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File Operations

File Operations

Xplorer provides a full suite of file operations with progress tracking and hardware-accelerated performance.

Context menu with file operations

Basic Operations

Copy & Paste

  • Copy: Ctrl+C or right-click > Copy
  • Cut: Ctrl+X or right-click > Cut
  • Paste: Ctrl+V or right-click > Paste

All copy/move operations include real-time progress tracking with:

  • Current file being processed
  • Bytes transferred / total bytes
  • Estimated time remaining
  • Transfer speed

Rename

  • F2 key or right-click > Rename
  • Inline editing in the file grid

Delete

  • Delete — Move to recycle bin / trash
  • Shift+Delete — Permanent deletion (with confirmation)

Create

  • New Folder: Right-click > New Folder
  • New File: Right-click > New File

Compression & Archives

Xplorer supports multiple archive formats:

Supported Formats

| Format | Compress | Extract | | ------- | -------- | ------- | | ZIP | Yes | Yes | | TAR | Yes | Yes | | TAR.GZ | Yes | Yes | | TAR.BZ2 | Yes | Yes | | TAR.XZ | Yes | Yes | | 7z | Planned | Planned |

Compression

Right-click a file or folder > Compress to create an archive. Options include:

  • Archive format selection
  • Compression level
  • Output path

Extraction

Right-click an archive > Extract to decompress. Options include:

  • Extract to current directory
  • Extract to new folder
  • Extract to custom path

Hardware-Accelerated Copy

For large files and directories, Xplorer automatically selects the optimal copy strategy:

| File Size | Strategy | Description | | ----------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------- | | < 1 MB | Standard | std::fs::copy | | 1-100 MB | Buffered | Optimized buffer sizes for the filesystem | | > 100 MB | Memory-mapped | Uses mmap for zero-copy transfers | | Directories | Parallel | Multi-threaded copy with rayon |

The accelerated copy system also detects CPU features (AVX2, SSE2) to use SIMD-optimized memory operations where available.

Duplicate File Finder

Duplicate finder panel

Find duplicate files across your filesystem:

  1. Open the Duplicate Finder panel from the bottom bar
  2. Select a directory to scan
  3. Xplorer computes SHA-256 hashes in parallel using all CPU cores
  4. Results show groups of identical files with sizes and paths
  5. Choose which copies to keep and which to remove

Features:

  • Parallel hashing with rayon for maximum speed
  • Progress tracking with cancellation support
  • Size-based pre-filtering (only files with identical sizes are hashed)

File Comparison

Compare two files side-by-side:

  1. Select two files
  2. Right-click > Compare Files
  3. View differences in a unified diff view

Supports:

  • Text comparison — Line-by-line diff with added/removed/changed highlighting
  • Binary comparison — Byte-level comparison for non-text files
  • Options to ignore whitespace, case, and line endings