Keys at a glance
The default map, grouped by what you are doing. Every action
is rebindable under [keys] (see keys), and
? in the app always renders your effective map,
overrides included. Movement takes vi-style counts (4j).
Moving
| Key |
Action |
Does |
| J / K |
move-down / move-up |
move the selection |
gg / G |
top / bottom |
jump to either end |
| Ctrl+D / Ctrl+U |
half-page-down / half-page-up |
page |
| Enter |
open |
open the message (scrolls in the pager) |
| Esc |
back |
back out (list: leave a thread view) |
| Q |
quit |
quit (pager: back to the list) |
Finding
| Key |
Action |
Does |
| / |
search |
notmuch query in the current scope |
| : |
command |
command prompt |
gt / gT |
next-account / previous-account |
cycle scope |
g1 .. g9 |
account-1 .. account-9 |
jump to that account |
gu |
account-unified |
jump to the unified view |
| Ctrl+N / Ctrl+P |
sidebar-next / sidebar-previous |
move the sidebar highlight |
| Ctrl+O |
sidebar-open |
open the highlighted entry |
| Shift+B |
toggle-sidebar |
show or hide the sidebar |
| Shift+T |
thread-view |
pivot onto the thread; Esc returns |
za / zo / zc |
fold-toggle / fold-open / fold-close |
fold a thread in the tree view |
Acting on mail
| Key |
Action |
Does |
| M |
toggle-read |
flip read/unread on the message |
| Shift+M |
mark-all-read |
mark the whole listing read |
| Shift+F |
toggle-flagged |
flag or unflag |
| A |
archive |
file to the account's archive folder |
| C |
move-to |
folder picker; :move <name> by name |
| D |
delete-message |
to trash; inside trash, delete with confirm |
| S |
sync |
ask the daemon for a pass now |
Reading
These act on the open message, in the full pager and on the
reading-pane preview alike.
| Key |
Action |
Does |
| H |
toggle-html |
plain or HTML rendering |
| B |
open-html-browser |
open the HTML part in the system browser |
| T |
toggle-headers |
configured headers or all of them |
| O |
open-link |
numbered link picker |
| V |
attachments |
expand the attachment drawer |
| Shift+J / Shift+K |
pane-down / pane-up |
scroll the reading pane |
| P |
cycle-reading-pane |
pane below, right, off |
Writing
| Key |
Action |
Does |
| N |
compose |
fresh message |
| R |
reply |
reply to the sender |
| Shift+R |
reply-all |
sender plus every other recipient |
| Shift+L |
reply-list |
reply to the mailing list |
| F |
forward |
forward; F lands in the list when sent |
In the compose fields, Tab / Shift+Tab (focus-next
/ focus-prev) move between fields, Enter
(compose-submit) advances, Esc (compose-cancel)
backs out, and Ctrl+E or Ctrl+H (open-editor)
toggle your $EDITOR on the body.
The review screen: Y send, E / H edit-body /
edit-headers, A attach-file, D
remove-attachment, S / X toggle-sign /
toggle-encrypt, K toggle-read-receipt, N
toggle-dsn, ++at++ schedule, Q save-draft.
Settings
Open with Shift+, (settings) or :settings;
Tab / Shift+Tab (next-tab / prev-tab) move
between tabs and Esc (settings-close) leaves.
| Tab |
Key |
Action |
Does |
| Accounts |
A |
account-add |
add an account |
| Accounts |
E |
account-edit |
edit the selected one |
| Accounts |
D |
delete-account |
remove it, with confirm |
| Accounts |
O |
sign-in |
run the OAuth sign-in |
| Accounts |
X |
revoke |
drop stored grants, with confirm |
| Accounts |
Shift+J / Shift+K |
reorder-down / reorder-up |
reorder |
| Essentials |
L or Enter |
setting-next |
step the value forward |
| Essentials |
H |
setting-prev |
step the value back |
| Folders |
Enter |
edit-alias |
edit the sidebar alias |
| Folders |
H |
folder-hide |
hide or unhide |
| Folders |
U |
folder-unsync |
stop or resume syncing |
| Folders |
Shift+J / Shift+K |
reorder-down / reorder-up |
reorder |
Inside the account form, Ctrl+S saves from any field and
Ctrl+D autodiscovers the IMAP and SMTP servers from the
e-mail address; these are fixed keys, not [keys] actions.
Everything else
| Key |
Action |
Does |
| ? |
help |
the live cheatsheet |
Commands
Typed at the : prompt.
| Command |
Does |
:settings |
accounts, options and folders, in-app |
:theme <name> |
switch and persist a theme; bare lists them |
:move <folder> |
move the message by folder name or alias |
:trash-all :archive-all :move-all <folder> |
act on every match of the current search, behind a count-and-samples confirm |
:delete-all |
permanently delete every match, same confirm, louder |
:template <name> |
compose from a named template |
:resume <path> |
reopen a saved draft |
:sign :nosign :encrypt :noencrypt |
arm the next compose |
:accept :tentative :decline |
answer the open invite |
:unsubscribe |
act on the open message's List-Unsubscribe |
:export <account> <path> |
age-encrypted account archive |
:save-patches <path> / :apply <repo> |
patch series out / git am in |
:frames |
frame-timing statistics in the status line |
:q / :quit |
quit |