Shortcut Key | Definition | Action |
---|---|---|
c | Compose | Allows you to compose a new message. |
/ | 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 |
j | Move to older conversation | Opens or moves your cursor to the next oldest conversation. You can hit |
n | Next message | Moves your cursor to the next message. You can hit |
p | Previous message | Moves your cursor to the previous message. You can hit |
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 sent or cc'd directly to you. Learn more. |
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. |
a | Reply all | Replies to all message recipients. |
f | Forward | Forwards a message. |
Escape from input field | Removes the cursor from your current input field. | |
Save draft | Saves the current text as a draft when composing a message. Hold the | |
# | 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. |
Mark as read | Marks your message as 'read' and skip to the next message. | |
Mark as unread | Marks your message as 'unread' so you can go back to it later. | |
[ | Archive and previous | Archives your conversation and moves to the previous one. |
] | Archive and next | Archives your conversation and moves to the next one. |
z | Undo | Undoes your previous action, if possible (works for actions with an 'undo' link). |
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.
|
. | Show more actions | Displays the 'More Actions' drop-down menu. |
Opens options in Chat |
| |
? | Show keyboard shortcuts help | Displays the keyboard shortcuts help menu within any page you're on. |
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 |
---|---|---|
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. |
well done frnd i have seen ur shortcut its really different from the different
this is the gift frm me