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ctrl+shift+tab

Posted by inhahe on 2009-10-13 08:18
OS: All / Any

It's very frustrating for me when I can't just switch back to the previous tab by hitting ctrl+shift+tab. I have enough tabs open that it takes so long to cycle through them and get back to the previous tab that it's easier just to go for my mouse.

Add to that the fact that it doesn't even cycle through them in the order they appear and it's a nightmare. I think ctrl+shift+tab is especially called for in a program that cycles through tabs out-of-order.

toddw | Tue, 2009-10-13 12:01

You can use "Ctrl+PgUp" and "Ctrl+PgDown" for previous/next tabs. The Ctrl+Tab uses a Most Recently Used order, see:
http://community.activestate.com/forum-topic/tab-order-and-ctrl-tab

Cheers,
Todd

ericp | Thu, 2009-10-15 11:49

Alt-tab will return you to the previous file (Command-] on OS X).

- Eric