Gmail 'Expand all' keyboard shortcut

Press Alt+A to expand or collapse a Gmail thread

Total ratings

4.20 (Rating count: 10)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Fills an important gap in Gmail's keyboard shortcuts
  • Works effectively when in the inbox
  • Many users appreciate the added functionality
  • Provides a feature that should be native to Gmail
Cons
  • Not working for many users anymore
  • Options menu is grayed out, limiting customization
  • Functionality seems limited to the inbox view only
  • Occasional re-opening of email threads unexpectedly
Most mentioned
  • Not working anymore
  • Thankful for the extension
  • Options menu inaccessible
  • Works as it should when functional
  • Surprised it isn't a native Gmail feature
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User reviews

Recent rating average: 3.70
All time rating average: 4.20
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Date Author Rating Lang Comment
2024-02-06
Ami Weinberg		 en Was great while it lasted. It looks like this is now obsolete and unsupported. I recommend switching to Gmail Shortcuts and customizing the desired keys. See: http://tinyurl.com/2zu87svz & http://tinyurl.com/2ymw76jt
2023-09-26
Elizabeth Anne Fleming		 It's not working anymore. Not sure why, it was awesome when it worked! I hope this gets fixed or I can figure if it's user error... I re-installed it and it's still not working.
2023-09-26
Elizabeth Anne Fleming		 en It's not working anymore. Not sure why, it was awesome when it worked! I hope this gets fixed or I can figure if it's user error... I re-installed it and it's still not working.
2022-03-04
Eitan Lallouz		 WHERE has this been all my life!?! THANK YOU developer for a feature that Google should have made native years ago!!!!!
2022-03-04
EL		 en WHERE has this been all my life!?! THANK YOU developer for a feature that Google should have made native years ago!!!!!
2019-07-23 Brandon Craft Works like a charm. Only issue is, Options is grayed out. I'm assuming this is where you change the shortcut key, but I don't really have a need to be in options... Yet.
2019-04-25
Kevin Trammel		 This seems to work only if you're in the inbox. If I'm viewing any other label or a set of search results, it will not work. The latter is probably the instance during which I find I most want this functionality, when i'm sifting through emails to find a particular item of information.
2018-05-03
Ben Ashley - JLUK		 It's very effective for such a small extension. My only gripe is that sometimes Gmail will "Re-open" some of the mail threads for no reason. Maybe this is something the creator can look into.
2017-07-12
ivan jovovic		 Works as it should. Nice one!
2017-07-12
ivan jovovic		 en Works as it should. Nice one!
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