As a person who would rather use less mouse and more keyboard, I’m constantly on the hunt for keyboard shortcuts. So it is to my delight that there are at least 3 ways of switching tabs:

Ctrl+Tab to go forward in the tab bar (wraps around at end), and Ctrl+Shift+Tab to go in reverse, with wrapping around at the end.

Ctrl+[Number], to switch to the nth tab from left. Example: See image below. To switch to Facebook, I can type Ctrl+4.

tabbar
Caveat: This only works with the first 10 tabs. There is no “11” key on the keyboard.

Ctrl+PageUp does the same as Ctrl+Shift+Tab, and vice versa with Ctrl+PageDown.

These commands should (theoretically) work with Mac OS by substituting Ctrl with Command.

Published by Geoffrey Liu

A software engineer by trade and a classical musician at heart. Currently a software engineer at Groupon getting into iOS mobile development. Recently graduated from the University of Washington, with a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Music. Web development has been my passion for many years. I am also greatly interested in UI/UX design, teaching, cooking, biking, and collecting posters.

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