Lion Mail - snap to top of Inbox?

Anthony, I'm with you and feel sure we aren't the only ones! I stopped filing my emails in folders years ago so my inbox is large. Apple's Mail search (especially now in Lion) enables me to find emails easily. However, after such a search there is no quick way (that I can find) to go straight to the top of the list.

Help please!

One option is to restore the classic layout with the column sorts. Mail > Preferences > Viewing tab > check "use classic layout".

Regards,

Captfred

Maybe I've misuderstood; don't you just click the "Sort by date" tab and choose ascending or descending?

Cheers,

Andy

captfred:

1. I had the same issue with Mail in Snow Leopard so don't believe this will provide a solution.

2. I like the new version, I paid for the new version, people who select 'retro version' IMHO are luddites

3. Thank you for taking the tine to reply however!

Steve

slowcoach65:

thank you also for replying but this is not the problem. I hardly ever sort other than by date but I have >18,000 emails in my inbox and if a search leaves me a couple of thousand down the list there doesn't seem to be a way to 'snap' back to the top. I just have to scroll, scroll, scroll. Not the most arduous task, I'll admit and, after the first scroll, the scroll bar (or whatevber it's called now) appears and I can drag it to the top. It would be so much more "Apple" tho' for there to be a shortcut a la iPhone tapping the menu bar to return to the top.

Perhaps there is and I haven't found it.

anyone... Buehler...

Anthony. Thank you. I had to make space in my menu bar for the icon but it works a treat. I'm a happy camper now.

Steve

If your keyboard doesn't have dedicated home/end buttons -- you can use Fn-Left Arrow for Home and Fn-Right Arrow for End. This works for the inbox. So no special software required.

Odelljamie. That's a great tip, works perfectly. Actually trying it out I accidently found a 5 yr old email from ex fiance. Anyway ...

Hi there. I found a solution but it requires you to use automator. I've written a short appscript that works for me.

You can then assign a keyboard shortcut for mail to activate it. (command and =) works very well IMO

Here is the short applecript. Open up automator and create a new service for mail application (without input needed at the top) and dump this applescript...

tell application "System Events"

keystroke "f" using {command down, option down}

key code 53

keystroke "1" using {command down}

key code 115

end tell

or if that one doesn't work for you and you don't mind the window closing briefly use this one instead

tell application "System Events"

keystroke "w" using {command down}

keystroke "1" using {command down}

end tell

slight mod in code to make it more reliable

tell application "System Events"

keystroke "f" using {command down, option down}

key code 53

keystroke "1" using {command down}

delay 1

key code 115

end tell

Function-left arrow.

No monkeying around. Just works. (for me, at least)

Or, using voice commands:

"Move page to top"

PRESTO!

you're at the top (in mail too).

🙂

Dave

Function-left arrow.

No monkeying around. Just works. (for me, at least)

AWESOME!. Been trying to figure that out for some time. Apparently, I never hit the right combination.