Chapter 9 Shortcuts and Command Line
Chapter 9 Shortcuts and Command Line
9.1 Default shortcuts
“Help → Keyboard Shortcuts” (F1) shows the cheat sheet at any time.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Open Archive | Ctrl+O |
| New Archive | Ctrl+N |
| Extract to… | Ctrl+E |
| Test archive | Ctrl+T |
| Archive Info | Alt+I |
| Select all | Ctrl+A |
| Deselect all | Ctrl+Shift+D |
| Settings | Ctrl+, |
| Custom Theme | Ctrl+Alt+T |
| Keymap | Ctrl+Alt+K |
| Keyboard Shortcuts | F1 |
| Exit | Ctrl+Q |
| Close dialog | Escape |
On macOS, Ctrl maps to the Cmd key.
9.2 Command-line arguments
wxarc [options] [command <paths...>]
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| (none) | Open the main window |
-open <path> |
Open the given archive at startup |
-lang <code> |
Interface language override (e.g. en, zh-CN) |
-theme <name> |
Theme override |
--extract <p…> |
Open archives with the extract dialog shown (context-menu entry) |
--compress <p…> |
Start with the compression dialog, sources pre-filled (context-menu entry) |
--install-context-menu |
Install the file-manager context menu |
--remove-context-menu |
Remove the context menu |
--debug |
Raise the log level to Debug |
--log-level <level> |
Set the log level |
-h, --help |
Show the help message |
Examples:
wxarc -open ~/downloads/sdk.zip # open at startup
wxarc --compress a.txt b/ # compression dialog, sources pre-filled
wxarc --extract pkg1.zip pkg2.7z # queued extraction (dialog)
9.3 Context-menu invocation contract
The file-manager extensions invoke:
- “Extract with WxArc” →
wxarc --extract <paths...>— opens the archives with the extract dialog; multiple selections queue up. - “Compress with WxArc” →
wxarc --compress <paths...>— loads the sources into the file table and opens the New Archive dialog.
Scripts and automation can use the same two entry points.