Lister
Lister is the integrated file viewer of Total Commander. The default shortcut key to start Lister is F3.
Lister window
View modes
You can try to view any file in several modes available:
- (1) Text
- (2) Binary
- (3) Hex
- (4) Image/Multimedia, Lister plugins, RTF
- (5) HTML text (strip tags)
- (6) Unicode
- (7) UTF-8
Additional file formats can be supported using:
- IrfanView and XnView - to load graphics other than BMP in (4) mode
- Lister plugins - to load other formats in (4) mode
File sizes supported
In modes 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 Lister allows to view files of any size as it keeps only a small part of the file in memory (approximately 64 Kb), the rest is automatically loaded when scrolling through the text.
In other modes huge files are usually not supported, as Lister tries to load the whole file contents.
Fonts
You can change fonts in text modes using Options menu:
- ANSI: Windows font
- ASCII (OEM): DOS font
- Variable char width: User selected font
ANSI and OEM fonts can be autodetected, you can set autodetection in Lister Options dialog.
Other options
If you open the viewer with multiple files, (Configuration-Edit/View), you can switch from one file to the next/previous using the keys n (next) and p (previous file). When you are viewing multimedia files or listening to sound, Lister will switch at the end of a file automatically to the next file (playlist function). With Ctrl+A you can select the whole text. You can use the cursor keys and Home, End, PgUp and PgDn or SPACE to scroll trough the text. Alternatively you can use your mouse. You can open as many file viewers as you want (and your memory can hold). All file viewers are closed when Total Commander terminates. Press F2 to refresh the content of a file.
Quick View
This command opens a separate Lister window inside Total Commander file panel. Shortcut key is CTRL+Q. The window can be removed by choosing another drive in that window, or by pressing CTRL+Q second time.
All shortcut keys from Lister can be used in Quick View too.
If you make the Lister or Quick View panel larger and choose "Save position" command, Total Commander will use this width for the panel independent from the normal position of the separating line.
External Lister applications
- You can download the external Lister application (freeware) at http://www.ghisler.com/lister/ .
- You can also use the alternative 3-rd party application, which is very similar to Lister but has more features: ATViewer.
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