These Yahoo e-mail keyboard shortcuts only work with the new Yahoo! Mail. You can always switch to it from your Yahoo Classic Mail.
Command | Shortcut |
Check Mail | m |
Check All Mail (includes all POP accounts) | Shift+m |
Close Current Tab | Ctrl+\ |
New Message | n |
New Folder | Ctrl+Shift+e |
Reply | r |
Reply All | a |
Put message in one of your first 9 folders | 1-9 (e.g., press 2 for 2nd folder; won’t work beyond 9) |
Forward message | f |
Mark As Read | k |
Mark As Unread | Shift+k |
Flag | l (that’s an L, not a one) |
Clear Flag | Shift+l (that’s an L, not a one) |
Delete Item | Your “delete” key |
p | |
Save Draft | Ctrl+s |
Send Message | Ctrl+Enter |
Turn Reading Pane on and off | v |
Navigate through tabs—leftwards motion | Ctrl+[ |
Navigate through tabs—rightwards motion | Ctrl+] |
Open message(s) in its own tab | Enter (select one message at a time) |
Edit contact info | Enter (select a contact first, in Contacts) |
Find a word or phrase in a message | Ctrl+f |
Expand window to maximum height | F11 |
Next message (in message tab) | Ctrl+. (that’s Ctrl with the period) |
Previous message (in message tab) | Ctrl+, (Ctrl with the comma) |
Skip to oldest unread message | Ctrl+Shift+End |
Move message to a folder | d |
Close read-message tab | Esc |
Start a new chat | c |
Search box | s |