How to open a buffer from buffer list menu without using mouse?

I need to click on a buffer in the buffer list menu to open that buffer. I tried keys f, o, RET(enter) etc but none of them work. I also want to kill buffers using this buffer list through one command like in dired.

💡 Pls be so kind to provide some context such as - error in Messages buffer, - description of you config relating to bindings e.g.: are you using Spacemacs, Doom, god-mode, evil, etc. 🤷🏿‍♂️, - relevant (probably harder for this problem) screenshot. 1. When you're already in a Buffer List, I would guess `RET` when mapped to `Buffer-menu-this-window` should get the job done. Run `C-h b` (or run the command `describe-bindings`, in case you aren't using original Emacs bindings) and enter "RET" to see if the return is mapped to Buffer-menu-this-window or enter "Buffer-menu-this-window" to find which keybinding your system has configured to it. 2. If the mappings seem to align with your current understanding, try calling `Buffer-menu-this-window` while you already have an item highlighted inside of the Buffer List to verify that it actually opens (you probably already know this but just to be sure `M-x Buffer-menu-this-window`). 3. Repeat for `Buffer-menu-delete` and `Buffer-menu-execute` which would be Buffer List equivalents to Dired's mark and delete. 😉 Alt: consider using `C-x b` default mapped to `switch-to-buffer` and `C-x k` default mapped to `kill-buffer` to directly perform these commands on the focused buffer. Saved you the intermediate trip to Buffer List.

I prefer to use `helm-buffers-list` as I may have dozens of buffers. I bound it to `C-x C-b`. Write any parts of the buffer’s name to narrow the list, open with RET, mark with C-SPC, delete marked with M-D. Other actions available as well, well documented.

Oh shit, I am so dumb, thank you. It wasn't working because I was using evil mode and I am now able to open buffers and delete them. I wonder why evil-mode doesn't have any bindings for the buffer list. ? Or does it? Thanks again.

All good. 🤣 Be kind to yourself. 😉 I struggle with seemingly trivial things too often myself. Just yesterday, I was in a fit of rage 🤬 because evil kept changing into a weird state, not realizing that I had accidentally entered `C-z` and didn't know how to exit Emacs state in evil. 🤦🏿‍♂️🙊😅 There are bindings AFAIk but check that you have the evil-collection https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil-collection loaded to cover as much of your Emacs surface with evil bindings. As for what the bindings would be: In my setup I use `RET`, `m` or `d` to mark (or mark for deletion) and `x` to execute. Just like I can when evil is handling bindings for my Dired buffers. Just evil + evil-collection at work.

Play around in ex mode. `:buffers` works (it calls `buffer-menu`) as does `:ls` (is an alias for `:buffers`). You can also call interactive elisp functions by name eg. `:buffers-list` (though you can't include args it seems). Most of the default ex bindings are in evil-maps.el. ETA: I just realized your issue is with the buffer-list *itself* not having evil bindings, derp. Leaving my note up for someone else who might google this, but that's always bugged me too. Look into evil-collection, they add evil bindings to a lot of modes, I don't see one for buffer-list but there is one for ibuffer. https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil-collection