NVDA short cut key strokes for GMAIL

[Rms Danaraj]

Hi friends,
I use gmail a lot.
I want to know the short cut keys available to do better navigation.
so kindly list the short cutkey key strokes available.
now I use tab and shift tab to go around.
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1 compose
2. search
3.settings
provide any( or all!!!) key strokes for better navigation.
Thank you!!!
Robert

[Quentin Christensen]

Hi Robert,

Here is Google's page of shortcut keys for Gmail: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6594?hl=en-ag&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop

Note that to use single letter shortcut keys in Gmail, you'll want to disable NVDA's own single letter shortcut keys (like H to jump to heading etc).  To do that, press NVDA+shift+spacebar.

Kind regards

Quentin

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[Mujtaba Merchant]

Looks like Google wants to really exercise our fingers and brains, with so many keyboard combinations it's like you are going to end up writing code. You have to constantly switch between Browse and Focus mode to be able to get to where you want to and on the page shared; I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - also a song by the band U2

 

My honest opinion, configure your Gmail to a desktop client like Thunderbird OR Outlook and save your self the trouble. Coincidentally I had to struggle with Gmail on the web just yesterday, as I had to get some verification code to help set up my daughters account, which is a child account and it cannot be configured to Forward mail to another ID or be configured with Outlook.

Sincerely,

 

Mujtaba Merchant

Bangalore | INDIA

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