Gmail+Shortcuts


 * Gmail Shortcuts **

Google just recently came out with the newest list of Gmail shortcuts. Gmail wants you to enable the keyboard shortcuts options before you can use them, though, and the following will show you how to do just that.

First, open up your Gmail. Look at your screen. At the very top right corner of your screen (below the toolbars, etc.), you will see your name and then a blue star like icon right afterwards. Left click on the Icon and a menu will drop down. You will see that there are two sets of Settings: Mail settings (which is at the very top of the drop-down menu), and Account settings. Left-click on Mail settings.



After you click on Mail settings, at the top (under the Gmail search bar), you will see Settings, and under that, you will see twelve clickable links that are displayed horizontally across the page. The first link is:- General, the second one is Labels, the third one is Accounts and Imports, and so on. Left-click on General. Look down the list to the third choice, which is keyboard shortcuts. Click on the radio button next to Keyboard shortcuts on.



Now to save your changes. Go all the way to the bottom centre of your page and you will see two dialog boxes: Save Changes and Cancel. Left-click on Save Changes.


 * Per Google: The Complete List of Gmail keyboard shortcuts.**
 * **c** || Compose || Allows you to compose a new message. + c allows you to compose a message in a new window. ||
 * **/** || Search || Puts your cursor in the search box. ||
 * **k** || Move to newer conversation || Opens or moves your cursor to a more recent conversation. You can hit to expand a conversation. ||
 * **j** || Move to older conversation || Opens or moves your cursor to the next oldest conversation. You can hit to expand a conversation. ||
 * **n** || Next message || Moves your cursor to the next message. You can hit to expand or collapse a message. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’) ||
 * **p** || Previous message || Moves your cursor to the previous message. You can hit to expand or collapse a message. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’) ||
 * **o or** || Open || Opens your conversation. Also expands or collapses a message if you are in ‘Conversation View.’ ||
 * **u** || Return to conversation list || Refreshes your page and returns you to the inbox, or list of conversations. ||
 * **e** || Archive || Archive your conversation from any view. ||
 * **m** || Mute || Archives the conversation and all future messages skip the Inbox unless directly sent or cc’d directly to you. ||
 * **x** || Select conversation || Automatically checks and selects a conversation so that you can archive, apply a label, or choose an action from the drop-down menu to apply to that conversation. ||
 * **s** || Star a message or conversation || Adds or removes a star to a message or conversation. Stars allow you to give a message or conversation a special status. ||
 * **+** || Mark as important || Helps Gmail learn what’s important to you by marking misclassified messages. (Specific to Priority Inbox) ||
 * **-** || Mark as unimportant || Helps Gmail learn what’s not important to you by marking misclassified messages. (Specific to Priority Inbox) ||
 * **!** || Report spam || Marks a message as spam and removes it from your conversation list. ||
 * **r** || Reply || Replies to the message sender. + r allows you to reply to a message in a new window. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’) ||
 * **a** || Reply all || Replies to all message recipients. +a allows you to reply to all message recipients in a new window. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’) ||
 * **f** || Forward || Forwards a message. + f allows you to forward a message in a new window. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’) ||
 * || Escape from input field || Removes the cursor from your current input field. ||
 * **+ s** ||  || Saves the current text as a draft when composing a message. Hold the key while pressing s and make sure that your cursor is in one of the text fields, such as the To, From, CC, BCC or the Subject field when using this shortcut. ||
 * **#** || Delete || Moves the conversation to Trash. ||
 * **l** || Label || Opens the Labels menu to label a conversation. ||
 * **v** || Move to || Moves the conversation from the inbox to a different label, Spam or Trash. ||
 * **+ i** || Mark as read || Marks your message as ‘read’ and skip to the next message. ||
 * **+ u** || Mark as unread || Marks your message as ‘unread’ so you can go back to it later. ||
 * **[** || Archive and previous || Removes the current view's label from your conversation and moves to the previous one. ||
 * **]** || Archive and next || Removes the current view’s label from your conversation and moves to the next one. ||
 * **z** || Undo || Undoes your previous action, if possible (works for actions with an ‘undo’ link). ||
 * **+ n** || Update current conversation || Updates your current conversation when there are new messages. ||
 * **q** || Move cursor to chat search || Moves your cursor directly to the chat search box. ||
 * **y** || Remove from Current View* || Automatically removes the message or conversation from your current view. ||
 * ||  || From ‘Inbox,’ ‘y’ means Archive ||
 * ||  || From ‘Starred,’ ‘y’ means Unstar ||
 * ||  || From ‘Trash,’ ‘y’ means Move to inbox ||
 * ||  || From any label, ‘y’ means Remove the label ||
 * ||  || * ‘y’ has no effect if you’re in ‘Spam,’ ‘Sent,’ or ‘All Mail.’ ||
 * **.** || Show more actions || Displays the ‘More Actions’ drop-down menu. ||
 * **+** || Opens options in Chat || + moves from edit field in your chat window to select the ‘Video and more’ menu ||
 * ||  || Next, press to select the emoticon menu ||
 * ||  || Press to open the selected menu ||
 * **?** || Show keyboard shortcuts help || Displays the keyboard shortcuts help menu within any page you’re on. (Note: Typing ? will display the help menu even if you don’t have keyboard shortcuts enabled) ||
 * **k** || Move up a contact || Moves your cursor up in your contact list ||
 * **j** || Move down a contact || Moves your cursor down in your contact list ||
 * **o or** || Open || Opens the contact with the cursor next to it. ||
 * **u** || Return to contact list view || Refreshes your page and returns you to the contact list. ||
 * **e** || Remove from Current Group || Removes selected contacts from the group currently being displayed. ||
 * **x** || Select contact || Checks and selects a contact so that you can change group membership or choose an action from the drop-down menu to apply to the contact. ||
 * || Escape from input field || Removes the cursor from the current input ||
 * **#** || Delete || Deletes a contact permanently ||
 * **l** || Group membership || Opens the groups button to group contacts ||
 * **z** || Undo || Reverses your previous action, if possible (works for actions with an ‘undo’ link) ||
 * **.** || Show more actions || Opens the “More actions” drop-down menu. ||
 * **Combo-keys – Use the following combinations of keys to navigate through Gmail.** ||  ||   ||
 * **Shortcut Key** || Definition || Action ||
 * **then** || Send message || After composing your message, use this combination to send it automatically. (Supported in Internet Explorer and Firefox, on Windows.) ||
 * **y then o** || Archive and next || Archives your conversation and moves to the next one. ||
 * **g then a** || Go to ‘All Mail’ || Takes you to ‘All Mail,’ the storage site for all mail you’ve ever sent or received (and have not deleted). ||
 * **g then s** || Go to ‘Starred’ || Takes you to all conversations you have starred. ||
 * **g then c** || Go to ‘Contacts’ || Takes you to your Contacts list. ||
 * **g then d** || Go to ‘Drafts’ || Takes you to all drafts you have saved. ||
 * **g then l** || Go to ‘Label’ || Takes you to the search box with the “label:” operator filled in for you. ||
 * **g then i** || Go to ‘Inbox’ || Returns you to the inbox. ||
 * **g then t** || Go to ‘Sent Mail’ || Takes you to all mail you’ve sent. ||
 * *** then a** || Select all || Selects all mail. ||
 * *** then n** || Select none || Deselects all mail. ||
 * *** then r** || Select read || Selects all mail you’ve read. ||
 * *** then u** || Select unread || Selects all unread mail. ||
 * *** then s** || Select starred || Selects all starred mail. ||
 * *** then t** || Select unstarred || Selects all unstarred mail ||
 * *** then s** || Select starred || Selects all starred mail. ||
 * *** then t** || Select unstarred || Selects all unstarred mail ||