<appendix id="ap_keyboard">
<title>Default keyboard shortcuts</title>
- <section id="keyb_mail">
- <title>Main window</title>
+ <section id="keyb_general">
+ <title>Motivations and general conventions</title>
+ <para>
+ Although Claws Mail is a graphical application and can mainly be
+ commanded with your mouse, it also requires the frequent use of the
+ keyboard. Composing a mail is the most common of the tasks that
+ require the use of the keyboard. For people who write a lot of mails,
+ having to move hands from keyboard to mouse greatly reduces
+ productivity, so Claws Mail provides keyboard shortcuts to allow
+ faster operation.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This not only benefits power users by providing keyboard alternatives
+ and keyboard navigation, it also enables people with disabilities,
+ (who may not be able to properly control a pointing device), to use
+ Claws Mail.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The most general convention is the <option>Escape</option> key. Focused
+ dialogues or windows can be closed by hitting the <option>Esc</option>
+ key.
+ </para>
<para>
+ There are other key combinations which are assigned by default to menu
+ items. We won't list these here, as they are already shown on the
+ righthand side of the menus themselves, so you can easily learn them
+ with usage. Furthermore, if you don't like them, these shortcuts can be
+ changed on the fly by focusing on the menu item and pressing the
+ desired key combination.
</para>
+ <para>
+ In addition to these shortcuts there are others which vary from window
+ to window, which are summarised in the following sections.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="keyb_mail">
+ <title>Main window</title>
+ <informaltable frame="topbot">
+ <tgroup cols="2">
+ <colspec colwidth="*" />
+ <colspec colwidth="4*" />
+ <thead>
+ <row><entry>Shortcut</entry><entry></entry></row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+p</option></entry><entry>Print...</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+w</option></entry><entry>Work offline</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+Shift+s</option></entry><entry>Synchronise folders</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+s</option></entry><entry>Save as...</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+q</option></entry><entry>Exit</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+c</option></entry><entry>Copy</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+a</option></entry><entry>Select all</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+f</option></entry><entry>Find in current message...</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+Ctrl+f</option></entry><entry>Search folder...</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+t</option></entry><entry>Toggle threaded display</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>n</option></entry><entry>Go to next mail in Message List. The <option>Down</option> arrow does the same.</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>p</option></entry><entry>Go to previous mail. The <option>Up</option> arrow is a synonym.</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+n</option></entry><entry>Go to next unread mail.</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+p</option></entry><entry>Go to previous unread mail.</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>g</option></entry><entry>Go to other folder...</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+u</option></entry><entry>Show message source</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+h</option></entry><entry>Show all message headers</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>v</option></entry><entry>Toggles the message view panel visibility. When invisible, Message List expands itself to fill the full window height and more summary lines are displayed.</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>/</option></entry><entry>Positions the cursor on the Quicksearch field, also opening the Quicksearch panel if needed.</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+Alt+u</option></entry><entry>Update summary</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+i</option></entry><entry>Get mail from current account</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+Ctrl+i</option></entry><entry>Get mail from all accounts</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+m</option></entry><entry>Compose a new message</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+r</option></entry><entry>Reply</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+Ctrl+r</option></entry><entry>Reply to all</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+l</option></entry><entry>Reply to mailing list</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+Alt+f</option></entry><entry>Forward message</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+o</option></entry><entry>Move...</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+Ctrl+o</option></entry><entry>Copy...</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+d</option></entry><entry>Move to trash</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+d</option></entry><entry>Empty all Trash folders</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+*</option></entry><entry>Mark message</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>u</option></entry><entry>Unmark message</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+!</option></entry><entry>Mark message as unread</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+Ctrl+a</option></entry><entry>Open address book</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>x</option></entry><entry>Execute</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+Ctrl+l</option></entry><entry>Open log window</entry></row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
</section>
<section id="keyb_compose">
<title>Compose window</title>
- <para>
- </para>
+ <informaltable frame="topbot">
+ <tgroup cols="2">
+ <colspec colwidth="*" />
+ <colspec colwidth="4*" />
+ <thead>
+ <row><entry>Shortcut</entry><entry></entry></row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+Return</option></entry><entry>Send</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+Ctrl+s</option></entry><entry>Send later</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+m</option></entry><entry>Attach file</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+i</option></entry><entry>Insert file</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+g</option></entry><entry>Insert signature</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+s</option></entry><entry>Save</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+w</option></entry><entry>Close</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+z</option></entry><entry>Undo</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+y</option></entry><entry>Redo</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+x</option></entry><entry>Cut</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+c</option></entry><entry>Copy</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+v</option></entry><entry>Paste</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+a</option></entry><entry>Select all</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+b</option></entry><entry>Move a character backward</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+f</option></entry><entry>Move a character forward</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+e</option></entry><entry>Move to end of line</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+p</option></entry><entry>Move a previous line</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+n</option></entry><entry>Move a next line</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+h</option></entry><entry>Delete a character backward</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+d</option></entry><entry>Delete a character forward</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+u</option></entry><entry>Delete line</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+k</option></entry><entry>Delete to end of line</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+l</option></entry><entry>Wrap current paragraph</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Ctrl+Alt+l</option></entry><entry>Wrap all long lines</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+Ctrl+l</option></entry><entry>Toggle auto wrapping</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+Ctrl+x</option></entry><entry>Edit with external editor</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><option>Shift+Ctrl+a</option></entry><entry>Open address book</entry></row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
</section>
</appendix>
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