Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts

Every shortcut Mailbox ships with. This page is generated from the command catalog by tools/export-shortcuts.sh, so it says what the application does rather than what somebody remembered it doing — edit the commands, not the page.

All of these can be changed: Options › Customize Ribbon › Keyboard shortcuts: Customize… rebinds any command, and a chord given to one command is taken away from whichever had it. Commands with no shortcut are left out; there are far more commands than chords, and every one of them can be given one.

The main window

Anywhere

Shortcut	Command	What it does
Ctrl+Z	Undo	Reverse the last action.
Delete	Delete	Move the selected items to the Deleted Items folder.
Ctrl+Shift+B	Address Book	Open the address book to look up a contact.
Ctrl+E, F3	Search	Search the current folder, subfolders, or all items.
Ctrl+2	Calendar	Switch to Calendar.
Ctrl+9	Feeds	Switch to Feeds.
Ctrl+8	Journal	Switch to Journal.
Ctrl+1	Mail	Switch to Mail.
Ctrl+5	Notes	Switch to Notes.
Ctrl+3	People	Switch to People.
Ctrl+4	Tasks	Switch to Tasks.
Ctrl+0	Weather	Switch to Weather.
F1	Help	Open the manual.
Shift+?, ?	Keyboard Shortcuts	Show every command and the key that runs it.
Ctrl+Shift+V	Move	Move the selected items to a folder.
Ctrl+Shift+U, Ctrl+N	Add a Feed	Subscribe to a website or an RSS address.
Ctrl+Shift+J, Ctrl+N	Journal Entry	Record something that happened.
Ctrl+Shift+A, Ctrl+N	New Appointment	Create a new appointment in your calendar.
Ctrl+Shift+C, Ctrl+N	New Contact	Create a new contact in your address book.
Ctrl+Shift+L	New Contact Group	Create a group you can send to by one name.
Ctrl+Shift+Q	New Meeting	Invite people to a new appointment and track their replies.
Ctrl+Shift+N, Ctrl+N	New Note	Create a new note.
Ctrl+Shift+K, Ctrl+N	New Task	Create a new task.
F9, Ctrl+M	Send/Receive All Folders	Check every account for new mail and send anything waiting in the Outbox.
Shift+F9	Update Folder	Check the current folder for new messages.
Ctrl+Shift+G	Follow Up	Flag the selected items for follow up, with an optional reminder.
F5	Refresh	Reload the folder pane and the list from the store.

Mail

Shortcut	Command	What it does
Shift+Enter, Enter	Open	Open the selected message in its own window.
Ctrl+P	Print	Print the selected message.
Backspace	Archive	Move the selected items to the Archive folder.
Shift+Delete	Delete Permanently	Delete the selected messages for good, after asking — Deleted Items is skipped.
Ctrl+Delete	Ignore	Move this conversation and all future messages in it to Deleted Items.
Ctrl+Shift+F	Advanced Find	Find messages by field — from, subject, dates, attachments — without typing search syntax.
Ctrl+Shift+E	New Folder	Make a folder inside the one selected.
Ctrl+Y	Go to Folder…	Choose a folder to open, from any account.
Ctrl+Shift+I	Go to Inbox	Open the Inbox.
Ctrl+Shift+O	Go to Outbox	Open the Outbox.
Ctrl+., Ctrl+Shift+.	Next Message	Select the next message in the list.
Ctrl+,, Ctrl+Shift+,	Previous Message	Select the previous message in the list.
Ctrl+N, Ctrl+Shift+M	New Email	Create a new email message.
Ctrl+F	Forward	Forward the selected message to someone else.
Ctrl+Alt+R	Meeting	Reply with a meeting request to everyone on this message.
Ctrl+R	Reply	Reply to the sender.
Ctrl+Shift+R	Reply All	Reply to the sender and all other recipients.
Insert	Flag or Complete	Flag the selected messages, or mark them complete if they are already flagged.
Ctrl+Q	Mark as Read	Mark the selected messages as read.
Ctrl+U	Mark as Unread	Mark the selected messages as unread.

Calendar

Shortcut	Command	What it does
Delete	Delete	Delete the selected appointment.
Enter	Open	Open the selected appointment.
Ctrl+Alt+1	Day	Show one day.
Ctrl+Alt+4, Alt+=	Month	Show a month at a time.
Ctrl+Alt+3, Alt+-	Week	Show a whole week.
Ctrl+Alt+2	Work Week	Show your working week.
Ctrl+Alt+Left, Alt+Down, Alt+PageDown	Back	Move the view back one period.
Ctrl+Alt+Right, Alt+Up, Alt+PageUp	Forward	Move the view on one period.
Ctrl+G	Go to Date	Show a date you choose.
Alt+Home, Alt+Shift+Y	Today	Go to today.

People

Shortcut	Command	What it does
Ctrl+O	Open	Open the selected contact.
Delete	Delete	Delete the selected contact.

Tasks

Shortcut	Command	What it does
Ctrl+O	Open	Open the selected task.
Delete	Delete	Delete the selected task.

Notes

Shortcut	Command	What it does
Ctrl+O	Open	Open the selected note.
Delete	Delete	Delete the selected note.

Journal

Shortcut	Command	What it does
Ctrl+O	Open	Open the selected entry.
Delete	Delete	Delete the selected entry.

Feeds

Shortcut	Command	What it does
Delete	Delete	Delete the selected article.

Weather

Shortcut	Command	What it does
Ctrl+N	Add Location	Add a place by its name or its zip code.

The compose window

Shortcut	Command	What it does
Ctrl+C	Copy	Put a copy of the selection on the clipboard.
Ctrl+X	Cut	Remove the selection and put it on the clipboard.
Ctrl+V	Paste	Paste the contents of the clipboard.
Ctrl+S	Save	Save this message to the Drafts folder.
Ctrl+Enter	Send	Send this message.
Ctrl+A	Select	Select all of the message body.
Ctrl+B	Bold	Make the selected text bold.
Ctrl+I	Italic	Italicize the selected text.
Ctrl+U	Underline	Underline the selected text.
Ctrl+K	Link	Insert a hyperlink.
Alt+K, Ctrl+K	Check Names	Resolve the names in the address fields against your contacts.
F7	Spelling and Grammar	Check the message for spelling and grammar mistakes.

The appointment window

Shortcut	Command	What it does
Alt+S	Save & Close	Save this appointment and close the window.
Ctrl+Enter	Send	Send this meeting invitation to the people you asked.

The contact window

Shortcut	Command	What it does
Alt+S	Save & Close	Save the contact and close the window.

Inside a view

These belong to the surface that has the focus rather than to a command, so they are the same in every module that draws one and they cannot be rebound.

Switching module puts the keyboard on that module's own surface — the grid in Calendar, the list in Mail, People, Tasks, Notes and Journal, the reader in Feeds — so the keys below work straight after the module switch (Ctrl+1 for Mail, Ctrl+2 for Calendar and so on), with nothing to click first.

Any list

Shortcut	What it does
Up / Down	Move the selection by a row
Home / End	The first and last row
Enter	Open what is selected

Page Up and Page Down move a screenful in the mail list and the contact list. The notes wall walks with all four arrows, since its rows have columns. In the task list Space ticks the selected task off.

The calendar, day and week

Shortcut	What it does
Up / Down	Move by one slot, at whatever time scale the grid is set to
Left / Right	Move by a day
Home / End	Midnight and the last slot of the day
Page Up / Page Down	The whole run — a day in Day view, a week in the others
Tab / Shift+Tab	Through the day's appointments; past the last one the focus leaves
Enter	Open the appointment the caret is inside, or make one there
Escape	Call off a drag

Arrowing off either end of the run pages the view, so the arrows are a way to travel and not only a way to look around one week.

The calendar, month

Shortcut	What it does
Left / Right	Move by a day
Up / Down	Move by a week
Home / End	The first and last day of the caret's week
Page Up / Page Down	The same day of the previous or next month
Tab / Shift+Tab	Through the day's appointments, including any the cell was too small to draw
Enter	Open the appointment Tab took hold of, or make one on the caret's day

The calendar, Schedule View

Time runs sideways here, so the two axes are the day view's turned a quarter turn.

Shortcut	What it does
Left / Right	Move through the day by half an hour
Up / Down	Move between calendars
Home / End	The ends of the day
Page Up / Page Down	The day either side
Tab / Shift+Tab	Through that calendar's appointments
Enter	Open the appointment under the caret, or make one there

The hours on show follow the caret, which is the only thing that scrolls this view sideways.