Gmail Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 90 keyboard shortcuts found on Gmail.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Compose and Chat

P — Previous message in an open conversation

N — Next message in an open conversation

Shift Esc — Focus main window

Esc — Focus latest chat or compose

Ctrl . — Advance to the next chat or compose

Ctrl , — Advance to the previous chat or compose

Ctrl Enter — Send

Ctrl Shift C — Add cc recipients

Ctrl Shift B — Add bcc recipients

Ctrl Shift F — Access custom from

Ctrl K — Insert a link

Cmd ; — Go to next misspelled word (Mac only)

Ctrl M — Open spelling suggestions

Formatting Text

Ctrl Shift 5 — Previous font

Ctrl Shift 6 — Next font

Ctrl Shift - — Decrease font size

Ctrl Shift + — Increase font size

Ctrl B — Bold

Ctrl I — Italics

Ctrl U — Underline

Ctrl Shift 7 — Numbered list

Ctrl Shift 8 — Bulleted list

Ctrl Shift 9 — Quote

Ctrl [ — Indent less

Ctrl ] — Indent more

Ctrl Shift L — Align left

Ctrl Shift E — Align center

Ctrl Shift R — Align right

Ctrl \ — Remove formatting

Actions

, — Move focus to toolbar

X — Select conversation

S — Toggle star or rotate among superstars

E — Archive

M — Mute conversation

Shift 1 — Report as spam

Shift 3 — Delete

R — Reply

Shift R — Reply in a new window

A — Reply all

Shift A — Reply all in a new window

F — Forward

Shift F — Forward in a new window

Shift N — Update conversation

]/[ — Archive conversation and go to previous or next

Z — Undo last action

Shift I — Mark as read

Shift U — Mark as unread

Shift - — Mark unread from the selected message

= — Mark as important

- — Mark as not important

B — Snooze

; — Expand entire conversation

Shift ; — Collapse entire conversation

Shift T — Add conversation to tasks

Hangouts

H M — Show menu

H A — Show archived hangouts

H I — Show hangout requests

H C — Focus on the conversation list

H P — Open phone

Jumping

G I — Go to inbox

G S — Go to starred conversations

G B — Go to snoozed conversations

G T — Go to sent messages

S D — Go to drafts

G A — Go to all mail

Ctrl Alt ,/. — Switch between the calendar, keep, and tasks sidebar and your inbox

G K — Go to tasks

G L — Go to label

Threadlist Selection

Shift 8 A — Select all conversations

Shift 8 N — Deselect all conversations

Shift 8 R — Select read conversations

Shift 8 U — Select unread conversations

Shift 8 S — Select starred conversations

Shift 8 T — Select unstarred conversations

Navigation

G N — Go to next page

G P — Go to previous page

U — Back to threadlist

K — Newer conversation

J — Older conversation

Enter — Open conversation

` — Go to next inbox section

Shift ` — Go to previous inbox section

Application

C — Compose

D — Compose in a new tab

/ — Search mail

G — Search chat contacts

. — Open more actions menu

V — Open move to menu

L — Open label as menu

? — Open keyboard shortcut help