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## 17 Limiting Display

Another way to organize messages in a folder besides threading (see Threading) or using full-text indexed searches (see Searching) is by limiting the folder display to messages that are similar to the current message.

`/ ?`
  Display cheat sheet for the commands of the current prefix in minibuffer (`mh-prefix-help`).
`/ '`
  Limit to messages in the ‘`tick`’ sequence (`mh-narrow-to-tick`).
`/ c`
  Limit to messages with the same ‘`Cc:`’ field (`mh-narrow-to-cc`).
`/ m`
  Limit to messages with the same ‘`From:`’ field (`mh-narrow-to-from`).
`/ g`
  Limit to range (`mh-narrow-to-range`).
`/ s`
  Limit to messages with the same ‘`Subject:`’ field (`mh-narrow-to-subject`).
`/ t`
  Limit to messages with the same ‘`To:`’ field (`mh-narrow-to-to`).
`/ w`
  Remove last restriction (`mh-widen`).

All of the limiting commands above refine the display in some way.

The commands `/ c` (`mh-narrow-to-cc`), `/ m` (`mh-narrow-to-from`), `/ s` (`mh-narrow-to-subject`), and `/ t` (`mh-narrow-to-to`) restrict the display to messages matching the content of the respective field in the current message. However, you can give any of these a prefix argument to edit the `pick` expression used to narrow the view1.

You can also limit the display to messages in the ‘`tick`’ sequence with the command `/ '` (`mh-narrow-to-tick`). See Sequences, for information on putting message into the ‘`tick`’ sequence. Use the `/ g` (`mh-narrow-to-range`) command to limit the display to messages in a range (see Ranges).

Each limit can be undone in turn with the `/ w` (`mh-widen`) command. Give this command a prefix argument to remove all limits.

#### Footnotes

[1] See `pick`(1) or the section Finding Messages with pick in the MH book.