MiniPath — Keyboard Shortcuts
MiniPath is the lightweight file-browser companion to Notepad3, launched from inside Notepad3 with Ctrl+M. It is a fork of Florian Balmer's metapath, with cosmetic and 64-bit modernisation.
The bindings below are taken directly from minipath/src/MiniPath.rc (accelerator table). The in-app menus are the live source of truth — if a future build moves a binding, the menu shows the current key first.
Looking for the Notepad3 keyboard shortcuts? See ../KeyboardShortcuts.md.
File / folder navigation
| Shortcut |
Action |
Enter |
Open the selected file in the existing target Notepad3 window |
Shift+Enter |
Open the selected file in a new Notepad3 window |
Alt+Enter |
Show Properties of the selected object |
Backspace |
Move to the parent (upper) directory |
Ctrl+Backspace |
Move directly to the root directory |
Alt+← |
History: go back to the previous directory |
Alt+→ |
History: go forward to the next directory |
Alt+↑ |
Move selection to the previous file in the current folder |
Alt+↓ |
Move selection to the next file in the current folder |
Ctrl+D |
Change to another directory… |
Alt+D |
Create a new directory |
Ctrl+G |
Goto path / URL… |
Alt+G |
Goto the target of the selected shortcut (.lnk) |
Tab |
Move focus to the next control |
Shift+Tab |
Move focus to the previous control |
Esc |
Exit (or minimise — configurable) |
File operations
| Shortcut |
Action |
Ctrl+L |
Launch the selected file with its associated application |
Alt+L |
"Open with…" — pick another application for the selected file |
Ctrl+F |
Launch the configured target application without any file argument |
Ctrl+R |
Run command dialog… |
Ctrl+N |
Create a new (empty) file in the current directory |
Ctrl+S |
Save the selected file to a new location ("Save copy as") |
Ctrl+K |
Create a shortcut (.lnk) to the selected object |
Ctrl+Q |
Open the selected file with the configured quickviewer |
F2 |
Rename the selected object |
F5 |
Refresh the directory listing |
F6 |
Copy / move the selected object to another location… |
Del |
Delete the selected object (sends to the Recycle Bin) |
Shift+Del |
Delete the selected object permanently (skips the Recycle Bin) |
Ctrl+Shift+Del |
Delete the selected object without confirmation (and skip the Recycle Bin) |
Sorting & filtering
| Shortcut |
Action |
Ctrl+1 |
Sort files by Name |
Ctrl+2 |
Sort files by Size |
Ctrl+3 |
Sort files by Type |
Ctrl+4 |
Sort files by Date |
Ctrl+5 |
Toggle reverse sort order |
Ctrl+M |
Set / change the file filter (e.g. *.txt;*.md)… |
Ctrl+* (Ctrl+Num*) |
Reset filter to *.* (show everything) |
Target window (Notepad3) & launching
The "target" is the Notepad3 window that MiniPath is feeding files to.
| Shortcut |
Action |
Ctrl+E |
Toggle "activate target window" — whether opening a file pulls Notepad3 to the foreground |
Ctrl+F12 |
Setup MiniPath's target application (browse to the Notepad3 binary)… |
Window position & appearance
| Shortcut |
Action |
Ctrl+P |
Snap MiniPath next to the target Notepad3 window |
Ctrl+Shift+P |
Move window to MiniPath's default position |
Ctrl+T |
Toggle "always on top" |
Ctrl+U |
Toggle transparency mode |
Alt+S |
Toggle the status bar |
Alt+T |
Toggle the toolbar |
Alt+U |
Toggle the drive selection box |
Alt+N |
Open a new MiniPath window |
Favorites
| Shortcut |
Action |
F11 |
Jump to the Favorites folder |
F9 |
Edit (open in Explorer) the Favorites folder |
Settings
| Shortcut |
Action |
F7 |
Save settings now |
Ctrl+F7 |
Open the MiniPath INI file in the editor |
Ctrl+H |
Save settings now (alternate binding) |
F12 |
Open MiniPath's program-settings dialog… |
Help
| Shortcut |
Action |
F1 |
About MiniPath… |
Cheatsheet — function keys
| Key |
Plain |
Ctrl |
Alt |
F1 |
About |
— |
— |
F2 |
Rename |
— |
— |
F5 |
Refresh |
— |
— |
F6 |
Copy/move |
— |
— |
F7 |
Save settings |
Open INI |
— |
F9 |
Edit Favorites folder |
— |
— |
F11 |
Jump to Favorites |
— |
— |
F12 |
Program settings |
Setup target app |
— |
See also
../KeyboardShortcuts.md — Notepad3 keyboard shortcuts.../faq/FAQ.md — frequently asked questions (incl. integration of MiniPath as the file-browser plugin).minipath/Readme.txt — MiniPath's bundled readme, including history and credits.
