IntelliJ IDEA shortcut for switching to tab by number

Question

In FireFox, I'm constantly using the Ctrl + 1-9 shortcut to switch tabs. Basically Ctrl + 1 will take me to the first tab, Ctrl + 2 will take me to the second one and so on.

Is there an equivalent for this shortcut in IntelliJ IDEA?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3368792/intellij-idea-shortcut-for-switching-to-tab-by-number

Answer 1

There is no such feature in IDEA, however you can use Alt + Arrows and Ctrl + E (Recent Files) to navigate between tabs.

Other handy actions from the Go To menu:

• Back / Forward (Ctrl + Alt + ←/→)

• Last Edit Location (Ctrl + Shift + Backspace)

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Another option is to use the GoToTabs third-party plug-in:

The plugin adds menu actions allowing you to go to a specific tab. You can of course assign keyboard shortcuts the individual actions and for example achieve the behavior known from other editors/IDEs where you can switch between tabs with alt+num.