title: Neomutt binding questions for unread emails and sidebar navigation
body: <p>I'm working on setting up neomutt for the first time and have hit a couple of stumbling blocks with key bindings, and wanted to confirm if I was doing something wrong or if what I'm looking to do isn't possible.</p>
  <h2>Sidebar navigation</h2>
  <p>I've currently navigate emails using the up and down arrow keys, and the sidebar using the below commands I'd like to make things a little easier in my neomutt config, and change my sidebar navigation keys to be <code>ctrl+Up</code> and <code>ctrl+Down</code>. I've tried to use <code>\C&lt;Up&gt;</code>, <code>\C&lt;\Up\&gt;</code> and other variations but none seem to work.:</p>
  <pre><code>bind index,pager \Cp sidebar-prev       # Ctrl-p - Previous Mailbox
  
  bind index,pager \Cl sidebar-next       # Ctrl-l - Next Mailbox
  
  bind index,pager \Co sidebar-open       # Ctrl-o - Open Highlighted Mailbox
  </code></pre>
  <p>I'd like to make things a little easier in my neomutt config, and change my sidebar navigation keys to be <code>ctrl+Up</code> and <code>ctrl+Down</code>. I've tried to use <code>\C&lt;Up&gt;</code>, <code>\C&lt;\Up\&gt;</code> and other variations but none seem to work.</p>
  <p>Does anyone know if this is possible/ how I should write the syntax, or is this not possible?</p>
  <h2>Email Flagging: Unread</h2>
  <p>Whenever I get a new email in, it is flagged with an <code>O</code> to indicate the email is currently unread. I'm trying to find out how I can mark an email unread even after I've read it (as I intend to use the 'toggle-read` option to filter out what I still need to action. I've had a look through the <a href="https://neomutt.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">neomutt site</a> for key terms like flagging but I can't seem to find the correct thing I'm looking for. That or perhaps I misunderstood the wording on the page.</p>
  <p>Does anyone know if there is a keybinding to do this or if they can share which page on this site covers what I am looking to do, so I can review it?</p>
  <p>Appreciate any help that can be offered here.</p>