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Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post

From "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post
Date 2026-08-16 00:41 +0100
Organization 255 software
Message-ID <115qtg3$3ppi3$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 2026/8/16 0:32:49, David E. Ross wrote:
> On 8/15/2026 3:25 PM, None wrote:
>> On 08/15/2026 17:10, Nobody wrote:
>>> On Sat, 15 Aug 2026 22:15:57 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver"
>>> <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there one? .
>>>
>>> According to this help file (in Help > Keyboard Shortcuts), it's a
>>> simple "S"... but I haven't tried it:
>>
>> I have-and it works.
>>
Ah, S for save or star - I should have thought of that! And yes, it is
in that file I have a print of - I just hadn't spotted it. (It's under
"tagging and marking", which I suppose makes sense.)>
> Since I am right-handed and 's' is at the left of my keyboard, it is
> easier merely to use my mouse in my right hand to click on the message
> under the star in the column header.
> 
I have my mouse under my left hand :-) (But still often find keyboard
things easier, especially when I'm using the keyboard anyway. Everyone's
MVs.)
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

One of my tricks as an armchair futurist is to "predict"  things that
are already happening and watch people tell me it will never happen.
Scott Adams, 2015-3-9

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Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-15 22:15 +0100
  Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-08-15 15:10 -0700
    Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post None <none@none.none> - 2026-08-15 17:25 -0500
      Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2026-08-15 16:32 -0700
        Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-16 00:41 +0100
          Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-08-15 22:35 -0700
            Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-16 19:47 +0100
              Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-08-16 13:31 -0700
                Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-08-16 23:53 +0200
                Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-08-16 15:06 -0700
          Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-16 10:13 +0100
            Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-16 19:55 +0100

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