Mail.app: Select first or last message in folder
Is there any keyboard shortcut that would allow me to select either the first or last message in a mail folder, ie, the top or bottom message? Thunderbird has this capability.
I looked at the list of keyboard shortcuts and commands. I also tried Home, End, Command-Up and Command-Down, as well as Control-Up and Control-Down and Page Up and Page Down (which only scroll within the message window). None of these work.
It's annoying when there's no easy way to select the latest message in a large folder, such as inbox, after scrolling.
I looked at the list of keyboard shortcuts and commands. I also tried Home, End, Command-Up and Command-Down, as well as Control-Up and Control-Down and Page Up and Page Down (which only scroll within the message window). None of these work.
It's annoying when there's no easy way to select the latest message in a large folder, such as inbox, after scrolling.
Comments
--B
Originally posted by bergz
If you open the mailbox and hit the up arrow, it will select the last message. If you hit the down arrow, it will select the first. But only when no message is already selected.
--B
Correct. Actually hitting the "up arrow" does select the last message in case
no message has been selected previously. But this is almost never
the case. At least one message is selected.
In order to jump to the last (or first) message you have to
unselect the first (or last) message firstly. Problem, there is
no easy intuitive way to "unselect" a message within mail.
Comand-Click onto message will do the trick.
cheers
Originally posted by Vox Barbara
Correct. Actually hitting the "up arrow" does select the last message in case
no message has been selected previously. But this is almost never
the case. At least one message is selected.
In order to jump to the last (or first) message you have to
unselect the first (or last) message firstly. Problem, there is
no easy intuitive way to "unselect" a message within mail.
Comand-Click onto message will do the trick.
cheers
Apple could make this more intuitive. I really like Mail, but it's little quirks like this, and not being to add emails by nickname, that has me seriously considering switching back to Thunderbird.
If Mail could do the nickname search thing and more intuitive keyboard shortcuts, then I wouldn't even consider switching back.
This is Snow Leopard and Mail 4.5.