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.
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
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)… |
| 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 |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
F11 | Jump to the Favorites folder |
F9 | Edit (open in Explorer) the Favorites folder |
| 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… |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
F1 | About MiniPath… |
| 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 | — |
../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.