Keyboard shortcuts

Overview

This overview lists all keyboard shortcuts of INGOS Mail by area. On a Mac, use ⌘ instead of Ctrl.

The shortcuts of the areas only work when no input field has the focus and no dialog or menu is open. Exceptions are noted in the respective table.

Everywhere in the app

Key	Effect
Tab	jumps to the next control; the area switcher is a single tab stop
Left arrow / right arrow	in the area switcher: focus on the previous or next area
Enter or Space bar	activates the focused button, for example an area
Up arrow / down arrow	in an open menu: select the previous or next entry
Home or Page Up / End or Page Down	in an open menu: go to the first or last entry
Esc	closes the open menu, a preview or a pop-up window
Menu key or Shift + F10	on a focused avatar: opens the person's menu

There are no dedicated shortcuts for the areas themselves; switching is done via the area switcher.

Email

The list shortcuts work when the message list has the focus, not in the search field.

Key	Effect
Down arrow / up arrow	open the next or previous message
Shift + down / up arrow	extend the selection by the next or previous message
Ctrl + A	select all displayed messages
Esc	clear the multiple selection (anywhere in the workspace except in input fields)
Menu key or Shift + F10	open the menu of the current message or the selection
Ctrl + click	add a single message to the selection or remove it
Shift + click	select all messages up to the one clicked
Ctrl + Shift + click	add a range to the existing selection
Esc in the empty search field	close the search
Esc in the Filter menu	close the menu
Enter or Space bar on the sender check badge	open the Absenderprüfung (Sender check) window; Esc closes it
Enter or Space bar on an attachment card	open the preview or download; Esc closes the preview

On touch devices, a long press (half a second) on a message starts selection mode.

There are no shortcuts for replying, deleting, searching or forwarding; the Delete key does not delete a message.

Composing

The compose window has no shortcuts of its own, not even for sending or saving. In the address fields:

Key	Effect
Enter, comma, semicolon or Tab	adds the entered address as a recipient
Backspace in the empty field	removes the last recipient
Down arrow / up arrow	scroll through the suggestions from your contacts
Enter	accept the highlighted suggestion
Esc	close the suggestions

In the Nachricht verwerfen? (Discard message?) prompt, Esc counts as Abbrechen (Cancel); Enter does not confirm discarding.

Calendar

Key	Effect
T	jumps to today
Left arrow or J	one step back (day, week, month or year, depending on the view)
Right arrow or K	one step forward
1 / 2 / 3 / 4	day / week / month / year view
N	new appointment
Delete or Backspace	delete the selected appointment, with confirmation
Esc	close the detail window, clear the search or clear the selection

While an appointment's detail window is open, the shortcuts keep working; the window closes. While the editor or quick create is open, the letter, number and arrow shortcuts do not work.

Key	Effect
Enter in the Termine suchen (Search appointments) field	jump to the next hit; further Enter to the following one
Down arrow in the search field	open the list of hits
Esc in the search field	clear the search
Enter in the editor's title	save the appointment
Enter in quick create	save the appointment
Enter or comma in the Teilnehmer (Attendees) field	add a person
Backspace in the empty Teilnehmer (Attendees) field	remove the last person

Contacts

Key	Effect
/	focus on the search
Down arrow / up arrow	select the next or previous contact
Enter	edit the selected contact (only with write permission)
Delete or Backspace	delete the selected contact, with confirmation
Esc	on narrow screens, back to the list

In the search field and in the form:

Key	Effect
Down arrow / up arrow in the search field	select the next or previous contact
Enter in the search field	open the first hit
Esc in the search field	clear the search
Ctrl + Enter in the form	save (like Fertig, Done)
Esc in the form	cancel, with a prompt if there are changes

Tasks

Key	Effect
Up arrow / down arrow	select the previous or next task
Space bar	complete or reopen the selected task
Enter	jump to the quick entry line above the list
Delete or Backspace	delete the selected task, with confirmation
Esc	close the details
Enter in the quick entry line	create the task
Esc in the quick entry line	clear the input
Enter in the title field	apply the title

Notes

Key	Effect
Enter or down arrow in the title	jump to the text
Backspace or up arrow at the start of the text	jump to the title
Esc in the search	clear the search
Enter or Space bar on a note in the list	open the note

In notes, the Delete key does not delete a note.

Customizing widgets

Key	Effect
Enter or Space bar	turn the focused widget on or off
Alt + up arrow or left arrow	move the widget forward
Alt + down arrow or right arrow	move the widget back

In the collapsed widget column, Enter or Space bar on an avatar opens the person's menu with Anrufen (Call).

In the Nebenstellen im Widget (Extensions in the widget) dialog, Esc closes without saving. In Settings › Kategorien (Categories), Enter creates a category or saves the new name, and Esc cancels renaming.