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Bug 212140 - Keyboard shortcuts for selecting specific tabs
Summary: Keyboard shortcuts for selecting specific tabs
Status: REOPENED
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Window System (show other bugs)
Version: 7.1.1
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: Stanislav Aubrecht
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Reported: 2012-05-06 10:27 UTC by erusev
Modified: 2013-03-15 17:29 UTC (History)
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Description erusev 2012-05-06 10:27:06 UTC 
There should be keyboard shortcuts for selecting specific tabs - Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 - like in Chrome and Sublime Text.
Comment 1 Stanislav Aubrecht 2012-05-07 09:11:31 UTC 
Reporter, do you mean shortcuts for selecting specific opened documents or shortcuts for switching between source/design/history sub-tabs in any editor window?
Comment 2 erusev 2012-05-07 09:23:00 UTC 
I mean shortcuts for selecting specific open tabs. For example, if you have 3 tabs open, hitting Ctrl + 1 would make the 1st one active,  Ctrl + 2 would activate the 2nd and Ctrl + 3 - the 3rd. You can see a working implementation in Google Chrome, as well as in Sublime Text.
Comment 3 Stanislav Aubrecht 2012-05-07 09:26:24 UTC 
Ok, thanks for the clarification. But I'm afraid there are not many free keyboard shortcuts left. Ctrl+1,2,3 is reserved for Projects, Files and Favorites windows...
Comment 4 erusev 2012-05-07 09:43:42 UTC 
Hm, that's too bad. Could still be done using another modifier key, though.
Comment 5 sanekf 2013-03-15 17:29:37 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> Ok, thanks for the clarification. But I'm afraid there are not many free
> keyboard shortcuts left. Ctrl+1,2,3 is reserved for Projects, Files and
> Favorites windows...

There is no need to have this enabled by default, you can just give user the possibility. Since different users have different opinions on the best shortcuts assignment anyway... I for one will definitely use Alt + 1..9 for this.