# Dual panel mode file copy

**URL:** <https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/dual-panel-mode-file-copy/1834>\
**Category:** TotalFinder\
**Tags:** feature-request\
**Created:** [April 27, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/dual-panel-mode-file-copy/1834 "2014-04-27T06:36:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Valentin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@Valentin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/Valentin)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/dual-panel-mode-file-copy/1834/1 "2014-04-27T06:36:46Z")

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Is there a hotkey to copy a file from panel to panel (like F5 in Far/DN/NC/TC)?

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**Author:** ![Valentin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@Valentin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/Valentin)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/dual-panel-mode-file-copy/1834/2 "2014-04-27T07:22:52Z")

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Related question: is there a hotkey to change focus between panels?

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**Author:** ![darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/darwin/32/2275_2.png) [@darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/darwin)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/dual-panel-mode-file-copy/1834/3 "2014-04-27T17:12:38Z")

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No and Yes.

1. OPT+TAB

F5/F6 - like functionality would be more difficult to make it work properly in various Finder modes. But it is something I would like to consider implementing in the future.

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**Author:** ![Valentin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@Valentin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/Valentin)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/dual-panel-mode-file-copy/1834/4 "2014-04-28T16:04:33Z")

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Ok, then we need 4 actions: cmd+c, opt+tab, cmd+v, opt+tab to make “F5” action %-(. Hope it’ll soon change…

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**Author:** ![tomylucadamo](https://discuss.binaryage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@tomylucadamo](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/tomylucadamo)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/dual-panel-mode-file-copy/1834/5 "2014-10-01T18:57:36Z")

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It would be nice and very useful to have a shortcut for this!  
Hope it happen soon!  
Thank you!

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**Author:** ![CareyB](https://discuss.binaryage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CareyB](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/CareyB)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/dual-panel-mode-file-copy/1834/6 "2015-01-02T12:07:56Z")

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I’d like to chime in on support for the copy/move to opposite window functionality. This is the one other thing I miss from \*nix Commander tool.

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**Author:** ![Stanko](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/stanko/32/1886_2.png) [@Stanko](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/Stanko)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/dual-panel-mode-file-copy/1834/7 "2017-05-04T23:06:23Z")

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Looking forward to having a copy-to-the-other-panel command, as this is one of the things I miss the most, comparing to the older “commander” file managers.

Is it possible to implement it in any of the finder modes ATM? To me personally, it would be enough to have it in the `list` mode.

Keep up for the good work!