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Asked: June 5, 20262026-06-05T10:07:24+00:00 2026-06-05T10:07:24+00:00

Is there a keyboard shortcut for going one level up in the directory tree

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Is there a keyboard shortcut for going one level up in the directory tree in midnight commander (mc), which will save me from going all the up to the ..?

As shown below – say I’m in a directory that contains tonnes of stuff, and its painful to scroll all the way up. Its clickable, but nothing beats keyboard shortcuts!

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    2026-06-05T10:07:25+00:00Added an answer on June 5, 2026 at 10:07 am

    If you go to Options->Panel-Options and tick the “Lynx-like motion” option you can use left-arrow to go to the parent directory and right-arrow to enter a directory.

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