
Rather than clicking buttons, you need to enter commands in a terminal.
F10 Ends current action editor, viewer, dialog window or ends mc program.One of the biggest challenges of working with a virtual server is that it does not come with a desktop environment. F9 Opens main menu at the top of the screen. Default is to another panel, but it asks first. Ctrl + Shift + Enter copies full path of selected file in the command line. Alt + Enter copies selected filename in command line. \ (Backslash) remove marking for more data (opposite to "+"). All files with names that fill condition(s) in regular expression will be marked. + (Plus) brings up the input box where it can be given regular expression. * marks removes marking for all files in active panel (not directories). Ctrl + / Look for filename given in last line of active panel (not whole screen), and jumps on first file. Alt + j marks last file or directory in active panel. Alt + r marks middle file or directory in active panel. Alt + g marks first file or directory in active panel. Insert marks or removes mark on file(s). TAB is switching focus between left and right panel. If a ftp session times out, you can use this to free the open vfs so you can log in again. Ctrl + x o opens chown dialog for marked file. Ctrl + x c opens chmod dialog for marked file. if there is plugin able to open file it will be opened (rpm, tgz, gz, etc). if file is executable - it will be executed. if command line is empty than it will do something with selected file in active panel:. if you have text in command line (one with command prompt, above function keys in the last) it will be executed as command. It makes browsing a breeze that you can't see with graphic based file managers. It is the best frequently used Midnight Commander feature. One function that is not enabled by default that allows very fast browsing using cursor keys is Lynx like motion.