Keyboard shortcuts on macOS
Every keyboard shortcut of the Mac app, grouped by where it works.
FOLD on the Mac can be used entirely from the keyboard. ⌘/ opens Tips & Shortcuts with the most important ones. Shortcuts without a modifier key, such as R or E, only work while no text field has focus, so they never interfere with typing. They are also paused while a sheet, the command palette or Settings covers the window.
App and window
| Keys | Action | Note |
|---|
| ⌘K | Open the command palette | See command palette |
| ⌘/ | Open Tips & Shortcuts | |
| ⌘, | Open Settings | Esc closes them |
| ⌘F | Go to the search field | Menu item Find |
| ⌘N | New message | Needs at least one account |
| ⌘R | Refresh | Checks the selected folder of the selected account |
| ⌘L | Lock FOLD | Locks App Lock and Fortress Mode, if you use them |
| ⌘+ or ⌘= | Zoom in | Changes the display size |
| ⌘- | Zoom out | |
| ⌘0 | Default display size | |
| ⌥⌘R | Try again | On the offline banner: reconnect. In the reader after a loading error: reload the message |
| ⌃⌘O | Show the welcome tour again | |
Message list
| Keys | Action | Note |
|---|
| ↑ ↓ or K J | Previous or next message | |
| ⇧↑ ⇧↓ | Extend the selection | Not in conversation view |
| N / ⇧N | Next or previous unread message | Not in conversation view |
| G G | Jump to the top | Press G twice quickly |
| ⇧G | Jump to the bottom | |
| Space | Select or deselect the current message | |
| ⌘A | Select all | |
| Esc | Clear the selection | |
| Return | Open the message | Two-column layout |
| R | Reply | |
| ⇧R | Reply all | |
| F | Forward | |
| E | Archive | |
| ⌫ or ⌦ | Move to Trash | |
| ⌘⌫ | Move to Trash | Also the toolbar button |
| ⇧⌘M | Move to a folder | Opens the palette with every folder of every account |
The actions apply to the selected messages, or to the current message if nothing is selected.
Reading
| Keys | Action | Note |
|---|
| Esc | Back to the list | Two-column layout |
| ↑ ↓ K J N ⇧N G G ⇧G | Switch to another message | Two-column layout, while the list is hidden |
| R ⇧R F E ⌫ | Reply, reply all, forward, archive, move to Trash | Same as in the list |
| ⌘. | Switch between HTML and plain text | Only for messages with an HTML part |
| ⌥⌘U | Show the message source | Menu View > Show Source |
| Space | Scroll the message | |
| Keys | Action |
|---|
| ↑ ↓ | Move between folders and open them |
| ← → | Collapse or expand an account or folder |
Compose
| Keys | Action | Note |
|---|
| ⌘Return | Send | |
| Esc | Save as draft & close | |
| ⌘Z | Undo sending | While the send countdown runs |
| Tab / ⇧Tab | Next or previous field | Skips Cc and Bcc; macOS 14 and later |
| Return or , | Turn the typed address into a recipient | In To, Cc and Bcc |
| ↑ ↓ Return | Choose a suggested address | Esc hides the suggestions |
| ⌫ | Remove the last recipient | In an empty address field |
Command palette
| Keys | Action | Note |
|---|
| ↑ ↓ | Move the highlight | macOS 14 and later |
| Return | Run the highlighted entry | |
| Esc | Close the palette | macOS 14 and later; a click outside also closes it |
In dialogs, Return confirms the default button and Esc cancels.
