Main Menu

The table below describes the options available on CuteFTP's main menu and includes links to relevant procedures. For a list of keyboard shortcuts, refer to Keyboard Shortcuts. For a description of the toolbar icons, refer to The Standard Toolbar and HTML Editor Toolbar.

Menu

Sub Menu

Description

File

New

Opens the Site Properties dialog box in which you can define a new Site.

Open File

Opens a file on your computer.

Connect

Connects to Site selected in the Site Manager

Disconnect

Disconnect from a connected Site

Upload

Available only when connected to a Site and a file or folder is selected in the Local Drives pane.

Upload Manually

Available only when connected to a Site and the Local Drives pane is selected; opens the File to upload dialog box.

Download

Available only when connected to a Site and a file or folder is selected in the remote pane.

Download Advanced

Available only when connected to a Site and the remote pane is selected; opens the File to download dialog box. Refer to Multi-Part (Accelerated) Transfers, Site-to-Site Transfers (FXP), Transferring Manually, Uploading and Downloading Files Using OpenPGP Keys,

Transfer Type

Toggle to specify default transfer type (Auto, ASCII, Binary)

Edit

Edit selected file (also creates a line break when using the HTML editor's Find/Replace utility)

View

Opens selected file for editing

Open

Executes selected file

Rename

Allows selected file or folder name to be edited

Delete

Deletes selected file or folder (if you have the proper permission)

Properties

Open selected folder properties, file properties, or Site Properties

Site list

Lists Sites defined in the Site Manager; click a Site to connect to it

Exit

Closes CuteFTP interface

Edit

Undo

Undoes the last editing change when in the HTML editor

Cut

Removes the selected object/text and places it on the Clipboard

Copy

Copies the object/text to the Clipboard

Paste

Pastes an object/text from the Clipboard to the insertion point/folder

Copy to Folder

Opens the Copy to folder dialog box in which you type or paste a folder path into which you want to copy the selected item. The original remains in its current location.

Move to Folder

Opens the Move to folder dialog box in which you type or paste a folder path into which you want to move the selected item. The original is moved from its current location.

Group Select

Opens the Select group dialog box in which you define a "mask" to select files/folders to move/copy/transfer. For example, type *.log to select all LOG files in a folder.

Group Deselect

When multiple files are selected, opens the Deselect group dialog box in which you define a "mask" to unselect files/folders.

Invert Selection

When multiple files are selected, clears the selection of files and selects all other files in the folder. For example, if all LOG files are selected, when you click Invert Selection, everything EXCEPT the LOG files will be selected.

Select All

Selects all files/folders in a folder

Find

Opens the Search Results dialog box in which you can search for files or folders in the Local drives or the Remote pane based on name, file extension, file size, and a date modified range.

View

Toolbars

Displays or hides the Standard toolbar, Quick Connect toolbar, Custom Commands toolbar, HTML Editor toolbar, and Status bar

Show panes

Displays or hides the Local Drives and Site Manager (SM) pane, Queue and Log pane, and Individual Session Logs

Switch to Classic/Modern Interface

Toggle between default (Modern) interface and "Classic" interface used in earlier version of CuteFTP.

View

Specifies whether to display Large or Small icons and how to display file lists (List, Details, Thumbnails). Refer to Changing How Files and Folders are Displayed.

Arrange Icons

Specifies whether to sort the file list by Name, Size, Type, Modified date, Attributes, Description, Owner, Ascending, or Descending. You can also sort and choose which columns to display by right-clicking in the column header. (Attributes, Description, and Owner columns are available only in the remote pane.)

Choose Columns

Specifies whether to display the Name, Size, Type, Modified date, Attributes, Description, Owner, Ascending, and/or Descending columns. You can also sort and choose which columns to display by right-clicking the column header. (Attributes, Description, and Owner columns are available only in the remote pane.)

Filter

Opens the Filter dialog box in which you can filter the display of files.

Go to

Allows you to move within the file list Up One Level, to Personal Folder (Local Drives pane only), Desktop (Local Drives pane only), or Change to a different folder (Remote pane only). The Personal Folder is your Documents folder, e.g., C:\Users\<username>\Documents.

Stop

Stops an in-progress transfer

Refresh

Reloads the file list

Tools

Queue

Provides transfer queue options to add/remove files from the queue, transfer all file or only selected files, schedule selected files for transfer, change the order to transfer files in the queue, save a queue for later transfer, load a saved queue, specify multi-part values, and show log details.

Site Manager

Display or hide the Site Manager, add/remove/change Site Manager, password, import/export Site Manager details, find a Site in the Site Manager, add a current connection to the Site Manager, and save a local or remote path as the default path.

Bookmarks

Bookmark the current folder or select a bookmark

Folder Tools

Available only when connected to a Site; compare folder contents, synchronize folders, backup local to remote, backup remote folders, monitor local folders for changes

HTML Editor

Opens a blank HTML file in the default HTML editor in which you can create a new HTML file

Compression

Compress and upload a selected file as ZIP, CAB, or GZIP/TAR, or decompress a selected file

OpenPGP Mode

Enables or disables OpenPGP mode. If no key is defined, you are asked to create one.

Lockstep Navigation

Enables or disables lockstep folder navigation.

Macros & Scripting

Options to create, run, and manage macros and scripts for transferring files.

Custom Commands

Option to create, edit, or run custom commands. As you create commands, they are displayed in the Tools > Custom Commands list.

View in Browser

(Available when HTML file is selected) Opens the file in a the default browser

Document Data

Opens the Document Data dialog box, which displays the size of the file and how long a transfer would take at various baud rates.

Color to HEX

Opens the color dialog box to convert a selected color to the browser safe color HEX code, and insert the code into the HTML document.

Java scripts

All Java Scripts opens the Java scripts dialog box in which you can edit, delete, rename, or insert a Java script. Save clipboard to Java script opens the Save java script dialog box in which you provide a name for and save Java script code selected in an HTML document.

Code snippets

All Code Snippets opens the Code snippets dialog box in which you can edit, delete, rename, or insert a code snippet. Save clipboard as snippet opens the Save code snippet dialog box in which you provide a name for and save code selected in an HTML document.

Insert tag

Insert HTML tag. Select text to apply the tag to that text. Bold, Italic, Underline, Anchor, Image, Font, Comment.

Enter FTP Command

Opens the Input FTP Command dialog box in which you can type or select and execute an FTP command. Previously entered commands appear in a selectable drop-down list

Global Options

Opens the Global Options dialog box.

Window

Cascade, Tile

Formats the display of windows in the remote pane when you have multiple connections

Close, Close All

Closes the selected window or all windows

Log

Copy or clear the session log; while connected to Site and with the cursor in the session log, choose whether to show or hide raw listings. (Disconnect and then reconnect to the Site to see the changes.)

Connected Site list

Navigate between multiple connected Sites by clicking a Site in the list.

Help

Help Contents

Opens the help file

Tip of the Day

Opens the Tip of the Day to a random tip

Request Technical Assistance

Opens http://www.globalscape.com/support/

Visit the Online Knowledge Base

Opens http://kb.globalscape.com/Default.aspx

Visit Online Support

Opens http://www.globalscape.com/support/

Purchase Now

Opens http://www.globalscape.com/store/

Locate a Lost Serial Number

Opens http://www.globalscape.com/support/lostserial.aspx

Enter a Serial Number

Opens the CuteFTP Registration Wizard

Backup Personal & Registration Data

After you have purchased and registered CuteFTP, you can back up the registration information in case you need to reinstall/reregister.

About CuteFTP

Displays the CuteFTP version number and copyright information

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