Swift Salamander User Guide / Everyday Tasks

Select Files

How to select one file, several files in a row, or files that are not next to each other.

Checked with Swift Salamander 0.8.184 on 8 October 2026.

Selected files are the ones an action changes. Copy, move, rename and trash all work on the selection.

Select Files

1. Click a file to select it.
2. Hold ⇧ and click another file to select every file between them.
3. Hold ⌘ and click each file you want, one at a time, to select files that are not next to each other.
4. Press ⌘A to select every file in the folder.

To clear the selection, click an empty part of the list.

Related

• Copy and Move Files to the Other Pane
• Move Files to the Trash and Undo