Use Hotkeys

There are three sets of hotkeys available in Integrated Gmail.

• Hotkeys to expand and collapse the header and sidebar of Gmail.
• Hotkeys to expand and collapse various Integrated Gmail elements.
• Hotkeys to expand and collapse the header and sidebar of the Google Calendar.

Expand and collapse the header and sidebar of Gmail

Click here to see how to enable this feature.

1. Ensure Gmail is in focus (if not you can click any open space in Gmail.)
2. Hit ` to enter macro mode for one second (Note: You may hit multiple hotkeys in sequence.)
3. Hit the Left Arrow to toggle visibility of the left sidebar.
4. Hit the Right Arrow to toggle visibility of the right sidebar (if enabled in Gmail Labs.)
5. Hit the Up Arrow to toggle visibility of the header.

Hotkeys to expand and collapse various Integrated Gmail elements

1. Ensure Gmail is in focus (if not you can click any open space in Gmail.)
2. Hit ` to enter macro mode for one second (Note: You may hit multiple hotkeys in sequence.)
3. Hit 1..9 to toggle visibility of the ith element (reordering elements updates the shortcuts.)

Hotkeys to expand and collapse the header and sidebar of the Google Calendar

Click here to see how to enable this feature.

1. Ensure Google Calendar is in focus (if not you can click any open space on the calendar.)
2. Hit z to toggle visibility of the left sidebar.
3. Hit shift-z to toggle visibility of the header.

2 Responses to “Use Hotkeys”

1. jeff.dorman@gmail.com says:

   December 4, 2009 at 3:33 pm

   When \I hit the nacro enable ‘ key I get ‘Quick Find (links only)’ search box displayed in the bottom left of the page where the CNTL-F ‘Find’ function is displayed. There is no way for me to enter macro mode it seems. What is causing the Quick Find? Are the hot keys configurable (CNTL-arrows control would be excellent).

   Jeff

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   • Michael Balazs says:

     December 4, 2009 at 3:48 pm

     Hey Jeff,

     You can change the macro hot key by opening about:config in Firefox and searching for “integratedgmail-preference-macrokey” you can change the key code to something else. Here is the code chart http://www.geekpedia.com/KB53_A-list-of-keys-and-the-JavaScript-char-codes-they-correspond-to.html

     Michael

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