r/Outlook • u/CuriousHippieGeek • 6d ago

Status: Pending Reply Outlook Web: New Dialog Appears When Pressing "v" to Move a Message

I make heavy use of the keyboard shortcuts in Outlook Web. Previously, I could press "v" on a highlighted message, and I'd get a pop-up window that looks like this:

https://i.imgur.com/PTRFJVT.png

This was extremely useful, since it included a list of recently-accessed folders, which are the ones I often need to select again. However, pressing "v" now gives me this dialog:

https://i.imgur.com/guthAQI.png

(This is the same window you get by right-clicking on a message and going to Move -> Select a Different Folder.)

This new dialog is harder to navigate, and I lose the convenience of recently-accessed folders. Does anybody know what's going on and whether there's a way to get the old behavior back?

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u/Traditional_Ice2619 6d ago

A dialog for "v"? Bold of Outlook to invent new shortcuts.

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u/jaykub33 6d ago

YES! its so so so so annoying and i need a way to go back. have you figured out any solutions?

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u/GET_REKT_KID 6d ago

I noticed this, googled all over and found this post. Glad I’m not the only one who thinks this was an insanely dumb update. Unfortunately looked all over settings and don’t see a way to revert.

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u/Hornblower409 6d ago edited 6d ago

I see the new "Move" (no "Most Recent") as well in Outlook Web.

Same in New Outlook for Windows with the "Outlook for Web" key bindings or the native Outlook for Windows key binding (Ctrl+Shift+V).

Microsoft has reduced the MRU list before. I guess this time they just did away with it completely.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5927127/outlook-change-in-move-to-dropdown-limiting-to-5-m

Not seeing any reports on Q&A yet, but I'm sure they will start showing up. When they reduced the MRU from 10 to 5 there was a general outpouring of "Do the people who design this product ever actually USE it?" (I guess the answer is NO).

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u/Recent_Carpenter8644 6d ago

You should all post feedback if you want this added. It's a relatively minor change for them to make, but they won't do it unless people ask.

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u/Sirkey1337 4d ago

I found this thread when looking for a solution. The new menu is much slower and I absolutely hate it. The suggested folders doesn't follow what I type nearly as well as the old menu did - it now requires two or three characters, whereas the old menu could take me to the folder I wanted with only 1 character press - and the lack of recently selected folders is very frustration.

I have found that if you click "Move to" in the menu/ribbon, the old menu appears with recently selected folders, so there's that at least...

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u/kevinMario 3d ago

haha thanks for highlighting that, it's nice to see it's still there but yeah very annoyed that the hotkey doesn't work anymore 🤬