View file

View file opens fman's internal viewer on the file under the cursor, showing its contents inside the active pane instead of launching an external application.

fman picks the viewer from the file:

• Images (.png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .bmp, .webp, .ico, .svg) open the image viewer.
• Videos (.mp4, .m4v, .mkv, .webm, .avi, .mov, .wmv, .flv, .mpg, .mpeg, .ogv, .3gp, .ts) open the video viewer.
• Everything else is checked for binary content. Text-like files open the text viewer; a binary such as an .exe or a .zip shows an alert instead of being rendered as garbage.

Usage

1. Put the cursor on a file.
2. Open the command palette, search "view" or "internal viewer", and run View file.
3. The file's contents fill the active pane. Press Escape, Enter or Backspace to close it and return to the file list — or press Ctrl+Shift+P for the viewer's own command palette.

Commands

Command name	Palette label	Also found by	Default key
view_file	View file	view, internal viewer, preview	none (palette only)
view_file_in_other_pane	View file in other pane	view in other pane	none (palette only)

Those extra words are hidden keywords: they find the command without ever being shown. Bind either like any other command:

{ "keys": ["Ctrl+Alt+V"], "command": "view_file" }

Previewing side by side

View file in other pane opens the same viewer for the file under the cursor but mounts it in the other pane, so the current pane's file list stays visible. Keyboard focus deliberately stays where it was, so you can keep moving the cursor through the folder and preview each file as you go.

With only one pane open it falls back to viewing in place, and there the viewer takes focus as usual.

Notes

• Enter and double-click are unaffected. This is a separate, palette-only path — pressing Enter or double-clicking a file still opens it with the OS default application.
• Running the command on a directory, or on a path that is not a local file, shows an alert instead of opening the viewer.
• Running it with nothing under the cursor shows "No file is selected!".
• Next / previous file inside an open viewer re-runs this command: it steps the pane cursor to the neighbouring file and routes to the matching viewer.