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<p dir="auto">Fredrik,<br>
Thank you for getting me on the right path! I had been looking into those pages - but never understood that option, or where to find the Identifier list :)</p>
<p dir="auto">I guess part of the appeal of MailMate is that you get out of it what you put into it :) I have enjoyed the complete customization of this mail program - the headaches of figuring out how to get it to work the way you wish brings the satisfaction of getting it done!</p>
<p dir="auto">Again, thanks to you and the MM folks who help out on this mailing list as well - it's a great community!</p>
<p dir="auto">Jim</p>
<p dir="auto">On 18 Jan 2026, at 4:29, Fredrik Jonsson wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Jim Bates via mailmate 2026-01-17 13:03 wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">I would like to be able to move my cursor/focus to the email view window and be able to CMD-A -> CMD-C the contents of the email body without having to use my mouse to "click" the focus within the e-mail body.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Check out "Custom keybindings" <a href="https://manual.mailmate-app.com/custom_key_bindings">https://manual.mailmate-app.com/custom_key_bindings</a></p>
<p dir="auto">And "Key Binding Selectors" <a href="https://manual.mailmate-app.com/key_binding_selectors">https://manual.mailmate-app.com/key_binding_selectors</a></p>
<p dir="auto">There you find "makeFirstResponder" that allow you to set focus to any layout part.</p>
<p dir="auto">You likely want "messageView" in this case.</p>
<p dir="auto">I use this in several of my custom keybindings, like this:</p>
<pre><code>"i" = ( "goToMailbox:", "INBOX", "makeFirstResponder:", "mainOutline", "selectFirstMessageRow:" );
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<p dir="auto">This binds "i" to go to the inbox and set focus on the list of e-mails (and select the first row) so I can use my arrow keys to traverse the list of e-mails.</p>
<p dir="auto">Fredrik</p>
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