December 7, 2006: Firefox 2.0: Keyboard Shortcuts for Tabs
Reorder tabs using keyboard shortcuts!
Posted on 2006-12-07 09:55 by Jørn Støylen [permalink]
In Firefox, if you hit tab, you move focus around. You probably use this already to move to the next field in an online form. (If you don’t, it’s about time you start!)
You might also know that if you hit tab while in the location field, focus goes to the tab bar, shown by a dotted line around the title of the current tab. (Hit tab again, and focus moves to the document area, with the dotted line encompassing the whole viewport.)
You might also know that in Firefox 2.0, you can reorder tabs by dragging them with the mouse.
I just discovered, by accident, that you can also move tabs around using the keyboard. While focus is in the tab bar, using arrow left/right (or up/down) switches tabs. Add Cmd (Ctrl in Windows, I suspect), and you instead move the tab. And it’s quite a delightful experience!
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