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Authored by: rhowell on Jun 07, '04 01:15:06PM

If you have the preview pane open in Apple's Mail, with your list of Inbox messages on the top and the preview of the selected message on the bottom, then the up and down arrow keys will allow you to move the selection up and down the message list, subsequently showing you a preview of the newly selected message.



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Authored by: mephit on Jun 07, '04 01:50:47PM

While it is true you can use the preview pane and scroll through the message list with the arrow keys, there's still a snag. When you hit a message that's longer than the preview pane, you have to either mouse down or tab down to scroll through that message and then mouse back or tab back to move to the next message.

Personally, I like the way you can do it in Eudora. I have the open next message command set to CMND-Down arrow, then I just scroll through the window using the arrow keys. This means all navigation through the mail box can be done with just three keys (CMND, up arrow, down arrow). It would be nice if Mail allowed such a simple system. I just wish Eudora allowed the above to move you only to the next unread message, rather than just to the next in line.



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Arrow Keys?
Authored by: DanFrakes on Jun 08, '04 12:22:22PM
While it is true you can use the preview pane and scroll through the message list with the arrow keys, there's still a snag. When you hit a message that's longer than the preview pane, you have to either mouse down or tab down to scroll through that message and then mouse back or tab back to move to the next message.

Just use the space bar -- space scrolls the previewed message down, shift-space scrolls up. Between the arrow keys and space bar, you can do all that you want.

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Authored by: osxpounder on Jun 08, '04 06:06:35PM

But only if you use the Preview Pane.

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