How to select multiple files for copying and cutting operations that are not in sequential order?

[sunbearc22]

What system are you running Yazi on?

Linux X11

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

wezterm 20251014-193657-64f2907c

yazi --debug output

Yazi
    Version: 25.9.15 (c11ed02 2025-10-27)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (linux-x86_64)
    Rustc  : 1.90.0 (1159e78c 2025-09-14)

Ya
    Version: 25.9.15 (c11ed02 2025-10-27)

Emulator
    TERM                : Some("xterm-256color")
    TERM_PROGRAM        : Some("WezTerm")
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: Some("20251025-070338-b6e75fd7")
    Brand.from_env      : Some(WezTerm)
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Left(WezTerm), light: false, csi_16t: (11, 33), force_16t: false }

Adapter
    Adapter.matches    : Iip
    Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 30, columns: 173, width: 1903, height: 990 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : Some("x11")
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : None
    DISPLAY                    : Some(":1")
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: None
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL              : Some("/bin/bash")
    EDITOR             : Some("nvim")
    VISUAL             : None
    YAZI_FILE_ONE      : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME   : None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS   : None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS   : None
    FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND: None

Text Opener
    default     : Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : false
    tmux version       : 3.4
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Unknown
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Dependencies
    file          : 5.45
    ueberzugpp    : 2.9.7
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 6.1.1-3 / 6.1.1-3
    pdftoppm      : 24.02.0
    magick        : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    fzf           : 0.65.2
    fd/fdfind     : No such file or directory (os error 2) / 9.0.0
    rg            : 14.1.1
    chafa         : 1.14.0
    zoxide        : 0.9.8
    7zz/7z        : No such file or directory (os error 2) / 23.01
    resvg         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    jq            : 1.7

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: No such file or directory (os error 2) / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    xclip        : 0.13
    xsel         : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Routine
    `file -bL --mime-type`: text/plain

Describe the question

In nautilus, I can select multiple files that are not in sequential order by pressing down Ctrl and using the mouse to randomly click on the files that I want. How do I achieve the same outcome in Yazi? For example, I want files in rows 1, 4, 5, 7, 9 in a specific directory and this directory has a total of 10 files, how do I only select these 5 files that I want? Pressing v will activate selection mode, pressing j will move the selection downwards. However, by the time I reach the 9th file, I would have selected 9 files instead of 5 files.

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

• I have read all the documentation
• I have searched the existing discussions/issues

[beskep]

space is for toggle selection of hovered file/directory in default keymap.

[sunbearc22]

@beskep Thank you for sharing abt using space. It worked. 😃 I thought I could only use v to select but was wrong. I found what you mentioned in yazi-config/preset/keymap-default.toml. Thanks alot

# Toggle
{ on = "<Space>", run = [ "toggle", "arrow next" ], desc = "Toggle the current selection state" },
{ on = "<C-a>",   run = "toggle_all --state=on",    desc = "Select all files" },
{ on = "<C-r>",   run = "toggle_all",               desc = "Invert selection of all files" },