Keybindings

The 10 keys that get you 80% of mxr

If you only learn ten, learn these:

Key	Action
Ctrl-p	Command palette — searchable surface for everything below
?	Help modal (context-aware)
j / k	Move down / up
Enter	Open selected message or thread
e	Archive
r	Reply
c	Compose
s	Star / unstar
Z	Snooze (preset list + custom-time entry)
/	Search

Everything else is discoverable from the palette (Ctrl-p) and the help modal (?).

Global

Key	Action
1–7	Switch Mailbox / Search / Rules / Accounts / Diagnostics / Analytics / Deliveries
Ctrl-p	Open command palette
gc	Edit config
gL	Open logs
?	Toggle help modal
Esc	Back, close modal, dismiss pane, or clear selection
q	Quit current view or exit

Mail list

Navigation

Key	Action
j / ↓	Move down
k / ↑	Move up
gg	Jump to top
G	Jump to bottom
Ctrl-d	Page down
Ctrl-u	Page up
H / M	Viewport top / middle
zz	Center current item
Enter / o	Open selected row
Tab	Switch pane
F	Toggle fullscreen / full reader layout
/	Open full-index Search
Ctrl-f	Filter current mailbox only
n / N	Next / previous search result

Mail actions

Key	Action
c	Compose
r	Reply
a	Reply all
f	Forward
y	Summarize thread in the background
p	Sender profile
B	Thread briefing
W	Who is this sender?
L	Links in the previewed message
u	Undo the last change
e	Archive (on the desk: Done, put it away)
m	Mark read + archive (on the desk: Done)
#	Trash
!	Mark spam
s	Star / unstar
I	Mark read
U	Mark unread
l	Apply label
v	Move to label
D	Unsubscribe
Z	Snooze
b	Reply later, at a time (Enter with no time: the queue now)
O	Open in browser
R	Toggle reader mode
H	Toggle HTML view
M	Toggle remote content (HTML images)
S	Toggle signature display
E	Export thread

Selection

Key	Action
x	Toggle row selection
V	Visual line selection
Esc	Clear selection

Tabs

Key	Action
1	Mailbox
2	Search
3	Rules
4	Accounts
5	Diagnostics
6	Analytics
7	Deliveries

Go-to

Key	Action
gh	Go to Now (the front page)
gm	Messages (the desk lens, early version)
gx	To do
gu	Updates (Paper trail, early version)
gr	Reading
ge	Archive (records are coming)
gi	Go to Inbox
gs	Go to Starred
gt	Go to Sent
gd	Go to Drafts
gE	Local drafts and scheduled sends
ga	Go to All Mail
gl	Go to Label (picker)
gp	Updates, as gu
gq	Reply queue
go	Owed replies
gv	Calendar invites
gS	Screener
gA	Analytics
gy	Activity log
gc	Edit config (opens $EDITOR)
gL	Show recent logs
g 1–g 9	Jump to saved-search 1–9
g 0	Return to default inbox (clear saved-search filter)

Draft assist, a new draft for this sender, commitments and the voice profile are in the command palette only (Ctrl-p). Help once listed gA, gD, gC and gV for them, but those chords never ran them; gA opens Analytics.

Message view

Key	Action
j / k	Scroll body
gg / G	Top / end of the message
J / K	Next / previous message in the thread
R	Toggle reader mode
H	Toggle HTML view
M	Toggle remote content (HTML images)
S	Toggle signature display
O	Open in browser
A	Open attachment modal
L	Open links modal (jump to any URL in the body)
F	Toggle fullscreen / full reader layout
r	Reply
a	Reply all
f	Forward
y	Summarize thread in the background
p	Sender profile
e	Archive
m	Mark read + archive
#	Trash
!	Mark spam
s	Star / unstar
I	Mark read
U	Mark unread
1–7	Switch primary tab (Mailbox / Search / Rules / Accounts / Diagnostics / Analytics / Deliveries)
gc	Edit config
gL	Show recent logs
D	Unsubscribe

Thread view

Key	Action
j / k	Scroll the thread
J / K	Move to the next / previous message
r	Reply to focused message
a	Reply all to focused message
f	Forward focused message
y	Summarize thread in the background
A	Open attachment modal
L	Open links modal
F	Toggle fullscreen / full reader layout
R	Toggle reader mode
H	Toggle HTML view
M	Toggle remote content
S	Toggle signature
E	Export thread
O	Open in browser
e	Archive
m	Mark read + archive
#	Trash
!	Mark spam
s	Star / unstar
I	Mark read
U	Mark unread
D	Unsubscribe
1–7	Switch primary tab
gc / gL	Edit config / show logs

Sidebar

Key	Action
[ / ]	Collapse / expand the focused sidebar section
n	New saved search (when the sidebar’s saved-searches list is focused)
e	Edit the focused saved search
d	Delete the focused saved search (with confirm)
g 1–g 9	Jump to saved-search 1–9
g 0	Clear saved-search filter (return to default inbox)

Now

The lens the TUI opens on (gh). Acting on a row does it in that row’s own mode.

Key	Action
j / k	Next / previous row
Enter	Open the row in its mode
e	Done here (Messages for a person, To do for a due row; on the Updates card, as A)
r	Reply to a person
o	Open the email
t	Make a to-do from the row’s email
A	Let go of the Updates card (previews first)
1–4	Answer a new sender’s question, on a row that asks one
Esc	Close the note about Now
u	Undo

Messages

The desk lens, as Messages’ early version (gm). e is done in Messages; on a promise under Due it is the desk’s Done, which keeps the promise.

Updates and Reading

Lenses in the sidebar (gu, gr; gp opens Updates too). Mail keys act on the message under the cursor.

Key	Action
e	Done here: let go of the message’s conversation in this mode
p	Pin or unpin the message
K	Move the sender to another place
S	Sweep this sender’s bundle (previews first)
A	Sweep the whole place (previews first, opens on Cancel: Tab, then Enter)
> / +	More senders / more from this sender

Calendar invites lens

Open from the Calendar invites sidebar item. The list pane shows every detected invite with inline RSVP.

Key	Action
j / k	Move down / up
a	Accept
t or m	Tentative
d	Decline
A / T (or M) / D	Accept / Tentative / Decline with a comment (opens compose)
u	Undo the just-issued RSVP (within its send window)
Enter / o	Open the underlying message
h	Back to the sidebar

Analytics screen

The Analytics screen has six views. Cycle them with Tab / Shift-Tab; refresh the active view with r.

View-specific keys

View	Key	Action
Storage	m	Toggle Breakdown ↔ Largest-Messages mode
Storage	g	Cycle group_by (sender / mimetype / label) in Breakdown mode
Stale Threads	p	Toggle perspective (mine ↔ theirs)
Stale Threads	[ / ]	±7 days on older_than_days
Stale Threads	{ / }	±30 days on within_days
Contacts	m	Cycle sub-mode (asymmetry / decay / refresh)
Contacts	R	Refresh the materialized contacts table
Response Time	d	Toggle direction (clock ↔ business hours)
Subscriptions	o	Toggle ranking (volume ↔ open-rate)
Subscriptions	u	Open the unsubscribe-confirm modal for the selected row
Wrapped	h / j / k / l	Move between dashboard tiles
Wrapped	y / Y	Step year (back / forward)
Wrapped	t	Cycle window kind (YTD → Year → SinceDays)

Cross-view

Key	Action
Tab / Shift-Tab	Cycle views
r	Refresh active view
Enter	Drill down (sender → search filter; thread row → open conversation)
f	Open the filter modal — every CLI flag for the active view as an editable field
Esc	Return to Mailbox

Deliveries screen

Open with 7. Lists tracked packages detected in your mail.

Key	Action
j / k	Move selection
o / Enter	Open the source email inline in a split preview
Ctrl-d / Ctrl-u	Scroll the open email (when the preview is showing)
r	Resolve (mark delivered/done)
d	Dismiss (hide a false positive)
D	Cycle filter: active → delivered → all
g	Refresh the list
Esc	Close the preview, then return to Mailbox

Search query editor

Key	Action
Enter	Run search now
Tab	Change lexical / hybrid / semantic mode
Esc	Stop editing query

Search results

Key	Action
j / k	Move through results
Enter / o / l	Open selected result in preview
/	Edit query
Tab	Switch to preview
Esc	Return to mailbox

Search preview

Key	Action
j / k	Move through messages in the previewed thread
h / Esc	Return to results
Tab	Switch back to results
R	Toggle reader mode
A	Open attachments
L	Open links
r / a / f / e	Reply / reply all / forward / archive

Rules screen

Key	Action
j / k	Move rule selection
Enter / o	Refresh selected rule overview
n	New rule
E	Edit rule
e	Enable / disable rule
D	Dry-run selected rule
H	Show history
Ctrl-s	Save rule form
#	Delete rule

Diagnostics screen

Key	Action
Enter / o	Toggle fullscreen for the selected pane
d	Open selected section details
r	Refresh diagnostics
b	Generate bug report
c	Edit config
L	Open logs

Accounts screen

Key	Action
j / k	Move account selection
n	New IMAP/SMTP account
Enter / o	Edit selected account
t	Test selected account
d	Set selected account as default
c	Edit config
r	Refresh account inventory

Modal controls

Context	Keys
Help	j / k, Ctrl-d, Ctrl-u, o, Esc
Command palette	typing, j / k, Enter, Esc
Label picker	typing, j / k, Enter, Esc
Attachments	j / k, Enter / o, d, Esc
Bulk confirm	Enter / y confirm, Esc / n cancel
Snooze (preset list)	j / k move, Enter confirm, Esc close
Snooze (custom mode)	typing (live preview), Tab other reading, Enter snooze, Backspace, Esc back to presets
Reply queue	j / k, Enter / r reply, F focus & reply, Esc close
Snippets browser	j / k, Esc close
Sender profile	j / k select other sender email, Enter / o open selected email, Esc close
Screener queue	j / k navigate, a allow, d deny, f feed, p paper-trail, Esc close
Welcome / setup	d demo, g Gmail, i IMAP, Enter open form, Esc dismiss
Saved-search form	typing fields, Tab / Shift-Tab move, Ctrl-s save, Esc cancel
Saved-search delete	Enter / y confirm delete, Esc / n cancel
Compose send-confirm	s send, d save as draft, e re-edit, Esc cancel
Unsubscribe confirm	u unsubscribe + archive, U unsubscribe + trash, a archive only, A archive all from sender, Esc cancel
Analytics filter modal	typing fields, Tab / Shift-Tab move, Enter apply, Esc cancel
Error modal	j / k, Ctrl-d / Ctrl-u scroll, q / x / Esc close

Web app

The web app follows the TUI’s live bindings. One dispatcher reads every key from the shared action registry (apps/web/src/lib/actions/), so these tables, the in-app help (?), the command palette and Settings → Keybindings always agree. Where the web deliberately differs from the TUI, the note says why, and a test fails if the two clients bind the same key to different things without a listed reason. Keys never fire while you type in a field or while compose is open, except ⌘K / Ctrl+K.

Changed in 0.6.41

Web keys now match the TUI’s: g h opens the desk (was g d), g d opens Drafts (g E still does), g r / g p open Reading / Paper trail (were g R / g P, which keep working until 0.6.42), g H shows raw headers (was g h), and in Reading and Paper trail S sweeps a sender’s bundle and A the whole place (were s / S). Rules is 3 or the palette; g r no longer opens it.

Everywhere

Work on every page except while typing in a field or compose.

Key	Action	Note
⌘K / Ctrl+K, :, Ctrl+P	Command palette	Ctrl+P works on macOS; elsewhere it stays the browser’s Print
/	Search mail
?	Keyboard help
c	Compose
u, z	Undo last action	z also undoes, for Gmail muscle memory

Go to

g then a letter, as in the TUI. Digits match the TUI’s tabs.

Key	Action	Note
g 1 … g 9	Open saved search 1 to 9	In sidebar order, as the TUI’s tab strip
g h	Go to Now
g m	Go to Messages
g u, g p	Go to Updates
g e	Go to Archive
g w	Waiting on	A lane of the desk lens in the TUI
g i, g 0	Go to Inbox
g s	Go to Starred
g t	Go to Sent
g d, g E	Go to Drafts	One page here; in the TUI g d is the Drafts mailbox and g E its local drafts
g a	Go to All Mail
g l	Go to label
g A	Analytics
g y	Activity log
g L	Daemon logs
g c, 0	Settings	The TUI opens config.toml in $EDITOR; the web opens Settings
g n	Go to Snoozed	Web only
g #	Go to Trash	Web only
g !	Go to Spam	Web only
g q	Reply queue
g o	Owed replies
g v, 9	Calendar invites
g r	Reading
g S, 8	Screener
1	Mail
2	Search page
3	Rules
4	Accounts
5	Diagnostics
6	Analytics (tab)
7	Deliveries
g F	Focus & reply	F in the TUI’s reply queue
g x	To do

Mail actions

In the mail list they act on the selection or the row under the cursor; in the reader, on the open conversation.

Key	Action	Note
e	Archive
m	Mark read and archive	Same as the TUI; read/unread are I and U
#, Delete, Backspace	Move to Trash
!	Mark as spam
s	Star or unstar
I	Mark read
U	Mark unread
l	Labels…
v	Move to label…
Z	Snooze…
D	Unsubscribe…
b	Reply later…
t	Make a to-do from this
r	Reply
a	Reply all
f	Forward
E	Export as Markdown
B	Thread briefing
W	Who is this sender?
p	Sender profile
L	Links in this message
A	Attachments
i a	Accept invite
i m	Maybe (invite)
i d	Decline invite
i A	Accept with comment
i M	Maybe with comment
i D	Decline with comment

Mail list

Key	Action	Note
j, ArrowDown	Next conversation
k, ArrowUp	Previous conversation
g g, Home	First conversation
G, End	Last conversation
Ctrl+D, PageDown	Half page down
Ctrl+U, PageUp	Half page up
H	Top of screen
M	Middle of screen	L (bottom of screen) opens links, as in the TUI’s list pane
Enter, o, ArrowRight	Open conversation
h, ArrowLeft	Go to sidebar
w	This list’s row action	Web only
x	Select and move down
V	Visual line mode
* a, ⌘A / Ctrl+A	Select all
* n	Select none
* r	Select read	Web only
* u	Select unread	Web only
* s	Select starred	Web only
Esc	Clear selection, then close
g f, Ctrl+F	Filter this list	TUI Ctrl-f; Ctrl+F stays the browser’s Find off macOS, so g f works everywhere

Reader

Key	Action	Note
j, ArrowDown	Scroll down
k, ArrowUp	Scroll up
Ctrl+D, PageDown, Space	Page down
Ctrl+U, PageUp, Shift+Space	Page up
g g, Home	Top of thread
G, End	End of thread
J	Next message
K	Previous message
o	Expand or collapse message	The TUI shows every message, and its o opens the original, like O
X	Expand or collapse all	Web only
n	Next conversation	The TUI steps results with n/N; the web steps conversations
N	Previous conversation
]	Archive, open next	Web only
[	Archive, open previous	Web only
h, ArrowLeft	Back to list
Esc, q	Close conversation
R	Reader view, or back to plain
H	Formatted (HTML) view, or back to plain
M	Load remote images
S	Show or hide signatures
Q	Show or hide quoted text	Web only
g H	Raw headers	CLI mxr cat --view headers; not in the TUI
O	Open original in a new tab
y	Summarize thread
F	Full-width reader

Sidebar

Key	Action	Note
j, ArrowDown	Next item
k, ArrowUp	Previous item
g g	First item
G	Last item
Enter, o, l, ArrowRight	Open
[	Collapse section
]	Expand section

Screener

Key	Action	Note
a	Allow sender
d	Deny sender
f	Send to feed
p	Send to paper trail
j, ArrowDown	Next sender
k, ArrowUp	Previous sender

Focus & reply

One conversation at a time. In the reply, ⌘Enter sends and moves on; Tab out of the reply (or Esc in the rich-text editor) to use these keys.

Key	Action	Note
⌘ENTER / Ctrl+ENTER	Send and next
s	Skip for now	Goes to the end of the queue
e	Done, no reply needed	e on the desk in the TUI
Z	Snooze…
w	Send, remind me if nobody replies…
d	Draft in your voice
r	Back to the reply
Esc	Leave focus mode

Reading and Paper trail

Bundles of mail that isn’t from people. The reader keeps its own keys.

Key	Action	Note
j, ArrowDown	Next
k, ArrowUp	Previous
Enter, o	Open, or expand a bundle
e	Done here: let go of this in Updates or Reading
p	Pin or unpin (a sweep leaves pins)
S	Sweep this sender’s bundle…	Previews the daemon’s dry run first; undo afterwards
A	Sweep the whole place…	Everything unpinned here; previews first and opens on Cancel (Tab, then Enter)
K	Move sender to…	In the reader K is the previous message; use the palette or the line under the thread
D	Unsubscribe…

Customization

The web keymap is built into the app; there is no keys.toml equivalent yet.