If you're following this thread, I have a solution for you...

Having switched to Proton from Gmail I also found this really irritating - repeatedly clicking into the next email is desperately tedious...so I wrote some code to fix it.

https://github.com/tompos2/proton_mail_auto_select_next_message (full instructions included)

Its a userscript that uses Javascript to modify the ProtonMail UI to auto-advance to the next message in your inbox when you press Archive, Delete or Spam in the toolbar.

You don't need any technical knowledge to get it working - just follow the instructions on the Github page. You install the Tampermonkey Browser Extension in Chrome or Firefox, install the script and it will just work.

Currently working with the Archive, Delete and Spam buttons in the main toolbar ONLY.

The invisible buttons that appear on hover in the email list, and the buttons in the email pane itself don't work for now, nor does dragging and dropping emails to folders. But it shouldn't be too much work to add these - if you need this let me know, and I'll see what I can do...

Would love to hear any feedback and if this is useful for you!

They just added this on the mobile app. Maybe it will happen on the web app as well.

It blows me away that this is not already a feature. I have a hard time even calling it a feature; in virtually every other client I've used it's just the way it is or easily turned on. It may sound silly to some, but without this feature it's really hard to keep using the product. The workflow suffers more than I'd like to allow. And it's been here since 2016? Eight years ago? SMH.

I see this is a common request and would like to add my interest. After reading a mail, deleting it, etc., move on to the next email instead of returning to the Inbox.
This feature is available in Outlook, Yahoo, and Gmail. I am migrating from Outlook exclusively to Proton, so I would like it to work as well as possible. Thank you.

How is this not a feature yet?? 🥲

This is critical for me to keep using the product.

This would be a large boost in productivity for a relatively small amount of effort. Even without power users in mind, it would be so much easier and efficient to open the next email automatically instead of clicking "Down" -> "Enter" or manually clicking on the next email.

Its totally unbelievable that you seem to ignore this request that came 8 years ago. Please show us that you care at all by at least commenting your thoughts for this request.

This is an absolute must for me. For those that don’t want it, make it a setting.

It constantly amazes me how Proton ignores basic UI stuff like this. Webmail has been around for decades, just copy the basics that Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, Fastmail, etc have all trained users to expect, and differentiate your product by its great security features rather than it's unfriendly interface.

I would want this not only after deleting, but on other actions such as marking as spam, archiving, or moving the email to another folder.

Coming over from M365 / Outlook for Mac, and this is a critical workflow item for me to triage email on a daily basis quickly. We were about to move our company over to Proton for Business but are hesitant now seeing something as simple as this lingering for years.

Does someone at Proton really user their own interface with keyboard shortcuts?

****, didn't know this wasn't possible. Feels like it's a standard thing that I had with gmail / fastmail for years.

When is this coming out? I want to switch to protonmail but this really slows my workflow

Simply put - this is the reason I haven't been able to stick with ProtonMail. And if I can't stick with Mail, then I'm not sticking with Calendar, Pass, VPN, etc...

Fastmail do it perfectly - an option in the settings. Keeps everyone happy.

Simply put: after 20 years with Gmail, I need this feature.

I would like if Protonmail has an auto advance feature like it has in Gmail.

There you have a setting where you can choose what happens after deleting/ archiving/ moving a conversation. Options could be:
- go to next conversation
- go to previous conversation
- go back to list (happens currently)

With that feature, it is easier to manage many emails in a short period of time, since after you archived or deleted an email you've seen you already can see the next/ previous and not have to manually click the next.

Which engineer want's an easy ticket with a bunch of cheering customers upon completion... it's an easy win and the professionals that are trying to use protonmail will appreciate it. Here is the user story.

"User does inbox zero. User opens Protonmail. First email in list is opened. User uses G+T to trash the email. Next email is automatically selected/opened."

The value prop being that the user never left the keyboard. Currently, after pressing G+T you have to use your mouse to select the next email - making the keyboard shortcuts nearly useless considering you are jumping back and forth from mouse to keyboard.

Once again... this is a super easy win. I have a visionary account because I've actually replaced Google with Proton. I think it's safe to assume other professionals (who are likely high paying members) are the ones upvoting this request. Casual/free users likely won't care for things like inbox zero.

Thanks for all the hard work you do! I love watching the progress over the years :)

I have the following option for Auto-Advance in my GMail account:

After archiving, deleting, muting, etc. a conversation:
Go to the next (newer) conversation
Go to the previous (older) conversation
Go back to the threadlist

You can pick one of those. This allows a much cleaner flow of working through your emails each day instead of being taken back to the inbox after each.

Not sure what good it will be to add a vote and It's disappointing to see a highly requested feature going back to 2016 not addressed. It certainly puts pause in my decision to pay for and fully switch to Proton.