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"Set a preference to have Ctrl+Tab cycle through tabs in recently used order " Finally something that is an actually improved UI feature! Not some "removed st

"Set a preference to have Ctrl+Tab cycle through tabs in recently used order " Finally something that is an actually improved UI feature! Not some "removed status bar and instead hover its info over text you want to read sometimes" or "moved refresh button to different place than before just to annoy you" or similar thing :)

dbl9 10y ago
I'm glad you like it. This is one of those personal UX preferences that has you either one or the other camp. Am I right to assume you liked this from your past Opera use?
- Aardwolf 10y ago
  Actually I like it from IDE's and text editors :) As well as the alt+tab desktop behaviour
- Washuu 10y ago
  I was excited to sudden see this surprise in the patch notes, now I am the opposite here thinking, "How did they mess up such a simple feature?" The preview bar that pop ups is slow to work and actively delays changing tabs.(If it even attempts to switches tabs.) Additionally, I do not need the preview portion. FLST: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fww-flst/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fww-flst/ It just works. Tab switching is instant, no unnecessary preview, and it has never messed up remembering tab order.
  - dbl9 10y ago
    I'm with you and cannot stand the way Opera does it but it also has a quick tab switching mode. I haven't encountered a single switch-with-preview implementation that didn't leave me with forced slowdown and delay of the action I was about to do. I also configure Firefox to not close the window when it's the last tab, which is hard-to-impossible to emulate in Chrome but is the default in Opera and Vivaldi.
ht85 10y ago
This has been possible for a very long time, as a side-effect of enabling browser.ctrlTab.previews in about:config Glad to see they are paying more attention to this though. Thousands of people have requested that feature for Chrome. To this day there hasn't been (or I haven't found) an official answer and the only way to do it is to use an extension, using an alternative keybind as extensions aren't allowed to interact with ctrl-tab.
- maket 10y ago
  It seems as if the feature is just directly using browser.ctrlTab.previews, toggling it also toggles the new option in the Options menu.
- gmurphy 10y ago
  Chrome doesn't add settings for things when extensions can do the job because doing so adds to our support burden and slows further development - it's better to appeal to fewer people and have a simpler and easier/faster-to-maintain product than to appeal to more with higher maintenance complexity.
ohstopitu 10y ago
I have this feature in sublime text & Atom and absolutely hate it. I feel like ctrl + tab has to move to next tab & ctrl + shift + tab should move to previous tab (cycle if it reaches the end). I feel like that's more predictable behaviour.
- abusque 10y ago
  I don't know about Firefox or Atom, but in Chromium you can achieve that via Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn.
  - tdkl 10y ago
    Which is a pretty dumb shortcut to use one handed and compared to alt+tab.
    - snorrah 10y ago
      Probably pretty nice for left handed mouse / trackpad users though.
    - paublyrne 10y ago
      On Mac at least you can use Command Shift [ and ]. Which is the same as in the browsers.
    - abhinavk 10y ago
      I have never seen a keyboard which doesn't have a Ctrl on the right side.
      - bzbarsky 10y ago
        Tons of laptop keyboards. Of course lots of those have no PgUp either.
        deleted 10y ago
        [deleted]
mrinterweb 10y ago
Years ago, this used to be the default in Firefox. Since Ctrl+Tab has not been the default, I've been using Ctrl+Tab extension. Other browser like Chrome do not provide APIs to allow extensions access to override tab order. Accessing tabs by order of last used, is a requirement for my daily web browsing, which is why I've stuck with Firefox for so long. I'm glad this is now part of the preferences, and does not require an extension.
libeclipse 10y ago
Personally, I wouldn't be comfortable with that activated. It happens in Atom and it's really quite annoying.
BorisMelnik 10y ago
on that note: I really wish they would move the refresh button back to the modular interface. I hate where the refresh button is (so do lots of people) and just wish it wasn't the ONE thing on the toolbar you couldn't config. (yes I've replied to and opened a ticket)
slowmotiony 10y ago
Added things with hip names like Pocket or Share that you will never use and inserted it right next to your address bar.

dbl9 10y ago

I'm glad you like it. This is one of those personal UX preferences that has you either one or the other camp. Am I right to assume you liked this from your past Opera use?

Aardwolf 10y ago
Actually I like it from IDE's and text editors :) As well as the alt+tab desktop behaviour
Washuu 10y ago
I was excited to sudden see this surprise in the patch notes, now I am the opposite here thinking, "How did they mess up such a simple feature?" The preview bar that pop ups is slow to work and actively delays changing tabs.(If it even attempts to switches tabs.) Additionally, I do not need the preview portion. FLST: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fww-flst/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fww-flst/ It just works. Tab switching is instant, no unnecessary preview, and it has never messed up remembering tab order.
- dbl9 10y ago
  I'm with you and cannot stand the way Opera does it but it also has a quick tab switching mode. I haven't encountered a single switch-with-preview implementation that didn't leave me with forced slowdown and delay of the action I was about to do. I also configure Firefox to not close the window when it's the last tab, which is hard-to-impossible to emulate in Chrome but is the default in Opera and Vivaldi.

ht85 10y ago

This has been possible for a very long time, as a side-effect of enabling browser.ctrlTab.previews in about:config Glad to see they are paying more attention to this though. Thousands of people have requested that feature for Chrome. To this day there hasn't been (or I haven't found) an official answer and the only way to do it is to use an extension, using an alternative keybind as extensions aren't allowed to interact with ctrl-tab.

maket 10y ago
It seems as if the feature is just directly using browser.ctrlTab.previews, toggling it also toggles the new option in the Options menu.
gmurphy 10y ago
Chrome doesn't add settings for things when extensions can do the job because doing so adds to our support burden and slows further development - it's better to appeal to fewer people and have a simpler and easier/faster-to-maintain product than to appeal to more with higher maintenance complexity.

ohstopitu 10y ago

I have this feature in sublime text & Atom and absolutely hate it. I feel like ctrl + tab has to move to next tab & ctrl + shift + tab should move to previous tab (cycle if it reaches the end). I feel like that's more predictable behaviour.

abusque 10y ago
I don't know about Firefox or Atom, but in Chromium you can achieve that via Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn.
- tdkl 10y ago
  Which is a pretty dumb shortcut to use one handed and compared to alt+tab.
  - snorrah 10y ago
    Probably pretty nice for left handed mouse / trackpad users though.
  - paublyrne 10y ago
    On Mac at least you can use Command Shift [ and ]. Which is the same as in the browsers.
  - abhinavk 10y ago
    I have never seen a keyboard which doesn't have a Ctrl on the right side.
    - bzbarsky 10y ago
      Tons of laptop keyboards. Of course lots of those have no PgUp either.
      - deleted 10y ago
        [deleted]

mrinterweb 10y ago

Years ago, this used to be the default in Firefox. Since Ctrl+Tab has not been the default, I've been using Ctrl+Tab extension. Other browser like Chrome do not provide APIs to allow extensions access to override tab order. Accessing tabs by order of last used, is a requirement for my daily web browsing, which is why I've stuck with Firefox for so long. I'm glad this is now part of the preferences, and does not require an extension.

libeclipse 10y ago

Personally, I wouldn't be comfortable with that activated. It happens in Atom and it's really quite annoying.

BorisMelnik 10y ago

on that note: I really wish they would move the refresh button back to the modular interface. I hate where the refresh button is (so do lots of people) and just wish it wasn't the ONE thing on the toolbar you couldn't config. (yes I've replied to and opened a ticket)

slowmotiony 10y ago

Added things with hip names like Pocket or Share that you will never use and inserted it right next to your address bar.