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Shortcuts and Productivity
Comprehensive listing of native macOS keyboard shortcuts and interaction gestures supported by rZip.
Complete Native Keyboard Shortcuts
rZip provides a comprehensive set of native macOS keyboard shortcuts for rapid, mouse-free archive curation:
Window and Archive Management
| Action | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| New Archive… | ⌘ + N | Opens the archive creation sheet |
| Open Archive… | ⌘ + O | Displays the system open file dialog |
| Welcome Window | ⇧ + ⌘ + 0 | Opens the initial rZip welcome screen |
| Reveal in Finder | ⌥ + ⌘ + R | Reveals the active archive file in Finder |
| Close Window | ⌘ + W | Closes the current archive and scrubs associated RAM buffers |
| Settings | ⌘ + , | Opens preferences (extraction defaults, language, theme, authorized folders) |
Navigation and Exploration
| Action | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Search in Archive | ⌘ + F | Sets keyboard focus directly into the search filter field |
| Quick Look Preview | Space or ⌘ + Y | Streams the selected file in memory via native Quick Look |
| Expand All | ⌥ + ⌘ + → | Recursively expands all directory branches in the tree |
| Collapse All | ⌥ + ⌘ + ← | Collapses all expanded folder branches |
| Toggle System Files | ⇧ + ⌘ + . | Shows or hides macOS system files (.DS_Store, __MACOSX) |
Extraction and Editing
| Action | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Extract Selection… | ⌘ + E | Extracts currently highlighted items |
| Extract All… | ⇧ + ⌘ + E | Unpacks the complete archive to the chosen destination |
| Add to Archive… | ⌥ + ⌘ + A | Inserts new files into an open archive (ZIP, 7z, TAR) |
| Delete from Archive… | ⌘ + ⌫ | Removes selected items (with automatic safety backup in the Trash) |
Dock and Drag-and-Drop Gestures
- Dragging to the Dock Icon:
- Drag an archive onto the rZip Dock icon to open and inspect its contents immediately.
- Drag ordinary files or folders onto the Dock icon to launch the creation sheet and compress them into a new archive.
- Selective Drag & Drop Extraction:
- Drag any row from the archive table or the large icon from the Inspector panel directly into a Finder folder or desktop workspace to extract it on drop.