There are scads of keyboard shortcuts that work with Gmail. Here are a dozen shortcuts we think you’ll find most useful on a regular basis. One caveat: If you have a pop-up blocker, you must disable it so that shortcuts designed to open a new browser window can work properly. For more shortcuts, in Gmail click the Help link; in the window that opens, click What Are The Keyboard Shortcuts? under Gmail Basics. On The Road
Before you can use keyboard shortcuts, you need to turn them on. To do so click Settings and, under Mail Settings on the General tab, click the Keyboard Shortcuts On radio button. Click Save Changes and you’re ready to go.
A or SHIFT-A Reply to the message sender and all other message recipients. SHIFT-A
replies to all in a new window.
C or SHIFT-C Compose a new message. SHIFT-C opens a new window for your message.
F or SHIFT-F Forward the current message. SHIFT-F opens a new window for your
forwarded message.
G then C Move to Contacts.
G then I Move to Inbox.
J Move to view the previous conversation.
N Move to the next message within a conversation.
O or ENTER Open a message or conversation.
P Move to the previous message within a conversation.
R or SHIFT-R Reply to the message sender. SHIFT-R opens a new window for your reply.
TAB then ENTER Sends a newly composed message.
Y Archive a selected message in the Inbox; unstar a selected starred message;
move a selected message from the Trash to the Inbox; remove the label
from a selected conversation.
