Keyboard Shortcuts

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 Keyboard Shortcut Settings.

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.

  6. Configure in Advanced Settings.

  7. Configure in Filing Settings.

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