Bookmarking files

P4V enables you to create bookmarks so you can navigate quickly to often-used files and folders. You can organize the bookmarks using folders and separators. When you choose the bookmark from the list displayed under the Tools > Bookmarks menu item, P4V navigates to the corresponding file or folder and selects it, expanding any containing folders.

Bookmark a file or folder

In the depot or workspace pane, right-click the desired target file or folder. (P4V stores the location using local or depot syntax, depending on whether you select the target in the workspace or depot pane.)
Select Bookmark…

The Bookmarks dialog is displayed.
Specify the bookmark as follows:
- Name: descriptive text to be displayed in the list of bookmarks
- Placement: the location of the bookmark in the displayed hierarchy of bookmarks
- Location: the path that specifies the location of the file or folder in the depot or workspace.
Click OK to dismiss the dialog and save your entries.

Manage bookmarks

Go to Tools > Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks…
On the Manage Bookmarks dialog, you can create and edit bookmarks, create folders, and create separators.

Using P4V shortcuts

P4V supports the default shortcut keys listed below. You can also set up custom shortcuts. Go to P4V > Preferences (Mac) or Edit > Preferences (Windows) and set up your shortcuts on the Shortcuts page in the Preferences dialog.

Action	Mac	Windows
Display Workspace tab in Tree pane	+0	+0
Display pending changelists	+1	+1
Display submitted changelists	+2	+2
Display branches	+3	+3
Display labels	+4	+4
Display workspaces	+5	+5
Display jobs	+6	+5
Display Depot tab in Tree pane	+9	+9
Select all objects	+A	+A
Copy text, path of selected file or folder, or contents of selected specification	+C	+C
Diff selected file	+D	+D
Check out file	+E	+E
Find	+F	+F
Close the current window	+F4	+F4
Go to a specification	+G	+G
Display Helix Server versioning service information in log window	+I	+I
Lock files	+L	+L
Create new specification	+N	+N
Open a new connection	+O	+O
Print selected item	+P	+P
Revert selected files	+R	+R
Submit selected changelist	+S	+S
Display Administration Tool	++A	++A
Copy depot path of selected file or folder to clipboard	++C	++C
Get latest revision	++G	++G
Show in Stream Graph	++M	++M
Display Revision Graph of selected file	++R	++R
Display Time-lapse Display	++T	++T
Display revision history of selected file/folder	+T	+T
Unlock files	+U	+U
Paste text	+V	+V
Close the current window	+W	+W
Cut text	+X	+X
Redo last edit	+Y	+Y
Undo last edit	+Z	+Z

Drag and drop

P4V supports drag-and-drop shortcuts for common tasks. To enable or disable drag-and-drop file integration or diffing, go to P4V > Preferences (Mac) or Edit > Preferences (Windows) and set the drag-and-drop options on the Behavior page.

To add a file to Perforce, drag it from a file browser (such as Windows Explorer) to a pending changelist.
To get a file revision at a submitted changelist, workspace, label or file revision, open the Get Revision dialog and then drag the submitted changelist, workspace, label or file revision to the text field on the right of the Specify revision using: option.
To integrate (merge) files, drag the source folder to the target folder. The Merge/Integrate dialog opens, where you can refine your integration criteria.
To label a file, drag a file or a folder to a label. Alternately, drag a label onto a file or folder.
To diff two file revisions, drop a file or a file revision onto another file revision. To display file revisions, right-click the file and choose File History.
To diff revisions of different files, display the File History for both files, then drag a revision from one window to the other and drop it on the other revision.
To diff two folder revisions, drop a folder revision onto another folder revision. To display folder revisions, right-click the folder and choose Folder History.
To add files to a pending changelist, drop files onto the pending changelist itself, or onto the Files field of the pending changelist’s Submit form.
To move a file from one changelist to another, drag files from the source Submit form to the target Submit form. Alternately, choose Display>Pending Changelists, and drag the files from the source changelist to the target changelist.
To filter the pending changelists, submitted changelists, labels, or jobs by file path, drag files or folders from the Tree pane to the Filters pane in the respective tab.
To add a job to a changelist, drag the job from the Jobs tab of the right pane to the Jobs field of the pending changelist. You cannot attach a job to a submitted changelist.
To locate a file in the depot, drag the file from a pending or submitted changelist to the address bar (which is located below the P4V toolbar). Alternatively, copy the depot or workspace path (for example, select a file in a submitted changelist and choose Edit>Copy), then paste the path into the depot or workspace pane.
To switch panes, drag any selected object to the toolbar button for the desired pane. For example, to add a job to a submitted changelist, drag the job from the Jobs tab to the submitted changelists button P4V displays the Submitted Changelist tab. Drop the job on the target changelist.
For streams drag-and-drop shortcuts, see Using the stream graph.