Take Action

After selecting a file or folder, you can perform various actions by

pressing Keyboard shortcut
clicking on the Action bar
executing it from Action list

Action bar

The action bar displays commonly used actions that you can click or trigger with keyboard shortcuts.

Actions displayed in the action bar change based on your selected file/folder

Press Cmd + K to see the complete Action list.

Action list

The action list shows all actions available for your selected file or folder. Search for the action you need and execute it by clicking, pressing Enter, or using shortcuts. Once action executed, it will go back to result area.

Press Esc to go back to the result screen.

Action screen

Actions

File preview

Press Cmd + Y to preview selected file. Press again to close or press Esc. In results area, Space can be used in addition to Cmd + Y
Press Cmd + Option + Y to enable full screen preview. Press again to close or press Esc. In results area, Option + Space can be used in addition to Cmd + Option + Y
While in preview mode, use up/down arrows to browse pages in multi-page files like PDFs.
While in full-screen preview mode, Space/Shift-Space can be used to browse pages in addition to up/down arrows
Use Option + arrow keys while previewing to navigate between files without closing preview

Open file or folder

Press Enter to open selected file or folder
Please note if you are openning first item in the results, it can be opened by clicking Enter in the search bar. This applies to all actions

Show in Finder

Press Cmd + Enter to show file or folder in Finder.

Copy

Press Cmd + C to copy file or folder.

Finder Window Actions

When browsing Finder windows/tabs, following additional actions are available

Press Enter to show the selected Finder window/tab
Press Command + W to close the selected window/tab
Press Command + Shift + W to close all Finder windows and tabs

Drag & Drop

Drag file/folder from FileMinutes’ left sidebar to other apps