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Geary has keyboard shortcuts for most common operations.

Compose a new message | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>N</key></keyseq> or <key>N</key>
Reply to sender | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>R</key></keyseq> or <key>R</key>
Reply to all | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>R</key></keyseq> or <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>R</key></keyseq>
Forward | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>L</key></keyseq> or <key>F</key>
Archive | <key>A</key>
Trash | <key>Delete</key> or <key>Backspace</key>
Delete | <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Delete</key></keyseq> or <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Backspace</key></keyseq>
Star | <key>S</key>
Unstar | <key>D</key>
Mark read | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>I</key></keyseq> or <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>I</key></keyseq>
Mark unread | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>U</key></keyseq> or <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>U</key></keyseq>
Move the conversation | <key>M</key>
Label the conversation | <key>L</key>
Jump to next (older) conversation | <keyseq><key>J</key></keyseq>
Jump to previous (newer) conversation | <keyseq><key>K</key></keyseq>
Toggle spam | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>J</key></keyseq> or <key>!</key>
Quit | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Q</key></keyseq>
Zoom in | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>=</key></keyseq> or <key>=</key>
Zoom out | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>-</key></keyseq> or <key>-</key>
Reset zoom | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>0</key></keyseq> or <key>0</key>
Close composer window | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>W</key></keyseq>
Jump to search box | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>S</key></keyseq>
Find in current conversation | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>F</key></keyseq>
Find next in current conversation | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>G</key></keyseq>
Find previous in current conversation | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>G</key></keyseq>

Composer shortcuts

These shortcuts are active whenever focus is in a composer.

Attach file | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>T</key></keyseq>
Quote text | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>]</key></keyseq>
Unquote text | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>[</key></keyseq>
Close composer | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>W</key></keyseq> or <key>Esc</key>
Detach composer | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>D</key></keyseq>

These shortcuts are only active in composers in rich text mode.

Bold text | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>B</key></keyseq>
Italicize text | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>I</key></keyseq>
Underline text | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>U</key></keyseq>
Strike text | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>K</key></keyseq>
Insert a link | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>L</key></keyseq>
Remove formatting | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Space</key></keyseq>

Keyboard navigation

These shortcuts can be used to move the keyboard focus in the main window.

Move focus to the next/previous pane | <keyseq><key>F6</key></keyseq> / <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>F6</key></keyseq>
Move focus to conversation list | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>B</key></keyseq>
Move to the next message in a conversation | <keyseq><key>Space</key></keyseq>
Move to the next/previous message in a conversation | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Down</key></keyseq> / <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Up</key></keyseq>
Move to the first/last message in a conversation | <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Home</key></keyseq> / <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>End</key></keyseq>