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Gmail documentation clarifies "y"

To follow up on previous posts about Gmail and how I think that the "y" key, aka "Archive" really means the same thing that "delete" did in m previous mail system - Gmail's help center seems to have clarified. From the Gmail Help Center post on what the keyboard shortcuts are, it now specifies:

keyDefinitionAction
yArchive*
*Remove from current view
Automatically removes the message or conversation from your current view.
  • In Inbox View, 'y' means Archives
  • In Starred View, 'y' means Unstar
  • In Spam View, 'y' means Unmark as spam and move to Inbox
  • In Trash View, 'y' means move to Inbox
  • In Label View, 'y' means Remove the label

So, they admit that "y" means a different "archive" than the normal "archive" option from the Gmail drop down menu. Good to know that it unmarks Spam, though, I hadn't discovered that little gem...

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