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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Garrett Smith commented
I wonder what percent of users are also using Gmail, or are coming from Gmail. This is a bigger deal than the Proton product devs might think. This has a material effect on a day's workflow - having to context switch muscle memory is a PITA.
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Andy Galbraith commented
More would be helpful here.
Specifically, in the MacOS desktop app, a way to switch between the mail and calendar modes would be really nice.
I use Command + 1/2 frequently in Outlook at work and it's quite convenient. It could be some other key combo, but I'd be glad to see *any* option exist.
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stewSquared commented
j x j x j j j x j x and in a few muscle-memory keystrokes, I've just cleaned up four emails I don't need to read.
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DrDNA commented
I am trying to switch over to Proton Mail as my primary email service, but I'm so disappointed that I can't enable GMail shortcuts in Proton Mail... either on the web interface or the beta Mac app. This will prevent me from switching over completely.
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ktham-proton commented
Keyboard shortcuts in ProtonMail has been /very/ unreliable, it would lose focus and I keep having to use mouse clicks to get keyboard shortcuts to work again... It would be nice if there was an effort to make the keyboard shortcuts more reliable
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Ed commented
I would love to be able to use Ctrl-Shift-7 to create a numbered list and Ctrl-Shift-8 to create a bullet list as I can (and do very often!) in Gmail. Thank you.
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S commented
100% that should come as standard no matte the operating system or browser. We can do encryption but not keyboard shortcuts? Doesn't add up.
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Jaap commented
being able to press enter or command+enter to complete an action would be great. At the moment the keyboard actions work partially (on MAC)
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Debbie Oneil commented
I'll leave a link here to the current GMail keyboard shortcuts [https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6594] so you can compare with those offered by Proton {https://proton.me/support/keyboard-shortcuts}.
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mr_sonant commented
I see that the navigate to enclosing folder has been implemented via ESC. That's great!
Do we have a way to quickly go through the folder list?
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mr_sonant commented
Keyboard shortcuts are critical for people who have difficulty using the mouse due to disability issues, such as tendonitis or blindness. Not having a comprehensive set of shortcuts is a key reason to use alternatives.
Here's another important shortcut need: Adding the ability to go from a message BACK to the enclosing folder/label list. Various email clients do this; for example, in Gmail the keyboard shortcut is U.
Easily being able to quickly navigate the entire user interface, such as to different folders, is absolutely a necessity.
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JD commented
Using 's' for spam is serious issue for me. I have 15 years of muscle memory that 's' is for Star. I continually hit 's' for important messages only to have to dig them out of spam. My real worry is that I don't always notice my mistake and my most important emails are being junked.
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Antonio commented
I'd like to have this option. Protonmail Shortcuts are not affective on my workflow
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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.