Keyboard Shortcut for Applying a Label

glassich

It would be really helpful if there was a keyboard shortcut to quickly apply a label to a message. Just have the shortcut pop up a menu with available labels (& the ability to create a new one on the fly) that we can quickly click on & apply to a message.

Pesala

@glassich There already is on my keyboard. See the Menu Key.

Press that, followed by the Access Key, which is b for the English UI.

Labels Submenu.png

jumpsq

I assumed that I had made this request before, but I cannot find it any more, so I probably have not. I think that it would be best if single key shortcuts like l would simply open the label list, and allow one or multiple selections (I'm not quite sure what should be the default, as both have their advantage, but probably the list should just close on Enter).

M2 opens such a list with a simple l press by default, and I believe that such single key shortcuts are very much easier than having to use multi-key shortcuts that even involve the menu key...

// well, kinda found it.

glassich

@pesala I'm on a Mac, I don't have a menu key.

janrif

@Pesala said in Keyboard Shortcut for Applying a Label:

@glassich There already is on my keyboard. See the Menu Key.

Press that, followed by the Access Key, which is b for the English UI.

@Pesala I'm lost here. This appears to be something I would be interested in but I don't understand the steps to get there. Can you help me out with a bit more detail? TIA

Pesala

@janrif If you don't have an access key, I guess you will have to right-click, then use the access keys.

solidsnake

@janrif That is actually a key for the right mouse button.
With messages window selected, press the menu key to open the pop-up menu, and then press the underlined letter of particular menu item.

In that menu, b is for labels submenu, then another key for exact label. That's three single key presses, but until there is not a command to be assigned to a keyboard shortcut, this is the keyboard way
Either that or AHK.

janrif

@solidsnake said in Keyboard Shortcut for Applying a Label:

That is actually a key for the right mouse button.

@solidsnake tks for helping out but I'm lost. What is the actual key for right mouse button? I don't think I have a menu key. I read the Wikipedia article & tried all the key combos. None did the trick. So what am I missing? BTW I know I can right click & get to labels quite quickly; it's the very first step that has me befuddled. TIA

solidsnake

@janrif It is located between right Alt and Ctrl on the right side on the keyboard.
If your keyboard doesn't have this key, then you can use Shift+F10. Same function.

nomadic

@janrif You are correct, Macs don't appear to have that functionality by default.

You can check out some of the solutions provided on this question:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/32715/how-do-i-open-the-context-menu-from-a-mac-keyboard

janrif

@Pesala @solidsnake problem solved. Found old keyboard w menu button & found directions how to program keys here using MS Power Toys found here.

Hope this helps someone.

Denyerec

In thunderbird, you press 1-6 to apply labels. No faffing. It would be nice to see this in Vivaldi.

robinkeunen

Adding my vote here, i'd love to be able to process my mail with either 1-6 labels like in thunderbird or touch L then choosing the label.

For this workaround to work, I had to remap a dead key from my keyboard (PrtSc) to menu then hit

Menu
b (l is mapped to flags in the menu, reordering might help)
<first letter of label>

Pesala

@robinkeunen If you have no Windows Key on your keyboard, try Shift+F10, which displays the context menu for me on Windows. If an email is selected, you can apply labels using the Access Keys, as stated above.

@Pesala said in Keyboard Shortcut for Applying a Label:

Press that, followed by the Access Key, which is b for the English UI.

This request has only 7 votes after two years, so I advise finding a workaround. Since users can delete labels and add custom labels, it might not be easy to implement this feature.

robinkeunen

Thank you for your answer : I'm using the workaround cited above

Denyerec

I thought I'd search for this issue as I was trying Vivaldi mail again today - Turns out I was as frustrated with it 2 years ago as I was today and posted both times :'D I'd forgotten all about it!
4 keystrokes involving two hands (Shift + f10 when I've one hand on a pen& tablet is ugly) vs numbers 1-5... I evidently still can't get over how grizzly that is.
Going to bind Ctrl1-5 to the hotkey marathon workaround using AutoHotkey, but still wishing it was a native set of hotkeys