Eudora Keybindings

Penelope adds a new settings panel, appropriately called 'Penelope':

Penelope settings panel.PNG

This panel presents 2 options; Shortcuts (key bindings) to use, which is covered here, and the [UI style].

"Use Shortcuts"

You can choose whether to use Eudora-like key shortcuts, or use the standard Thunderbird Shortcuts. This page will not attempt to list all the shortcuts, but will list some of the most-common.

Check Mail:

  • Penelope: Control/Command - M (Note, on Mac OS X Command-M is currently used by the System to minimize the window)
  • Thunderbird: Control/Command-Shift - T

New Message:

  • Penelope: Control/Command - M
  • Thunderbird: Control/Command-Shift - T

Send/Queue Message:

  • Penelope: Control/Command - E
  • Thunderbird: (none)

Open Address Book:

  • Penelope: Control/Command - L
  • Thunderbird: Control/Command - 2


A more comprehensive list:

Keys Function Supported Issues
Command+. Stop the current action
Command+0 Open Out mailbox Finds Sent, not Out
Command+1 Open In mailbox Finds Inbox, not In
Command+3 Selected text URL 1
Command+4 Selected text URL 2
Command+5 Selected text URL 3
Command+6 Check spelling
Opt+Command+6 [Mac]
Shift+Command+6 [Win]
Find Next Misspelling
Opt+Command+Shift+6 Add to dictionary Key is disabled by default on Windows
Command+7 Selected text URL 4
Command+8 Selected text URL 5
Command+9 Selected text URL 6
Command+- Send Queued messaged
Command+= Enter selection in find window
Command+' Remove quote level Selected text is unselected after operation. No menu item.
Command+Shift+' Add quote level Selected text is unselected after operation. No menu item.
Command+, Finish address book entry
Command+[ Lower message priority
Command+] Raise message priority
Command+A Select All
Command+B Make text bold
Command+C Copy
Command+D Delete
Command+E Send Immediately
Command+F Find
Option+Command+F Search
Command+F Find again
Command+H Attach document
Command+I Make text italic
Command+J Mark as junk
Option+Command+J Mark as not junk
Command+K Create address book entry
Command+L Address book
Command+M Check mail
Command+N New message
Command+O Open file
Command+P Print
Command+Q Quit
Command+R Reply
Command+S Save
Command+T Make selected text plain
Command+U Underline text
Command+V Paste
Command+W Close window
Command+X Cut
Command+Y [Eudora] Directory Services Cannot be supported with this key as it is mapped to Redo
Command+Y Redo Seems to not work reliably for core mozilla code. Not an extension issue.
Command+Z Undo
F3 Find again


(Feel free to add more)