How can I unselect items in Ranger (the file manager)?

Question

I am using the Ranger file manager, and I like it quite a lot. I often use the :mark command to select specific items in the current folder.

Now comes the problem: Once I am done doing whatever I wanted with them, I don't know how to unselect the items again in a batch. So I usually :mark one specific file and then press Space to clear the selection. Sometimes I return to a folder days after still finding certain items still marked/highlighted/selected.

I couldn't find an "unselect all" command yet. Am I missing something?

score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 15 '17 at 10:26

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uv is the default shortcut. From rc.conf:

map uv mark_files all=True val=False

answered Jun 15 '17 at 10:26

jsuth

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score 10 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 23 '24 at 12:22

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unmark might be the command you need?

edited Nov 23 '24 at 12:22

Robotnik

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answered Nov 04 '16 at 06:20

How can I unselect items in Ranger (the file manager)?

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