General Gmail Hotkeys:
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Short Key |
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C | Compose a new message. |
Shift + C | Compose a new message in new window. |
D | Compose a new message in new tab. |
E | Archive Selected mails. |
F | Forward. |
Shift + F | Forward in new window. |
/ | Puts the cursor in the search box. |
K | Move to newer conversation. |
J | Move to older conversation. |
M | Mute conversation. |
O or Enter | Open your conversation. |
X | Select message. |
S | Adds or removes a star. |
! | Report Spam. |
R | Replies to the message sender. |
Shift + R | Reply in new window. |
A | Reply all. |
Shift + A | Reply all in new window. |
Ctrl + S | Saves the current text as draft when composing a message. |
# | Moves the conversation to trash. |
L | Opens the labels menu to label a conversation. |
V | Moves the conversation from the inbox to a different label. |
Shift + I | Mark as read. |
Shift + U | Mark as unread. |
Z | Undo your previous action. |
Q | Move the cursor to the chat search. |
. | Displays the more actions drop-down menu. |
? | Displays the keyboard shortcuts. |
Ctrl + Enter | Send automatically after composing your message. |
G then A | Goto all mail. |
G then S | Goto Starred mails. |
G then C | Goto contacts. |
G then D | Goto drafts. |
G then I | Goto Inbox. |
G then T | Goto Sent mail. |
* then A | Selects all mail. |
* then N | Deselects all mail. |
* then R | Selects all mail you've read. |
* then U | Selects all unread mail. |
* then S | Selects all starred mails. |
* then T | Selects all unstarred mails. |