You can only execute files in the Active List Panel. To execute a file just (double-)click on it or press Enter when it is under the list cursor. Krusader will open it in the default application for this file type (picture, text file...) or the file will be executed (script, binary...). If you want to use another application to open the file, Right-Click on the file and go to the "open with" sub-menu which will offer more options. Krusader is compatible with KDE default file manager for all file types except archives that are opened inside the Krusader panel and not in an external application. See the archives page in Konfiguratorfor details.

To copy or move files/directories just select them and press F5 to copy or F6 to move them. If the Preserve attributes (only on local targets) option is checked, Krusader will try to preserve all attributes (time, owner, group) of the local files according to the source depending on your permissions:

Use F5 (copy) or F6 (move) and than F2 to use it. Or the direct shortcuts: copy by queue Shift+F5 , move by queue Shift+F6 . Queueing is used for one-by-one copying. E.g. if you have a pen drive (which is slow), and you want to copy 40 files onto it, it's much better copying them one-by-one instead of starting to copy 40 files parallelly. That's why enqueuing is important. If you pack/unpack 40 files parallelly, you overload your computer, but adding them to a queue (which is not yet implemented into Krusader), is much more useful.

Deleting files/directories is done by selecting them and pressing F8 or Delete. By default it will be moved to KDE's Trash. You can open the KDE Trash with trash:/ ("kdebase3-runtime" needs to be installed, otherwise the KDE trash protocol will not work). Phisically KDE Trash is located in ~/.local/share/Trash/ . Shift+Delete will delete the file permanently. A dialog will ask for your confirmation and will warn you when deleting non-empty directories. Of course only operations that you are permitted to do by the Operating System will be performed - you will be notified otherwise. If you do not wish to see the confirmation dialogs, you can disable them in the Konfigurator advanced tab.

Shred was removed from KDE4 (and as consequence Krusader-2 for KDE4). The main reason is probably that shredding is filesystem dependent and even if you overwrite the file 100 times, it's not sure, that it'll be deleted from the disk finally. Quote from the kgpg posts: "The shred feature has been removed from the KDE library. Kgpg will not support this feature anymore. Moderns file systems use journalisation. So the shred feature should be implemented in the file system. Not in kgpg." But you might use a proper shred UserAction for your filesystem. But keep in mind that if you want to be 100% shure that it's impossible that someone can read a deleted file, you need to destroy your harddrive hardware ...

Rename the file under the cursor with the F9 key or with two single mouse clicks. If only the file name needs to be renamed and not the extension, you can configure this in the Konfigurator Look & Feel page. Create a new directory with the F7 key. Right-clicking on a regular file will give you the option "New Symlink". A dialog will prompt you to enter a symlink name. That name will point to the file/directory you Right-Clicked on. If the file you Right-Clicked on is a symlink, you will also be presented with the "redirect link" option that will allow you to change the link target.

KrViewer has a chapter of its own.