Reference
Settings and mouse
The in-app settings screen, and what the mouse does.
Settings
, opens settings. ? opens it on the Keys tab. Switch tabs with h l, tab, or the number keys:
| # | Tab | |
|---|---|---|
1 |
General | every [ui] option that’s useful to change while running |
2 |
Accounts | your accounts, their connection state and folders. a adds, ⏎ edits, d removes. See Accounts |
3 |
Calendars | calendar and contacts servers, and the calendars found on each. a ⏎ d manage servers, space shows or hides a calendar, * makes one the default, $ syncs |
4 |
Keys | every shortcut. / filters |
5 |
Theme | the active theme, its palette and a preview |
General
| Section | Setting | Key in [ui] |
|---|---|---|
| Reading | Group into threads | threads |
| Reading | Start threads folded | collapse_threads |
| Reading | Mark read after | mark_read_ms (0–10000 ms) |
| Writing | Undo send window | undo_send_secs (0–60 s) |
| Calendar | Time zone | calendar_timezone |
| Calendar | Today in mail sidebar | agenda_in_mail |
| Calendar | Notifications | notifications |
| Calendar | Remind before | reminder_minutes (0–120 min) |
| Calendar | Zoom link | zoom_link |
| Calendar | Meet account | meet_account |
| Layout | Sidebar width | sidebar_width (12–60 columns) |
| Layout | Message list width | list_percent (20–80 %) |
| Layout | Nerd Font icons | icons |
| Layout | Paint background | paint_background |
| Layout | Mouse | mouse |
| Layout | Date format | date_format |
| Files | Download folder | download_dir |
| Files | External editor | editor |
⏎ or space toggles a switch or starts editing a value. + and - step numbers. Changes apply immediately and are saved to config.toml in place: your comments, ordering and anything tern doesn’t manage stay as you wrote them. Each setting is described on the Configuration page.
Mouse
The mouse is on by default (mouse = true).
- Click a folder to open it, or a message to select it.
- Double-click a message, or a folded thread, to read it.
- The wheel scrolls whichever pane it’s over. Scrolling the list doesn’t change which message is selected.
- In the calendar, click an event to select it (double-click shows its details). Clicking a calendar in the sidebar shows or hides it.
- In settings, click a tab or a switch. Click a value twice to edit it.
Shift-drag still selects text in most terminals. To get the terminal’s plain selection back, turn Mouse off in settings.