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Selecting and Bulk Actions

Use selection mode to apply actions to multiple threads at once.

Click Select in a message list toolbar. The toolbar changes to show the number of selected threads.

Click Cancel to leave selection mode.

In selection mode:

  • Click a row to select or deselect it.
  • Shift-click another row to select a range.
  • Drag across rows to add or remove a range.
  • Press Command-A to select every thread on the current page.

The bottom action bar includes:

  • Read
  • Unread
  • Archive
  • Trash
  • Star, when Starred actions are enabled
  • Labels

SwiftMail shows a progress overlay while a bulk action is running. If only some threads are updated, it reports how many succeeded and how many failed.

The bulk label picker supports three states:

  • Checked labels are on every selected thread.
  • Minus labels are on some selected threads.
  • Empty labels are on none of the selected threads.

Click a label to change its state, then click Done to apply it.