Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts
aMule provides a set of built-in keyboard and mouse shortcuts for navigating and controlling the application. These shortcuts are hard-coded and cannot be customized or reassigned.
Window Shortcuts
Each main window has an Alt+letter shortcut, also shown in the tooltip of its toolbar button:
| Shortcut | Opens |
|---|---|
Alt+N | Networks |
Alt+S | Searches |
Alt+T | Downloads |
Alt+F | Shared Files |
Alt+C | Clients |
Alt+M | Messages |
Alt+G | Statistics |
Alt+P | Preferences |
On macOS these shortcuts use the ⌥ (Option) key and are also listed in a native Navigate menu in the menu bar, with the same entries in the same order (see macOS).
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Window | Action |
|---|---|---|
Enter | Networks / eD2k | Connect to the selected server |
Enter | Searches | Start a search (search box), apply the filter at once (filter box), or download/expand the selected result |
Enter | Downloads / Shared Files | Open the selected file if it is complete, preview it if it is unfinished and a preview is possible, otherwise show its file details |
Enter | Client lists (Clients, download sources, Shared Files clients) | Show the client details |
Enter | Messages | Open a chat with the selected friend |
Del | Downloads / Networks / Messages | Remove the selected item, after confirmation: cancel the download, remove the server, or remove the friend |
| Any character | All lists | Jump to the item whose first-column value starts with the typed string (resets after 1.5 s; pressing the same letter repeatedly cycles through matches) |
Ctrl+A | All lists | Select all items in the current list (⌘A on macOS) |
Shift+F10 or Menu key | All lists | Open the context menu of the selected item |
Ctrl+C | Networks / ED2K Info / Kad Info | Copy the selected rows (or the whole panel) to the clipboard as tab-separated label/value pairs |
Ctrl+Q | All | Exit aMule (⌘Q on macOS) |
F1 | All | Open the online documentation in your browser (only when no modifier key is held) |
F2 | Downloads | Rename the selected download (part files only, not completed files) |
F2 | Shared Files | Rename the selected shared file |
Mouse Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Window | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Double-click | Networks / eD2k | Connect to the selected server |
| Double-click | Searches | Download the selected result (or expand/collapse it if it has children) |
| Double-click | Downloads / Shared Files | Open the file if it is complete, preview it if it is unfinished and a preview is possible, otherwise show its file details |
| Double-click | Client lists (Clients, download sources, Shared Files clients) | Show the client details |
| Middle-click | Download sources / Shared Files clients | Show the client details |
| Double-click | Messages | Open a chat with the selected friend |
| Double-click | Statistics | Expand or collapse the selected statistics node |
| Hover | Statistics / Kad graph | Show the values of each line at that point in time |
| Click on a column header | All lists | Sort the list by that column (toggles ascending/descending) |
| Right-click on a column header | All lists | Show a menu to toggle which columns are visible |
| Right-click on an item | All | Open the item's context menu |
| Right-click → Copy | Networks / ED2K Info / Kad Info | Copy the selected rows (or the whole panel) to the clipboard |
| Middle-click on a tab | Searches / Messages | Close the tab |
| Right-click on a tab | Searches / Messages | Open the tab menu |
| Double-click (or, where supported, click) | System tray icon | Show or hide the main window (see Mouse Clicks) |