[Users] shortcut to go to a specific folder

[George Avrunin]

On Thu, 27 May 2021 10:11:28 -0000, Paul wrote:

> Create an Action, (/Configuration/Actions):
> 
> (Menu Name can be what you want, this is just an example.
> In Action replace MAILBOX NAME and FOLDER NAME with your actual values)
> 
> Menu Name: GoTo/MySpecialFolder
> Action: claws-mail --select "#imap/[MAILBOX NAME]/[FOLDER NAME]"
> Make sure 'Shell command' is selected.
> 
> Then add a keyboard shortcut to the new menu item, under
> /Tools/Actions/...
> 
> Unfortunately, in their wisdom, the gtk devs made setting hotkeys
> impossible in the GTK 3 UI, (and it has not yet been reimplemented in
> claws-mail), so you will need to quit Claws Mail, open
> ~/claws-mail/menurc, locate the new Action entry, remove the leading
> semi-colon and space, and at the end of the line enter your chosen
> hotkey combo:
> 
> E.g., replace the ending  "") with "<Shift><Alt>G").
> 
> with regards
> 
> Paul

Thanks, Paul.  That works perfectly.  I thought of using an action, but
it wasn't clear to me how to construct the right action.  

And thanks also to Milan for the information about using the Lua plugin.
I will keep that in mind for other uses in the future.

  George


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