the default keymap shortcuts in mc-4.8.18 are stored in the file ~/.config/mc/mc.keymap:
1 [main] 2 ChangePanel = tab 3 Help = f1 4 UserMenu = f2 5 View = f3 6 # ViewFile = 7 Edit = f4 8 # EditForceInternal = 9 Copy = f5 10 Move = f6 11 MakeDir = f7 12 Delete = f8 13 Menu = f9 14 Quit = f10 15 MenuLastSelected = f19 16 QuitQuiet = f20 17 Find = alt-question 18 CdQuick = alt-c 19 HotList = ctrl-backslash 20 Reread = ctrl-r 21 DirSize = ctrl-space 22 Suspend = ctrl-z 23 Swap = ctrl-u 24 History = alt-h 25 # PanelListing = 26 PanelListingSwitch = alt-t 27 # PanelListingChange = 28 ShowHidden = alt-dot 29 SplitVertHoriz = alt-comma 30 SplitEqual = alt-equal 31 SplitMore = alt-shift-right 32 SplitLess = alt-shift-left 33 Shell = ctrl-o 34 PutCurrentPath = alt-a 35 PutOtherPath = alt-shift-a 36 PutCurrentSelected = alt-enter; ctrl-enter 37 PutCurrentFullSelected = ctrl-shift-enter 38 ViewFiltered = alt-exclamation 39 Select = kpplus 40 Unselect = kpminus 41 SelectInvert = kpasterisk 42 ScreenList = alt-prime 43 # OptionsLayout = 44 # OptionsAppearance = 45 # OptionsPanel = 46 # OptionsConfirm = 47 # OptionsDisplayBits = 48 # OptionsVfs = 49 # LearnKeys = 50 # SaveSetup = 51 # EditExtensionsFile = 52 # EditFileHighlightFile = 53 # Filter = 54 # ConnectFish = 55 # ConnectFtp = 56 # ConnectSmb = 57 # Undelete = 58 ExtendedKeyMap = ctrl-x 59 60 [main:xmap] 61 ChangeMode = c 62 ChangeOwn = o 63 CompareDirs = d 64 CompareFiles = ctrl-d 65 HotListAdd = h 66 LinkSymbolicEdit = ctrl-s 67 Link = l 68 LinkSymbolic = s 69 LinkSymbolicRelative = v 70 PanelInfo = i 71 PanelQuickView = q 72 ExternalPanelize = exclamation 73 VfsList = a 74 Jobs = j 75 PutCurrentPath = p 76 PutOtherPath = ctrl-p 77 PutCurrentTagged = t 78 PutOtherTagged = ctrl-t 79 PutCurrentLink = r 80 PutOtherLink = ctrl-r 81 82 [panel] 83 Search = ctrl-s; alt-s 84 Mark = insert; ctrl-t 85 MarkUp = shift-up 86 MarkDown = shift-down 87 # MarkLeft = 88 # MarkRight = 89 Down = down; ctrl-n 90 Up = up; ctrl-p 91 Left = left 92 Right = right 93 PageUp = pgup; alt-v 94 PageDown = pgdn; ctrl-v 95 Enter = enter 96 PanelOtherCd = alt-o 97 PanelOtherCdLink = alt-l 98 ViewRaw = f13 99 EditNew = f14 100 CopySingle = f15 101 MoveSingle = f16 102 DeleteSingle = f18 103 # SelectExt = 104 Select = alt-plus 105 Unselect = alt-minus 106 SelectInvert = alt-asterisk 107 CdChild = ctrl-pgdn 108 CdParent = ctrl-pgup 109 # CdParentSmart = 110 # Panelize = 111 History = alt-shift-h 112 HistoryNext = alt-u 113 HistoryPrev = alt-y 114 BottomOnScreen = alt-j 115 MiddleOnScreen = alt-r 116 TopOnScreen = alt-g 117 PanelOtherSync = alt-i 118 SelectCodepage = alt-e 119 Top = alt-lt; home; a1 120 Bottom = alt-gt; end; c1 121 # Sort = 122 # SortPrev = 123 # SortNext = 124 # SortReverse = 125 # SortByName = 126 # SortByExt = 127 # SortBySize = 128 # SortByMTime = 129 # ScrollLeft = 130 # ScrollRight = 131 132 [dialog] 133 Ok = enter 134 Cancel = f10; esc; ctrl-g 135 Up = left; up 136 #Left = left; up 137 Down = right; down 138 #Right = right; down 139 Help = f1 140 Suspend = ctrl-z 141 Refresh = ctrl-l 142 ScreenList = alt-prime 143 ScreenNext = alt-rbrace 144 ScreenPrev = alt-lbrace 145 146 [input] 147 Home = ctrl-a; alt-lt; home; a1 148 End = ctrl-e; alt-gt; end; c1 149 Left = left; alt-left; ctrl-b 150 Right = right; alt-right; ctrl-f 151 WordLeft = ctrl-left; alt-b 152 WordRight = ctrl-right; alt-f 153 Backspace = backspace; ctrl-h 154 Delete = delete; ctrl-d 155 DeleteToWordBegin = alt-backspace 156 DeleteToWordEnd = alt-d 157 # Mark = 158 Remove = ctrl-w 159 # Cut = 160 Store = alt-w 161 # Paste = 162 Yank = ctrl-y 163 DeleteToEnd = ctrl-k 164 HistoryPrev = alt-p; ctrl-down 165 HistoryNext = alt-n; ctrl-up 166 History = alt-h 167 Complete = alt-tab 168 # Clear = 169 MarkLeft = shift-left 170 MarkRight = shift-right 171 MarkToWordBegin = ctrl-shift-left 172 MarkToWordEnd = ctrl-shift-right 173 MarkToHome = shift-home 174 MarkToEnd = shift-end 175 176 [listbox] 177 Up = up; ctrl-p 178 Down = down; ctrl-n 179 Top = home; alt-lt; a1 180 Bottom = end; alt-gt; c1 181 PageUp = pgup; alt-v 182 PageDown = pgdn; ctrl-v 183 Delete = delete; d 184 Clear = shift-delete; shift-d 185 186 [tree] 187 Help = f1 188 Reread = f2; ctrl-r 189 Forget = f3 190 ToggleNavigation = f4 191 Copy = f5 192 Move = f6 193 Up = up; ctrl-p 194 Down = down; ctrl-n 195 Left = left 196 Right = right 197 Top = home; alt-lt; a1 198 Bottom = end; alt-gt; c1 199 PageUp = pgup; alt-v 200 PageDown = pgdn; ctrl-v 201 Enter = enter 202 Search = ctrl-s; alt-s 203 Delete = f8; delete 204 205 [help] 206 Help = f1 207 Index = f2; c 208 Back = f3; left; l 209 Quit = f10; esc 210 Up = up; ctrl-p 211 Down = down; ctrl-n 212 PageDown = f; space; pgdn; ctrl-v 213 PageUp = b; pgup; alt-v; backspace 214 HalfPageDown = d 215 HalfPageUp = u 216 Top = home; ctrl-home; ctrl-pgup; a1; alt-lt; g 217 Bottom = end; ctrl-end; ctrl-pgdn; c1; alt-gt; shift-g 218 Enter = right; enter 219 LinkNext = tab 220 LinkPrev = alt-tab 221 NodeNext = n 222 NodePrev = p 223 224 [editor] 225 Store = ctrl-insert 226 Paste = shift-insert 227 Cut = shift-delete 228 Up = up 229 Down = down 230 Left = left 231 Right = right 232 WordLeft = ctrl-left; ctrl-z 233 WordRight = ctrl-right; ctrl-x 234 Enter = enter 235 Return = shift-enter; ctrl-enter; ctrl-shift-enter 236 BackSpace = backspace; ctrl-h 237 Delete = delete; ctrl-d 238 PageUp = pgup 239 PageDown = pgdn 240 Home = home 241 End = end 242 Tab = tab; shift-tab; ctrl-tab; ctrl-shift-tab 243 Undo = ctrl-u 244 Redo = alt-r 245 Top = ctrl-home; alt-lt 246 Bottom = ctrl-end; alt-gt 247 ScrollUp = ctrl-up 248 ScrollDown = ctrl-down 249 TopOnScreen = ctrl-pgup 250 BottomOnScreen = ctrl-pgdn 251 DeleteToWordBegin = alt-backspace 252 DeleteToWordEnd = alt-d 253 DeleteLine = ctrl-y 254 DeleteToEnd = ctrl-k 255 # DeleteToHome = 256 # ParagraphUp = 257 # ParagraphDown = 258 Save = f2 259 # EditFile = 260 EditNew = ctrl-n 261 SaveAs = f12; ctrl-f2 262 # Close = 263 Mark = f3 264 Copy = f5 265 Move = f6 266 Remove = f8 267 # MarkLine = 268 # MarkWord = 269 # MarkAll = 270 # Unmark = 271 Search = f7 272 SearchContinue = f17 273 # BlockShiftLeft = 274 # BlockShiftRight = 275 MarkPageUp = shift-pgup 276 MarkPageDown = shift-pgdn 277 MarkLeft = shift-left 278 MarkRight = shift-right 279 MarkToWordBegin = ctrl-shift-left 280 MarkToWordEnd = ctrl-shift-right 281 MarkUp = shift-up 282 MarkDown = shift-down 283 MarkToHome = shift-home 284 MarkToEnd = shift-end 285 MarkToFileBegin = ctrl-shift-home 286 MarkToFileEnd = ctrl-shift-end 287 MarkToPageBegin = ctrl-shift-pgup 288 MarkToPageEnd = ctrl-shift-pgdn 289 MarkScrollUp = ctrl-shift-up 290 MarkScrollDown = ctrl-shift-down 291 # MarkParagraphUp = 292 # MarkParagraphDown = 293 MarkColumnPageUp = alt-pgup 294 MarkColumnPageDown = alt-pgdn 295 MarkColumnLeft = alt-left 296 MarkColumnRight = alt-right 297 MarkColumnUp = alt-up 298 MarkColumnDown = alt-down 299 # MarkColumnScrollUp = 300 # MarkColumnScrollDown = 301 # MarkColumnParagraphUp = 302 # MarkColumnParagraphDown = 303 BlockSave = ctrl-f 304 MarkColumn = f13 305 Replace = f4 306 ReplaceContinue = f14 307 Complete = alt-tab 308 InsertFile = f15 309 Quit = f10; esc 310 InsertOverwrite = insert 311 Help = f1 312 # Date = 313 Refresh = ctrl-l 314 Goto = alt-l 315 Sort = alt-t 316 Mail = alt-m 317 ParagraphFormat = alt-p 318 MatchBracket = alt-b 319 ExternalCommand = alt-u 320 UserMenu = f11 321 Menu = f9 322 Bookmark = alt-k 323 BookmarkFlush = alt-o 324 BookmarkNext = alt-j 325 BookmarkPrev = alt-i 326 # History = 327 Shell = ctrl-o 328 InsertLiteral = ctrl-q 329 # MacroStartRecord = 330 # MacroStopRecord = 331 MacroStartStopRecord = ctrl-r 332 # MacroDelete = 333 ShowNumbers = alt-n 334 ShowTabTws = alt-underline 335 SyntaxOnOff = ctrl-s 336 # SyntaxChoose = 337 # ShowMargin = 338 Find = alt-enter 339 FilePrev = alt-minus 340 FileNext = alt-plus 341 # RepeatStartStopRecord = 342 SelectCodepage = alt-e 343 # Options = 344 # OptionsSaveMode = 345 # SpellCheck = 346 SpellCheckCurrentWord = ctrl-p 347 # SpellCheckSelectLang = 348 # LearnKeys = 349 # WindowMove = 350 # WindowResize = 351 # WindowFullscreen = 352 # WindowList = 353 # WindowNext = 354 # WindowPrev = 355 # ExtendedKeyMap = 356 357 [viewer] 358 Help = f1 359 WrapMode = f2 360 Quit = f3; f10; q; esc 361 HexMode = f4 362 Goto = f5 363 Search = f7 364 SearchForward = slash 365 SearchBackward = question 366 SearchContinue = f17; n 367 SearchForwardContinue = ctrl-s 368 SearchBackwardContinue = ctrl-r 369 MagicMode = f8 370 NroffMode = f9 371 Home = ctrl-a 372 End = ctrl-e 373 Left = h; left 374 Right = l; right 375 LeftQuick = ctrl-left 376 RightQuick = ctrl-right 377 Up = k; y; insert; up; ctrl-p 378 Down = j; e; delete; down; enter; ctrl-n 379 PageDown = f; space; pgdn; ctrl-v 380 PageUp = b; pgup; alt-v; backspace 381 HalfPageDown = d 382 HalfPageUp = u 383 Top = home; ctrl-home; ctrl-pgup; a1; alt-lt; g 384 Bottom = end; ctrl-end; ctrl-pgdn; c1; alt-gt; shift-g 385 BookmarkGoto = m 386 Bookmark = r 387 FileNext = ctrl-f 388 FilePrev = ctrl-b 389 SelectCodepage = alt-e 390 Shell = ctrl-o 391 Ruler = alt-r 392 393 [viewer:hex] 394 Help = f1 395 HexEditMode = f2 396 Quit = f3; f10; q; esc 397 HexMode = f4 398 Goto = f5 399 Save = f6 400 Search = f7 401 SearchForward = slash 402 SearchBackward = question 403 SearchContinue = f17; n 404 SearchForwardContinue = ctrl-s 405 SearchBackwardContinue = ctrl-r 406 MagicMode = f8 407 NroffMode = f9 408 ToggleNavigation = tab 409 Home = ctrl-a; home 410 End = ctrl-e; end 411 Left = b; left 412 Right = f; right 413 Up = k; y; up 414 Down = j; delete; down 415 PageDown = pgdn; ctrl-v 416 PageUp = pgup; alt-v 417 Top = ctrl-home; ctrl-pgup; a1; alt-lt; g 418 Bottom = ctrl-end; ctrl-pgdn; c1; alt-gt; shift-g 419 420 [diffviewer] 421 ShowSymbols = alt-s; s 422 ShowNumbers = alt-n; l 423 SplitFull = f 424 SplitEqual = equal 425 SplitMore = gt 426 SplitLess = lt 427 Tab2 = 2 428 Tab3 = 3 429 Tab4 = 4 430 Tab8 = 8 431 Swap = ctrl-u 432 Redo = ctrl-r 433 HunkNext = n; enter; space 434 HunkPrev = p; backspace 435 Goto = g; shift-g 436 Save = f2 437 Edit = f4 438 EditOther = f14 439 Merge = f5 440 MergeOther = f15 441 Search = f7 442 SearchContinue = f17 443 Options = f9 444 Top = ctrl-home 445 Bottom = ctrl-end 446 Down = down 447 Up = up 448 LeftQuick = ctrl-left 449 RightQuick = ctrl-right 450 Left = left 451 Right = right 452 PageDown = pgdn 453 PageUp = pgup 454 Home = home 455 End = end 456 Help = f1 457 Quit = f10; q; shift-q; esc 458 Shell = ctrl-o 459 SelectCodepage = alt-e