# Files and search
> Browse the file tree, open files by name and search across the project.
## Files
⌘ ⇧ E opens Files in the right dock and moves focus to it. Press it again to return to the center. The tree reveals the active tab's file as you switch tabs.
### What the tree shows
- **Always hidden:** `.git`, `target`, `node_modules` and `.DS_Store`.
- **Ignored files** are hidden by default. ⌘ ⇧ . shows them, muted. Nested `.gitignore` files apply.
- **Git status letters** (`M`, `A`, `D`, `R`, `U`) mark changed files. Folders show the strongest status inside them.
- **Changes from outside Rexa,** by agents or git, appear on their own.
### Open files
- **Click** opens a temporary tab that the next click replaces. **Double-click** keeps it.
- Space previews the file and keeps the keyboard in the tree.
- ⌘ ↓ opens a kept tab and moves focus to it.
### Keyboard
| Action | Shortcut |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| Move | ↑ ↓ |
| Expand / collapse | → / ← |
| Collapse all | ⌘ ← |
| Next / previous changed file | ⌥ ↓ / ⌥ ↑ |
| New file / new folder | A / ⇧ A |
| Rename | ↵ |
| Delete | ⌫ |
| Cut / copy / paste | ⌘ X / ⌘ C / ⌘ V |
| Copy path / relative path | ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ C / ⌘ ⌥ C |
| Undo last create, rename or move | ⌘ Z |
| Back to the center | Esc |
With [Vim mode](/docs/customize/vim) on, H J K L move, `]c` and `[c` jump between changed files, and ⇧ R / ⇧ D rename and delete.
⌘-click marks several rows; ⇧ ↑ and ⇧ ↓ extend the marked range.
### Create, rename, move and delete
- **Names can contain `/`.** `src/new/file.ts` creates the folders on the way; a trailing `/` makes a folder.
- **Renaming the folder part moves the item.** Open tabs follow the rename.
- **Drag onto a folder** to move into it; hold ⌥ to copy. Drag onto a terminal to insert the paths.
- **Delete asks first** and moves items to the macOS Trash.
- **Pasting over an existing name** creates `name 2`.
Rename, move and delete are refused while a tab under that path has unsaved edits. Moving files between worktrees is not supported.
### Settings
Hide ignored files.
Show git status letters.
Fold chains of single-child folders into one row.
Draw indent guides.
Pin parent folders while scrolling.
Include worktrees nested inside this one in quick open.
## Quick open
⌘ P opens the palette in files mode. Type part of a path; results are fuzzy-matched and capped at 100.
- **Jump to a line** with `path:line` or `path:line:col`.
- **Switch modes** by typing a prefix: `>` for commands, `@` for sessions, `~` for worktrees. See [Interface](/docs/workspace/interface).
Quick open follows the same ignore rules as the tree.
## Find in a file
⌘ F opens the find bar in an editor or a markdown preview.
| Action | Shortcut |
| -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Next / previous match | ⌘ G / ⌘ ⇧ G |
| Match case | ⌘ ⌥ C |
| Whole word | ⌘ ⌥ W |
| Regular expression | ⌘ ⌥ R |
| Search in selection | ⌥ L |
| Toggle replace (editor) | ⌘ ⇧ H |
## Project search
⌘ ⇧ F opens Search in the right dock. With a single-line selection in the focused tab, that text fills the query and the search runs at once.
- **Results stream** as you type, grouped by file. Click a match to open the file at that line.
- **Toggles:** match case, whole word, regular expression.
- **Include and exclude** globs sit behind the `…` button, comma-separated, such as `*.ts, src/**/*.rs`.
- **Replace** with the replace toggle: one line, one file, or Replace all. Writes go to disk; open tabs without unsaved edits reload.
Search respects `.gitignore`, skips binary files and files over 8 MB, and stops at 10,000 matches.