Thunderbird:Help Documentation:Keyboard Shortcuts
This table will include keyboard shortcuts for all applications covered in the app-specific areas. It will be in one file, with the visibility of columns controlled via platform-specific CSS. This is technically doable, but it may require a little extra hacking, because we unfortunately can't set display: none on table columns (the W3-specified way is visibility: collapse, with collapse being the only recognized value for the property).
This is a list of the keyboard shortcuts in Thunderbird and other applications.
The keyboard shortcut modifiers aren't exactly specified as Control, Shift, Alt, etc. in the app. The specification is actually something like:
- META - corresponds to Ctrl on Win/Linux, Cmd on Mac
- ALT - Alt on Win/Linux, Opt on Mac
- CONTROL - Ctrl on all platforms
- SHIFT - Shift on all platforms
- RETURN - Enter on Win/Linux, Return on Mac
This makes things somewhat complicated, but overall it's not as bad as one would think. This also lets us make things look good on all platforms by using the proper terminology.
| Command | Thunderbird | Outlook Express | Evolution | KMail | Mail.app |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Message | SHIFT+META+M | ? | ? | ? | META+N |
| Address Book | META+2 | ? | ? | ? | ALT+META+A |
| Caret Browsing | F7 | Feature Not Available | ? | ? | ? |
| Close Window | META+W | ? | ? | ? | META+W |
| Collapse All Threads | \ | Feature Not Available | ? | ? | ? |
| Copy | META+C | META+C |
? | ? | META+C |
| Cut | META+X | META+X |
? | ? | META+X |
| Delete | Del | Del | ? | ? | ? |
| Edit Message As New | META+E | Feature Not Available |
? | ? | ? |
| Exit or Quit |
META+Q | META+Q |
? | ? | META+Q |
| Expand All Threads | * | Feature Not Available | ? | ? | ? |
| Focus the "Quick Search" (?) textbox | META+K | Feature Not Available | Feature Not Available | Feature Not Available | Feature Not Available |
| Find Again | F3 META+G |
F3 |
? | ? | META+G |
| Find Link As You Type | ' | Feature Not Available | ? | ? | ? |
| Find Previous | SHIFT+META+G | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Find Text in this Message | META+F | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Forward Message |
META+L | META+F |
? | ? | SHIFT+META+F |
| Get All New Messages | SHIFT+META+T | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Go to Next Message | F | META+> | ? | ? | ? |
| Go to Next Unread Message | N | META+U | ? | ? | ? |
| Go to Next Unread Thread | T | META+SHIFT+U | ? | ? | ? |
| Go to Previous Message | B | META+< | ? | ? | ? |
| Go to Previous Unread Message | P | Feature Not Available | ? | ? | ? |
| Help | META+? | ? | ? | ? | META+? |
| Mark All Read | Ctrl+Shift+C | Ctrl+Shift+A | ? | ? | ? |
| Mark Message as Read/Unread | M | Ctrl+Q | ? | ? | ? |
| Mark Thread as Read | R | Ctrl+T | ? | ? | ? |
| Message Source | META+U | Feature Not Available | ? | ? | ? |
| Minimize | META+M | ? | ? | ? | META+M |
| Move to Next Mail Pane | F6 | Tab | ? | ? | ? |
| New Message | Ctrl+M | Ctrl+N | ? | ? | ? |
| Open Message (in new window) | META+O | META+O | ? | ? | META+O |
| Paste | META+V | META+V | ? | ? | META+V |
| META+P | META+P | ? | ? | META+P | |
| Redo | SHIFT+META+Z | META+Y | ? | ? | SHIFT+META+Z |
| Reply to All in Message (all recipients) | SHIFT+META+R | META+SHIFT+R | ? | ? | SHIFT+META+R |
| Reply to Message (sender only) | META+R | META+R | ? | ? | META+R |
| Save Message as File | META+S | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Search Messages | SHIFT+META+F | META+SHIFT+F | ? | ? | ? |
| Select All | META+A | META+A | ? | ? | META+A |
| Select Thread | SHIFT+META+A | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Send Message Later | CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER | ? | ? | ? | |
| Send Message Now | CTRL+ENTER | CTRL+ENTER Alt+S |
? | ? | META+SHIFT+D |
| Stop | Esc | Esc | ? | ? | META+. |
| Text Size Decrease | META+- | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Text Size Increase | META+= | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Text Size Normal | META+0 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Undo | META+Z | META+Z |
? | ? | META+Z |
