Improve keyboard shortcuts (gmail like)
Gmail's keyboard shortcuts are basically an industry standard and something many have become used to. e for archive is a must, and the l and v shortcuts are crucial as well.
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Ming Tam commented
Agree. User interface standard, once established, is not a place to show creativity and uniqueness. Gmail is the de facto standard now, please follow it.
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Jaap commented
Would be great to get more keyboard short cuts, eg select all, remove all and than confirmation via enter. at the moment its only partially possible and would be great to be able to operate via the keyboard alone.
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Francis Leboutte commented
It would be nice if the keyboard shortcut to reply (R) and others were enabled for any email in the list of emails in a folder (not just in the open email). This suggestion also applies to access to the Reply and Forward buttons.
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Plain Clothes commented
We got the "move to folder" key sequence 👏
Now you just need to finish keyboard access to labels. I can select the message (though that seems a little glitchy) and I can invoke the label menu … but I can't apply the labels.
You're almost there. Labels and moving are HUGE for me, and I suspect many others feel the same.
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Anonymous commented
This is my biggest frustration with the web app.
Also, is this still monitored? Never really see any replies.
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Anonymous commented
@Joel, the current shortcuts do include navigating messages with j/k. However, one must first click a message.
See this feature request to add for an ability to enter navigation without using the mouse: https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/284483-protonmail/suggestions/42701177--start-me-somewhere-with-keyboard-shortcuts-100
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Anonymous commented
I am pretty desperate for these too. The Gmail shortcuts are intuitive to a vim user, and have way more convenient hand placement. Having the Gmail shortcuts as an option in settings would be really helpful.
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Anonymous commented
I'm really sad that the shortcuts seem to have changed with the web update.
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Hansang commented
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE try to implement this. You can even have a template for Outlook users, Gmail users, or mimic vi commands. If nothing else, let the user pick what the shortcuts should be. It's such a productivity killer not being able to customize keyboards. I'm even willing to learn Proton's keyboard shortcuts but there's no way to move the email to Folders/Labels.
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Joel commented
This would be really handy. Being able to navigate the email list view with j / k, mark as read/unread with shift+i and shift+u, archive with e, and delete with #. Those are the ones I always tended to use the most.
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Anonymous commented
Any idea if or when the Keyboard shortcuts will be back, I sure miss these?
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Anonymous commented
For how immensely useful and simple this feature is, it can't be too hard to implement can it?
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Anonymous commented
please, please, please!!!
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Anonymous commented
I'd really like this too. I'd at least like shortcuts for "next and mark read"
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Matthew commented
Please add a shortcut for "move to folder" and key customization for other actions.
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Matthew commented
Please add a shortcut for "move to folder."
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Pedro commented
100%, either gmail parity or a way to enter custom ones, I need a way to label messages from keyboard
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Anonymous commented
I think ProtonMail can customize keyboard shortcut is final solution to solve all user behavior.
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Anonymous commented
Use ESC key to back mail list is not good and like Gmail use U key to do it is more fast and convenient.
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Peter Schuller commented
This is the biggest issue holding me back from migrating. I'm a paying customer and will remain one to support the product, but It's not clear to me whether I will switch yet - and primarily due to keyboard shortcuts and the less-convenient conversation view. I'm used to very rapidly doing *everything* using the keyboard.
Just in general, it just seems like a huge adoption helper if everyone who's on gmail could just feel instantly at home. Perhaps us keyboard shortcut users are in a small minority, but among that set I think it would really help.