1965273 - [macos] Support command+option+up/down arrow keys in addition to left/right arrow keys for moving between tabs

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Sidebar, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Ania]

We already support equivalents in horizontal tabs, allowing users navigate one tab left/right. Let's support a similar pattern in vertical tabs to ease the navigation:

MacOS
Go One Tab Up: command + option + ↑
Go One Tab Down: command + option + ↓

Window
Go One Tab Up: Ctrl + Page Up
Go One Tab Down: Ctrl + Page Down

Earmark for memory: Once this ticket lands, file a ticket to update the existing SUMO article with all the new sidebar/vertical tabs-related shortcuts.

Comment 1

[Ania]

Attachment: Screenshot 2025-04-30 at 2.39.05 PM.png

Comment 2

[:Gijs (he/him)]

We already support ctrl-pageup/dn on Windows. Morphing this to cover the macOS expansion from horizontal to vertical arrows.

Per the suggestion from Anna on slack, I think we should support both shortcuts both for vertical and horizontal tabs.

Comment 3

[:Gijs (he/him)]

Attachment: Bug 1965273 - support up/down shortcut keys on macOS for tabswitches, r?#tabbrowser-reviewers

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/51118710a286
support up/down shortcut keys on macOS for tabswitches, r=tabbrowser-reviewers,sthompson

Comment 5

[Serban Stanca [:SerbanS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/51118710a286

Comment 6

[Bianca Hidecuti, Desktop Test Engineering [:bhidecuti]]

Verified as fixed using Firefox 140.0b1, on macOS 14. Navigating between tabs (both horizontal and vertical tabs) is now working when using command+option+up/down arrow keys. Also, the navigation with command+option+left/right arrow keys still works correctly.