Closed Bug 746513 Opened 13 years ago Closed 13 years ago

Add Forward/Back functionality to switch recent tabs

Categories

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

x86
Windows 7
enhancement
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: nONoNonO, Unassigned)

Details

Sometimes you have to switch several times between two tabs. When the tabs are not adjacent, it's hard to switch between them: you have to scroll the tab bar and click on the tab you want. It would be much easier if there was a function like Thunderbird's Go | Forward / Back that switches between the last displayed messages. Only for Firefox it should switch between the last displayed tabs. Preferably this function should have the same shortcut keys as Thunderbird ([/]) to switch between the current tab and the tab you've opened later/before...
I've looked on amo and found over a hundred add-ons dealing with tabs :-/ The one I found that comes closest to this task is Most Recent Tab: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/most-recent-tab/ It doesn't keep a history of tabs like I suggested but only remembers the most recent tab, but it would probably suffice in the case I described here
You can use Ctrl+Tab for this after setting browser.ctrlTab.previews to true in about:config.
Thanks, looks like that does what I asked, with an added preview :-)
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Aargh... I keep pressing Ctrl+Tab to go to the Next tab (the tab on the right of the current one) instead of to the Previous tab. I know I can also use Ctrl+PgDn to go to the Next tab, but the Ctrl+Tab sequence is deep-rooted.
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