Using the Interface 

Note: 

You can use F4 on your keyboard to toggle the Site Manager on and off. 

Warning: 

Hiding the Site Manager in CuteFTP Professional hides the Local Drives 

Pane as well. 

Displaying local files and folders 

Local files and folders are displayed in the Local Drives pane on the left hand side of the 

CuteFTP window. 

T

O DISPLAY FILES AND FOLDERS ON THE LOCAL COMPUTER

1.  From the menu, select View > Show Panes > Local Drives & SM Pane (there 

should be a check mark next to it.). 

2. Select 

the 

Local Drives tab at the bottom of the left pane to toggle between Local 

Drives and the Site Manager pane. 

Warning:  

Hiding the Local Drives Pane hides the Site Manager as well. 

Displaying transfer items 

Items ready for transfer, in transit, or just transferred display in the transfer Queue. The 

Queue Pane is just above the status bar along the bottom of the CuteFTP window.  

T

O DISPLAY QUEUED FILES AND FOLDERS

1.  Make certain there is a check mark on the View > Show Panes menu next to 

Queue & Log Pane. 

2. Click 

the 

Queue tab at the bottom left of the lowest pane to toggle between the 

Queue and Log pane. 

Warning: 

Hiding the Queue Pane hides the Log pane too. 

Displaying the connection log 

Messages between the local computer and the server are stored in the Log.  Display the Log 

by selecting its tab in the Queue & Log Pane in the bottom window. 

T

O DISPLAY THE CONNECTION LOG

1.  From the menu, select View > Show Panes > Queue & Log Pane (there should 

be a check mark next to it.). 

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