68 Shortcuts for Thunderbird

Jump to: Navigate Messages, Compose and Edit Message, Mark, Delete and Move Message, Find Messages, Retrieve Messages, Other Shortcuts

1. Navigate Messages

F8

Toggle Message Pane

F6/Tab/Shift+Tab

Switch focus between Folders Pane and Message List Pane

Arrow Down/Arrow Up

Go one message down / one message up

Home/End

Go to first message / go to last message

F/B

Go to next / go to previous message

N/P

Go to next / go to previous unread Message

[/]

Go to previously viewed / go to next viewed Message

Command+O/Enter

Open message (in new window or tab)

Command+W

Close window or tab

Command+T

Redo close window or tab

Command+A

Select all messages

Command+Shift+A

Select all messages in Thread

Arrow Right/Arrow Left

Expand / collapse collapsed Thread

*/\

Expand all Threads / collapse all Threads

2. Compose and Edit Message

Command+N

New Message

Command+R

Reply to Message (sender only)

Command+Shift+R

Reply to all in Message

Command+Shift+L

Reply to list

Command+L

Forward Message

Command+E

Edit Message as new

Command+Enter

Send Message now

Command+Shift+Enter

Send Message later

Alt+Arrow Down

Add additional recipient

Command+[+]/-

Increase / decrease text size of selection

Command+C/Command+X/Command+V

Copy / Cut / Paste

Command+Shift+O

Paste as quotation

Command+Shift+V

Paste without formatting

Command+A

Select all text in a message

Command+S

Save draft

Command+Delete

Delete current word

Command+Backspace

Delete previous word

3. Mark, Delete and Move Message

M

Mark Message as read / unread

R

Mark Message Thread as Read

Shift+C

Mark all Messages als Read

C

Mark as Read by date

J/Shift+J

Mark as Junk / mark as not junk

S

Add / remove Star

A

Archive Message

Command+Alt+M

Move to previous folder

Delete

Delete message

Shift+Delete

Delete with bypassing trash

K

Ignore or Unignore Thread

Shift+K

Ignore or Unignore Subthread

W

Watch Thread

1 ... 9

Add / remove Tag 1 ... 9

0 (zero)

Remove all Tags from Message

4. Find Messages

Command+F

Find Messages with Quick Filter

Command+Shift+F

Find all Messages in Folder

Command+f and command+f again

Find text in current Message

Command+G/F3

Find text again next in Current Message

Command+Shift+G/Shift+F3

Find text again previous in Current Message

Command+K

Move to Search Bar

5. Retrieve Messages

Command+T/F5

Send and retrieve all messages

F5

Retrieve new messages for current account

Command+Shift+T

Retrieve new messages for all accounts

Esc

Stop

6. Other Shortcuts

Command+U

View Message Source

Command+S

Save Message as File

Command+P

Print

Command+Z

Undo

Command+Y

Redo

F7

Caret browsing (select text with keyboard)

Command+?

Help

Command+J

Open 'Saved Files' Window

Command+[+]/-

Increase / decrease text size (zoom)

Command+ 0 (zero)Command + 0 (zero)Ctrl+0

Restore Text Size (reset zoom)

Command+Shift+B

Open Address Book

Command+Q

Exit

Created by admin on 7/1/2011. Last updated by admin on 4/22/2015

 

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Comment #2 by Richard Mar 20, 2020 at 04:05 pm  Reply

Great list, but I wish there was a way to DISABLE all single-key shortcuts... I've lost count of how many times I've inadvertently (a)rchived messages, and (k)ignored threads! Super annoying. Used to have an add-on called KeyConfig but it stopped working a few version back. Have not been able to find any replacement fo rit on Mac OS.

Comment #1 by Martin Nov 8, 2019 at 07:03 am  Reply

There is Ctrl+Shift C to jump to the calendar tab. There is Ctrl+Shift D to jump to the task tab. Is there a shurtcut to jump to the mail tab or inbox

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