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  1. Using MsgFiler

Keyboard Shortcuts

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Last updated 2 months ago

MsgFiler 4 has a number of keyboard shortcuts to make you efficient at filing messages from the keyboard. There are also special keys you can press when focused on the MsgFiler 4 search field or the mailboxes table.

Starting with MsgFiler 4.1.0, you can now customize many of these shortcuts. Learn more in .

General

These keyboard shortcuts are available when a MsgFiler 4 window is frontmost.

Keyboard Shortcut
Symbol
Action
Notes

Shift-Command-F

⇧⌘F

Enters Focused Filing

Command-R

⌘R

Reloads mailboxes

Command-Q

⌘Q

Quits MsgFiler

Command-W

⌘W

Closes MsgFiler window and returns to Mail

Command-Comma

⌘,

Opens the Settings window

MsgFiler Window

These keyboard shortcuts are only available when focused on the MsgFiler 4 window.

Keyboard Shortcut
Symbol
Action
Notes

Control-Command-A

⌃⌘A

Archives the selected message(s)

1

Shift-Command-C

⇧⌘C

Copies the selected message(s) to the highlighted mailbox

Control-Option-Command-E

⌃⌥⌘E

Toggles Pressing Enter always performs default action

Control-Option-Command-F

⌃⌥⌘F

Toggles Focus on search on activation

Shift-Command-L

⇧⌘L

Toggles flag status of selected messages

1

Shift-Command-M

⇧⌘M

Moves the selected message(s) to the highlighted mailbox

1

Control-Option-Command-M

⌃⌥⌘M

Toggles Ignore mailbox paths when searching

Control-N

⌃N

Moves to the next mailbox

Shift-Command-N

⇧⌘N

Creates a new mailbox

Control-Option-Command-N

⌃⌥⌘N

Creates a new top-level mailbox

Command-O

⌘O

Opens the currently selected mailbox

Shift-Command-O

⇧⌘O

Opens the currently selected mailbox in a new window

Control-Option-Command-O

⌃⌥⌘O

Toggles Keep open after filing

Control-P

⌃P

Moves to the previous mailbox

Control-Option-Command-P

⌃⌥⌘P

Toggles Play sound after filing

Control-Option-Command-S

⌃⌥⌘S

Toggles Restrict search to selected accounts

Shift-Command-U

⇧⌘U

Toggles read status of selected message(s)

1

Control-Option-Command-Number

⌃⌥⌘ [1-9]

Performs default action on the Nth item in the mailbox list

4

Command-Minus

⌘-

Removes the currently selected mailbox from the Favorites list

5

Command-Plus

⌘+

Adds the currently selected mailbox to the Favorites list

6

Command-[

⌘[

Cycles through the default actions in reverse

Command-]

⌘]

Cycles through the default actions

Shift-Command-\

⇧⌘\

Opens Mail

Search Field

These hot keys and keyboard shortcuts work when your cursor is in the search field of the MsgFiler 4 window.

Keyboard Shortcut
Symbol
Action
Notes

Enter

↩

Performs default filing action or focuses on mailbox table

7

Escape

⎋

Clears the search or closes MsgFiler

7

Down Arrow

↓

Focuses on the mailbox table

Command-Up

⌘↑

Selects the previous message in Mail

1, 2

Command-Down

⌘↓

Selects the next message in Mail

1, 2

Command-Left

⌘←

Tries to collapse the conversation in Mail

1, 2, 3

Command-Right

⌘→

Tries to expand the conversation in Mail

1, 2, 3

Mailboxes Table

These hot keys and keyboard shortcuts work when focus is on the Mailboxes Table in the MsgFiler 4 window.

Key
Symbol
Action
Notes

Enter

↩

Performs default filing action

8

Up Arrow

↑

Selects the previous mailbox in the Mailboxes Table or returns focus to the search field when the first mailbox in the list is reached

Command-Up

⌘↑

Selects the previous message in Mail

1, 2

Command-Down

⌘↓

Selects the next message in Mail

1, 2

Command-Left

⌘←

Tries to collapse the conversation in Mail

1, 2, 3

Command-Right

⌘→

Tries to expand the conversation in Mail

1, 2, 3

Numbers 0-9

0-9

Selects the mailbox at the given row of the mailbox table

4

Additional Notes

  1. Focus is returned to MsgFiler 4 after running.

  2. User must lift the command key after pressing for Mail to recognize the collapse command.

  3. 1 is the first item and 0 is the 10th item.

  4. Does nothing if the mailbox is not in the Favorites list.

  5. Does nothing if the mailbox is already in the Favorites list.

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