![]() ![]() How to Turn on Keyboard Shortcuts When Working in Gmail in a Browser Continue below to see where you can find the setting that lets you use keyboard shortcuts in Gmail, plus find out more information about the shortcuts that will be available to you once the setting is turned on. Gmail supports some shortcuts, although that support might not currently be enabled for your Gmail account. You might already be using some common ones, like Ctrl + C to copy, or Ctrl + Z to undo an action, but many applications will support a large number of shortcuts that can enable you to perform specific actions much more quickly than might otherwise be possible. Pro Tip: I’ve written quite a bit about Gmail and Google services.Keyboard shortcuts can be very helpful in programs and applications that support them. The good news: You now have hover actions enabled, regardless of what else you change! In fact, there are a lot of really useful Gmail settings to explore, hundreds of them, if you want to spend some time poking around. Auto-advance? I like that so I can spin through my email quickly, but you can tweak it as desired. I encourage you to enable all of these, though probably Autocorrect is the most likely to cause stress since it can “correct” a misspelled word to something completely different, but grammar + spelling + autocorrect will definitely make your email messages clearer and more coherent. ![]() There are a couple of additional settings you may want to consider too while you’re in this area: Simply “ Enable hover actions“, go to the very bottom of the screen to click “ Save Changes“, and you’re all set. Scroll down carefully until you see this: Click on “ See all settings“, then ensure that you’re on the “General” tab along the top. Either way, I admit, that window has lots more options, including some fun layout and theme options to try out, but it’s the top link we want. If you have the original view, I’m guessing you’ll have an option to try out the new Gmail view. If you’re running the new user interface design, you’ll see this: Start by clicking on the gear icon on the top right. But if you aren’t seeing those four shortcut icons show up, how do you enable it? HOW TO ENABLE HOVER ACTIONS IN GMAIL That last one is one of those lesser-known Gmail features too: You can set it so an email message is hidden until a specific time and date, something that can be really handy if you get work email during the weekend: Just snooze it until Monday morning. That’s what Gmail calls “ Hover Actions” and they are, left-to-right, archive, delete, mark as unread, and snooze. When I move my cursor over any of the emails on the list, notice what replaces the timestamp on the right: To start out, let’s make sure we’re talking about the same thing. If you have some inside scoop on why it hasn’t been revised and revamped, even if it’s just a conspiracy theory, post it as a comment and let’s see if we can figure out what’s really going on at Gmail HQ! Meanwhile, though, what you seek is called “hover actions” and it’s something you can set in the Settings area. But Gmail? It’s the same Settings area that I first saw when receiving an invite to join the early beta so many years ago. ![]() MacOS and Windows keep revising their Settings areas to make them more friendly and both Android and iOS include a Settings search feature to help you find what you seek quickly on your mobile device. For all that Gmail is so popular, however, it’s surprising how little attention has gone into the settings and configuration portion of the web-based application. That’s “billion with a b”, as they say, and it’s a bit hard to wrap your head around, that more than 10% of the population of the planet has an account set up (or, perhaps, there are a few thousand people with millions of different accounts!). Google’s Gmail is insanely successful with well over a billion active email accounts. ![]()
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