Access Yahoo! Mail with shortcut keys
Yahoo! Mail has started its new webmail interface (as compared to Yahoo! Mail classic). This new webmail interface uses Adobe Flash and Javascript to show much better interaction. In the new webmail interface, you can use keyboard shortcuts to a do various tasks. For example, if you want to create a new email message then you can press n on your keyboard.
The full list of keyboard shortcuts is shown below :
| Function | Keyboard Shortcut |
| Check mail | m |
| Check All Mail (includes all POP accounts) | M |
| Skip to oldest unread message | Ctrl+Shift+End |
| Mark As Read | k |
| Mark As Unread | K |
| Flag | l (lowercase L) |
| Clear Flag | L |
| Delete Item | Delete (your “delete” key) |
| Reply | r |
| Reply All | a |
| Forward message | f |
| p | |
| New Message | n |
| Save Draft | Ctrl+s |
| Send Message | Ctrl+Enter |
| Turn Reading Pane on and off | v |
| New Folder | Ctrl+E |
| Move message to a folder | d |
| Put message in one of your first 9 folders | 1-9 (For example, type 2 for 2nd folder; doesn't work beyond 9) |
| Find a word or phrase in a message | Ctrl+f |
| Close Current Tab | Ctrl+\ |
| Navigate through tabs—right to left motion | Ctrl+[ |
| Navigate through tabs—left to right motion | Ctrl+] |
| Open message(s) in its own tab | Enter (select one message at a time) |
| Edit contact info | Enter (select a contact first, in Contacts) |
| Expand window to maximum height | F11 |
| Next message (in message tab) | Ctrl+. (Ctrl with period) |
| Previous message (in message tab) | Ctrl+, (Ctrl with comma) |
| Close read-message tab | Esc |
| Start a new chat | c |
| Search box | s |
For more details you can visit Yahoo! Mail help web page at http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/basics/.
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