The command menu and keyboard shortcuts

The command menu

Press ⌘K on a Mac or Ctrl+K elsewhere, or click the ⌘ button at the top. Type what you want and press Enter:

• something to do with the conversation you're reading, or the ones you've ticked: archive, delete, star, label as, move to, reply, mark as unread…
• a folder or label to go to: starred, receipts, contacts, calendar, filters;
• something to make: compose, new label, new folder, new contact, new event;
• a setting: dark theme, compact density, turn on single-key shortcuts.

A few letters are enough (arch finds Archive). When nothing matches, Enter searches your mail for what you typed. Esc closes the menu. Beside each command is its single-key shortcut, when those are on.

In the list, the menu acts on the conversations you've ticked. With none ticked it offers no conversation commands, rather than guess which one you mean. It works whether or not single-key shortcuts are on, and while you're reading a message too.

Single-key shortcuts

One-key shortcuts are here for anyone who wants them. They're off until you turn them on: in Settings → Keyboard shortcuts, from the command menu (turn on single-key shortcuts), or with Turn on in the panel the ? button at the top opens. Each browser remembers its own choice. They're ignored while you're typing.

They're off to start with because single keys get in the way of speech input and some screen readers, where a spoken word can set off several of them.

Key	Action
c	Compose
/	Search mail
j / k	Older / newer conversation
o or Enter	Open conversation
u	Back to the list
n / p	Next / previous message, in a conversation
e	Archive
#	Delete
!	Report spam
s	Star / unstar
x	Select conversation
Shift + i	Mark as read
Shift + u	Mark as unread
l	Label as
v	Move to
r	Reply
a	Reply all
f	Forward
z	Undo last action
g then i	Go to Inbox
g then s	Go to Starred
g then t	Go to Sent
g then d	Go to Drafts
g then a	Go to All Mail
Ctrl + Enter	Send (⌘ + Enter on a Mac)
Esc	Close / clear selection
?	These shortcuts

A few details:

• n and p mark the message they move to with a bar at its left, and open the "N more" fold when they move into it. o or Enter then opens or closes it.
• l and v with nothing ticked act on the conversation under the cursor.
• z undoes your last action for up to 10 minutes, even when pressed before the server has finished it.
• Ctrl + Enter sends whether or not shortcuts are on.

In the calendar

The calendar has its own keys. The command menu offers the same, under Calendar, whether or not shortcuts are on.

Key	Action
c	Create an event
t	Today
j or n / k or p	Next / previous day, week or month
d	Day view
w	Week view
m	Month view
a	Schedule view
x	4-day view
/	Search events
Esc	Close an event's card