I am sorting out my Gmail account, and started labeling emails, but I can't seem to figure out what the different icons mean in the labeling dropdown menu. There are 3 icons:
- empty
- minus
- checked
You can see them in the screenshot below:
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1Great question! I did some minor changes: gmail => Gmail, and added ALT text to your screenshot. Hope that's OK!– Vidar S. RamdalOct 30, 2018 at 11:58
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When you have multiple messages/conversations selected and you click the labels button there are three options for the list of labels presented:
- empty: none of the messages/conversations selected are using that label
- minus: some of the messages/conversations selected are using that label
- checked: all of the messages/conversations selected are using that label
If you only have one message/conversation selected then only empty and checked will be used.
answered Oct 30, 2018 at 11:02
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1That's a great explanation. Where did you find more information on this?– TitulumOct 30, 2018 at 11:06
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And how can I add a message to a label so that it will be gone from my inbox?– TitulumOct 30, 2018 at 11:13
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2@Titulum Add a label to a message, then click archive. The archive button removes the inbox label. Or use the move button to do it in one step. Remember a message/conversation can have multiple labels. Oct 30, 2018 at 12:03
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2@Titulum Tri-state checkboxes are fairly common for decades already, so most likely I assume Gmail will have no documentation specifically documenting this. Oct 30, 2018 at 12:57
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@Titulum yup this feature was in Windows for a very long time (maybe since XP?), not sure who invented it Oct 30, 2018 at 14:02