Gmail includes a handy reading pane to give you a preview of the email content without opening it. Here’s how to manage the feature.
If you want to improve your productivity while browsing your emails, you can. Sometimes you may not have time to open each email to understand what it is about. So what can you do?
Fortunately, Gmail’s reading pane allows you to preview your emails without having to open them, and at any time, you can enable or disable this feature. Here, we will show you how to manage the feature.
How to enable the Gmail reading pane
Managing your reading pane is a unique Gmail feature that will improve the way you navigate your inbox. Managing this feature is quite simple and only requires you to change your settings. You can use this feature to increase your productivity in Gmail.
To enable the reading pane, this is what you need to do:
- Opened gmailand sign in to your account.
- Click on the setup gear in the upper right corner of the page.
- select See all settings.
- Go to the Inbox section.
- Go to reading paneand check the box next to Enable reading pane.
- Scroll down and select Save Changes.
How to Manage the Gmail Reading Pane
After you enable the reading pane, you also need to know how to manage it. To do this, follow these steps:
- Go to your inbox.
- In the upper right corner of Gmail. Click the drop down arrow next to the Toggle split panel mode icon.
- Choose between vertical division Y horizontal division. Your decision will be based on whether you want your reading pane to appear on the right side of the inbox page or in the bottom half of the page.
- Click on the Toggle split panel mode Click the icon in the upper right corner to remove the reading pane or to make it appear.
Quickly view emails from the reading pane
Viewing emails from the reading pane helps you avoid having to open a new page for an email you could have read in seconds. Fortunately, the instructions provided in this article will help you manage your reading pane. And if you’re looking for additional Gmail functionality, there are plenty of extensions that can help.