SHIFT+F4: New text file
 
After pressing Shift+F4, you will be asked for the name of the new text file. Then this new file will be created, and the editor you selected in the configuration dialog will be opened with it, unless the editor was explicitly set to none. As a default, the Windows editor notepad will start. This will only work with text files. If you want to create files of different types, you can right click on the file panel background or the current path, and choose a file type from submenu New.
 
You can also create new files in archives, on FTP servers, and in file system plugins with Shift+F4. This will create an empty file in the TEMP folder, and open it in the editor. After saving the file, you will be asked whether you want to pack it to the archive, or upload it to the server.
 
If the name contains the vertical line |, you can create multiple files at once without opening the editor. This only works with local files.
Example:
file1.txt|file2.txt|file3.txt
 
If the name starts with the character '<', the same placeholders as in the multi-rename tool can be used. You can pick some of them via the [+] button near the edit box. This cannot be used at the same time as the vertical line | for multiple files. Use a counter instead.
 
By default, all placeholders for date and time will use the time when the dialog box was opened. See modifiers [T1], [T2], and [T3] for the multi-rename tool.
 
If you create multiple files at once (with the new "<1-10>[C]" feature), Notepad.exe will not be launched.
 
Examples for placeholders: Result
<[Y]-[M]-[D] todo notes.txt 2017-09-22 todo notes.txt
<Copy of [N] Copy of name  (with "name" the name of the file/folder under the cursor)
 
Examples for multiple file creation: Result
<1-10>[C].txt 1.txt, 2.txt ... 10.txt
<1-250>ToDo No [C:3].txt ToDo No 001.txt, ToDo No 002.txt ... ToDo No 250.txt
<5-8>Example [C] text file.txt Example 5 text file.txt, Example 6 text file.txt .. Example 8 text file.txt
<1-3>[Y]-[M]-[D] todo notes [C].txt 2017-09-22 todo notes 1.txt,  2017-09-22 todo notes 2.txt, 2017-09-22 todo notes 3.txt