

#NOVA BROWSER HOW TO#
Understanding how to manage your selection of files and folders is an important part of working in Nova because almost every command requires one or more files or folders to act on. To manually type in a new path, choose Go > Go to Folder…Ĭhoose Go > Back or Go > Forward to move through your recent path history. To go to the current folder’s parent, choose Go > Enclosing Folder (In column view, you need only click once.)

Navigating foldersĭouble-click a folder to navigate into it. When using two file browsers in a single tab, change their width by dragging the vertical splitter between them to the left or right. They can any combination of local or remote. Clicking the icon will toggle the browser pane to the opposite mode.īy default, two file browser panes are shown side-by-side. Remote file browsers display a globe icon. Local file browsers display a hard disk icon. The icon in the upper left of a file browser pane indicates whether it is currently a local file browser or remote. Switching a pane between local and remote file browsers After disconnecting, the connection panel will reappear.

Upon connection to a server, the connection panel is replaced by a file browser. When no connection is established, remote panes appear as a connection panel. To focus the other file browser, click anywhere inside it.Īlternatively, choose View > Focus on Local or View > Focus on Remote. In this example, the file browser on the right has focus. The focused file browser path bar displays the current directory in blue text. The file browser that will receive the next command is said to be “focused”. However, most commands can only be applied to one file browser or the other at any given time. Understanding file browser focusīy default, Nova shows two file browser panes (local and remote) side-by-side in a single tab. You can change the order of tabs by dragging them with the mouse. To cycle through all open tabs, choose Window > Next Tab or Window > Previous Tab.To close a tab that’s no longer in use, choose File > Close Tab.To create a new file browser tab, choose File > New File Browser.Nova’s file browser tab allows you to manage several connections within a single Nova window. Changing the size of the file browser font.Hide or show file browser attribute columns.Changing the view mode of file browsers.Switching between one or two file browsers.Connecting with the Quick Connect panel.Switching a pane between local and remote file browsers.
