Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Thunderbird: Can I go to message by number

Thunderbird: Can I go to message by number

I have configured Thunderbird to display the optional column "Order
Received" in my inbox, and to sort my inbox by this field. I find it very
convenient for browsing my large inbox, but jumping to a message with a
particular number is rather cumbersome. Is there any way to assign a
keboard shortcut, either in Thunderbird itself or by using some plug-in?
For example, let's say I have written myself a note pointing to message
214640; currently the only way I can navigate to it is by scrolling the
inbox pane with the mouse. The scrollbar is a rather blunt tool (in a
large inbox, a small movement will scroll by several hundred messages) and
I will typically already have the message number on the clipboard, so
something like control+g shift+insert ret would seem like an easy and
natural way to get there, but I cannot find a built-in function for
anything like this (and my attempts at Googling inevitably find oodles of
resources which explain basic to intermediate keyboard navigation, but
nothing about this particular use case).
For what it's worth, I'm on Xubuntu 12.04, Thunderbird 17.0.8.

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