Re: [Evolution] Jump to unread/new messages

[Eric Lambart <ximian nomeaning net>]

On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 11:36 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 19:06 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> > FWIW ... again, this is probably easier to do than it used to be (all
> > that redesign has more benefits than just fewer bugs).  Well you know,
> > depending on your definition of easy.  Not all the internal api's
> > needed are available, but at least it is all internal to the mailer,
> > so the task isn't that hard, and the api's can be added.
>
> A key-combo like Tab/Shift-Tab that toggled you *directly* between
> the folder list and the email list would be super handy in this
> regard.

No kidding.  I wish focus went automatically to the email list under
certain conditions: going to next/previous unread message, opening a
message, etc.  I can't tell you how many times I've hit "Home" only to
jump to the (never-used) "On This Computer" thingy in the folder list,
rather than to the top of the message list like I wanted.

Shift-Tab to get back to the folder tab would be intuitive as well.

Actually, I think a simple combo like this would be very useful:

Ctrl-Alt-1: Folder List
Ctrl-Alt-2: Email List
Ctrl-Alt-3: Preview Pane

Speaking of keyboard shortcuts... is there one to get to the search bar?
Hmmm... I guess _Clear works... if you want to clear what's there.

I kind of gave up on using the keyboard for navigation and control when
I left Windows.  That's one of the things Windows does well: Keeping
one's hand off the mouse.  But Gnome's getting better, slowly... now, if
only you could answer a yes/no dialog with "Y" or "N".

Eric

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