo;Thumbnails&rdquo; from the View menu, pressing the T key, clicking the thumbnail button on the tool bar, or selecting &ldquo;Show thumbnails&rdquo; from the context menu.</p>

  <h2>Icon view</h2>

  <p>This mode can be enabled by selecting &ldquo;Icons&rdquo; from the View menu, pressing [Control] + I on the keyboard, or selecting &ldquo;View as icons&rdquo; from the context menu.</p>

  <p>The icon view mode displays images as thumbnails in a grid, and by default a file name below each thumbnail.</p>

  <p>The <b>file name</b> displayed below each thumbnail can be turned on or off by selecting &ldquo;Show filename text&rdquo; from the context menu.</p>

  <h3>Mouse</h3>
  
  <ul>
    <li>
      <p>[Control] + Primary mouse button will add or remove the file from the selection.</p>
    </li>

    <li>
      <p>Middle mouse button will toggle selection of the file.</p>
    </li>

    <li>
      <p>[Shift] + Primary mouse button will select all images between the clicked and focused image, or it will unselect all those images if the clicked image is already selected.</p>
    </li>

    <li>
      <p>[Shift] + [Control] + Primary mouse works as [Shift] + Primary, but will not change the selection of files outside the region between the focus and clicked image.</p>
    </li>
  </ul>

  <h3>Keyboard</h3>

  <ul>
    <li>
      <p>[Control] + Arrows will move the focus without changing the selection.</p>
    </li>

    <li>
      <p>[Control] + Space will toggle selection of the focused image.</p>
    </li>

    <li>
      <p>[Shift] + Arrows will select a region of images.</p>
    </li>

    <li>
      <p>[Shift] + [Control] + Arrows works as [Shift] + Arrows, but will not change the selection of files outside the current focus region.</p>
    </li>
  </ul>

  <p>To select all files press [Control] + A, or to unselect all image press [Control] + [Shift] + A. These operations are also available from the Edit menu as &ldquo;Select all&rdquo; and &ldquo;Select none&rdquo;.</p>

  <p>The current number of selected images and their total size will be indicated in the File list section of the <a href="main_window_status_bar.html">status bar</a>.</p>

  <h2>Sorting</h2>