is there a keyboard shortcut to mail an attachment?

[g-boac]

Is there a keyboard shortcut in Mail or Finder to e-mail a selected file(s) as an attachment? I'm thinking of something analogous to how shift-command-i in Safari automatically pastes a link to whatever you're viewing into an e-mail message, for you to address and send.

thanks!
Mark

 

[BlueRevolution]

There's a menu item to do so. In Finder, go to Finder -> Services -> Mail -> Send File. You ought to be able to use the Keyboard & Mouse preference pane to map a keyboard shortcut to that.

 

[g-boac]

Eureka!

BlueRevolution:
Got it! Thanks!!!

cheers,
Mark

 

[txnoob]

BlueRevolution:
Got it! Thanks!!!

cheers,
Mark

How exactly did you do this ??? I would love to have a keyboard shortcut to do this.

 

[Olivier L.]

Alternate: Quicksilver

In case you have it or were thinking to use it...

I regularly send attachment with quicksilver: I select the file (in finder or on desktop) then call Quicksilver, point to Cu...rrent Selected Item(s), then M...ail to, then i type the name of the recipient (or the first letters)...

In total, this takes around 3 seconds..

 

[BlueRevolution]

Yeah, Quicksilver will get the job done too. Still, in this case a key combo is preferable to a brief series of keystrokes. Don't get me wrong, Quicksilver is an amazing app, but sometimes key mapping is nice too.

 

[jamesarm97]

I wrote a Applescript / folder action that will take all the files I drag into that one folder (called 'Files to Email') and create a new email and automatically attach those files to the email.

 

[txnoob]

One think I'm absolutely unfamiliar with is this process. I went and tried to create a new one, but I don't get how you assign it to a function in Mail? Can someone break down how you do this or point me to a reference. I searched for it through help but only told me how to change an existing one.

 

[Consultant]

Drag file onto your email client app icon in dock or drag onto the email message you are writing.

 

[txnoob]

Yep, that one I understand. Quite nifty really. But was wondering about a keystroke combo that would automatically open mail and insert the selected file into a new email

 

[yeknommonkey]

Adding custom commands

You can add things like this using the keyboard settings.

I've just done exactly what you want to do (i think...)

1. Open System Preferences

2. Go to the 'Keyboard' Item

3. click on 'keyboard shortcuts' tab

4. in the left hand column, select 'Services'

5. in the right hand column choose the selection for 'Messaging' (click the arrow to pen the sub text if it's not there already) and then make sure "New Email With Attachment" is TICKED.
add a keyboard shortcut such as "Command, Shift E" by selecting the blank area to the right of the wording, and then hitting that Keyboard Combo you want to use

6. close system prefs, and test it out - works from finder - and probably anything else where the services directory is available, if you have keyboard conflicts where you have used the same keystroke in another app, you may need to choose a different one, or assign it only to finder.

hope it works for you!

 

[aumtea]

Suggestion...

7. Open and Close Mail - before this worked for me

 

[lawlist]

New Email With Attachment

Thanks -- I used 10.6.4 system preferences to assign to Finder a keyboard shortcut to "New Email With Attachment" which is listed under services when the finder focus is on a file, and it worked -- thanks for the suggestions which led me to the resolution.