Equivalent of 'archive' for priority inbox \ multiple inbox

Question

I'm using multiple inbox to split between my general mail and work related mail (which has a specific label)

To avoid seeing the work mail also in the inbox section, I archive the mail labeled work.

But in this situation, there is no way to 'archive' the work mail from the work inbox. currently I use stars to mark mail that should be seen in the work inbox (and use the filter is:starred and label:work for the section)

priority inbox is even more problematic, as you can filter just by label, and not use a complex query.

Does any one have a better solution?

Answer 1

You can do this with the Priority Inbox although not with functionality out of the box.

The only way that I have found to do it is either with the element inspector in chrome/safari or with firebug in firefox. The good news is that once you have made the settings change it will work in all browsers.

1. Go to the priority inbox settings tab.
2. Click the options next to the section you want to show your work mail.
3. Click "More Options..."
4. Inspect the element for the "Work" Label
5. You will notice on the surrounding div there is an attribute cfg="^all,Work", change the value to "^i,Work"
6. Select the label on the page as you normally would

You will know if it worked or not straight away because the section settings should now read : Inbox, Work instead of the All Work that it used to read.

You now have your mail split and can still Archive Work labelled mail to remove it from the inbox.

HTH.

Answer 2

This has totally changed my life, thanks. My inbox is about four hundred times more useful now.

I am a total n00b, but I thought I would add some images, because I have found this procedure so helpful. I hope they make sense.

In my case, I wanted to have a section in my inbox for uni emails that weren't yet archived.

1. Go to settings

2. Go to the Inbox tab in settings (ignore the fact that my section is already called 'Inbox, uni' here – I had already renamed it)

   

3. Click on 'options' and then 'more options'

4. Scroll down to the label you want to modify (in my case, 'uni'), and right-click on it.

   

5. This will bring up the menu. Go down to 'inspect element'

6. Have a look at the surrounding div, and you will see cfg="^all,uni" (or the equivalent)

7. Click on the element (i.e. literally click on the word all), and type in 'i' instead of 'all'

8. Save changes! That's it.

Now, when you go back to your inbox, your section should be there. Try archiving a couple of messages and see if they disappear from your inbox.