Is there a keyboard shortcut or keyboard combination to (un)star all messages of a conversations thread in conversations view (i.e. not from the inbox view)?
2 Answers
I'm afraid there isn't.
The closest that you can get with straight-up Gmail is to
- Hit S to "star" the current message
- Hit N (or P) to move the focus to the Next (or Previous) message in the conversation
- Go to step #1; repeat until you run out of messages
Not ideal for more than half-a-dozen or so messages, since when fully collapsed ("show X more messages") the focus seems to pick one in that bunch at random rather than expanding the bunch so you can see all of the stars. It's also a bummer if you use multiple stars, since you need to hit S repeatedly to cycle through them.
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2Thank you. I will address this as a Gmail feature request to the devs.– orschiroOct 23, 2014 at 5:34
An easy way to un-star a bunch of conversations (assumes keyboard shortcuts is enabled) - in the Threadlist Selection screen:
Use the search bar to select the conversations you want to un-star. For example, to un-star conversations with the label
foo
, search for:label:foo is:starred
use the j and k keys to move down and up the list
- use the s key to un-star (or re-star) each conversation