---
title: Keyboard shortcuts
description: "Move through your mail without the mouse — navigate, read, reply, archive, and delete from the keyboard, plus the command palette."
---

> **For AI agents:** the complete documentation index is at [llms.txt](/llms.txt). Append `.md` to any page URL for its markdown version.

Mailtidy is built to run from the keyboard. Shortcuts are live in the inbox — they're
ignored while you're typing in a field, or while Compose or the command palette is open.

## Command palette

<Card title="Command palette" icon="terminal">
  Press <kbd>⌘</kbd><kbd>K</kbd> (macOS) or <kbd>Ctrl</kbd><kbd>K</kbd> to open the palette —
  switch views, jump to an account, open a folder, and run common actions from one place.
</Card>

## Navigating the list

| Key | Action |
|-----|--------|
| <kbd>j</kbd> / <kbd>↓</kbd> | Move to the next message |
| <kbd>k</kbd> / <kbd>↑</kbd> | Move to the previous message |
| <kbd>Enter</kbd> | Open the first conversation when none is selected |
| <kbd>Esc</kbd> | Clear the current selection |
| <kbd>/</kbd> | Focus the search bar |
| <kbd>c</kbd> | Compose a new message |

Moving the cursor opens that message in the reading pane as you go.

## Acting on a message

These act on the message you're reading:

| Key | Action |
|-----|--------|
| <kbd>r</kbd> | Reply |
| <kbd>e</kbd> | Archive / Unarchive |
| <kbd>u</kbd> | Mark read / unread |
| <kbd>#</kbd> | Move to Trash |

## Compose

| Key | Action |
|-----|--------|
| <kbd>⌘</kbd><kbd>Enter</kbd> / <kbd>Ctrl</kbd><kbd>Enter</kbd> | Send |
| <kbd>Esc</kbd> | Close the compose window |

<Note>
More shortcuts (forward, reply-all, snooze, and a help overlay) are on the way as those
features land.
</Note>