Gmail Tip - Selecting Multiple Messages

May 7th, 2007 by Ross McKillop | Print This Post Print This Post
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Here’s one I just learned the other day -

If you need to select a series of messages in Gmail, click the first one ..

hold down the Shift key and select the last one ..

Ta-da!

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  1. 17 Responses to “Gmail Tip - Selecting Multiple Messages”

  2. By Derek on May 7, 2007 | Reply

    I found something else to be really usefull in Gmail. Once you are ready to send your e-mail, just hit ‘Tab+Space’ in that sequnce and your message will be sent! tab+space

  3. By Ross McKillop on May 7, 2007 | Reply

    I’ll be damned. You’re right. That’s genius!

  4. By LissaKay on May 11, 2007 | Reply

    Ctrl also works to select non-sequential emails

  5. By LissaKay on May 11, 2007 | Reply

    And the Tab+Space combo works here too

  6. By Spencer on May 11, 2007 | Reply

    Tab+Enter also works to send emails within Gmail…

  7. By chris on May 11, 2007 | Reply

    doesn’t seem to work with me? firefox issue? https issue?

  8. By Jim C. on May 11, 2007 | Reply

    tabbins one or more times moves the focus (I think that’s the word) to another spot on the page. Pressing space at that point is the same as clicking on that spot. Can be used for things like regular buttons, radio buttons and checkboxes.

  9. By Jim C. on May 11, 2007 | Reply

    tabbins -> tabbing

  10. By James on Dec 14, 2007 | Reply

    ok, this discussion’s topic was covered well enough and even added to BUT:

    how does one select multiple recipients? :

    I put an ad online, got responses, to which this entire group I want to send a general info reply, & I’d like to be able to just select each recipient in my inbox and click reply BUT there is no reply button there.

    OK, drop knowledge on me at least one person–amidst the babble of spammers, lowlifes, and posers pretending to know but just critiquing or doublspeaking. Maybe I’ll get no replies.

  11. By James F. Rooney on Apr 30, 2008 | Reply

    once several emails are selected, can they be batch printed, rather than the tedious method of loading them in individually and printing them one by one?

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