Is there a quick change tabs function in Visual Studio Code

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The current function of giving me a dropdown option of which tab to choose is just so annoying  Is there a possibility to remove it so the tabs would work like in some modern web browser

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Use Sublime Text Keymaps  So much more intuitive    k m  Import Sublime Text Keymaps   Name  Sublime Text Keymap and Settings Importer Id  ms-vscode sublime-keybindings Description  Import Sublime Text settings and keybindings into VS Code  Version  4 0 3 Publisher  Microsoft VS Marketplace Link  https   marketplace visualstudio com items itemName ms-vscode sublime-keybindings

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Linux key-map to match the browser                    key    ctrl 0            command    workbench action lastEditorInGroup                        key    ctrl 1            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex1                        key    ctrl 2            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex2                        key    ctrl 3            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex3                        key    ctrl 4            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex4                        key    ctrl 5            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex5                        key    ctrl 6            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex6                        key    ctrl 7            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex7                        key    ctrl 8            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex8                        key    ctrl 9            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex9                        key    alt 1            command    workbench action focusFirstEditorGroup                        key    alt 2            command    workbench action focusSecondEditorGroup                        key    alt 3            command    workbench action focusThirdEditorGroup

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Windows  previous  Ctrl   Shift   Tab  Next  Ctrl   Tab  Mac OS  previous   Shift  Cmd      Next   Shift   Cmd

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This also works on MAC OS   Press for select specific Tab  Control   1 or Control 2  Control 3  etc   Press for show select all posible Tabs  Control   Tab

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Better approch is use alt right and alt left keys to navigate like Jetbrains IDE Webstorm does  Here is my config  it also include create new file and folder                 key    ctrl n            command    explorer newFile                        key    ctrl shift n            command    explorer newFolder                         key    alt left            command    workbench action previousEditor                          key    alt right            command    workbench action nextEditor

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If you are using the VSCodeVim extension  you can use the Vim key shortcuts      Next tab  gt      Prior tab  gT      Numbered tab  nnngt

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Visual Studio Code v1 35 0 let s you set the  Ctrl Tab     Shift Ctrl Tab  key sequences to sequentially switch between editors by binding those keys sequences to the commands  View  Open Next Editor  and  View  Open Previous Editor   respectively   On macOS    Navigate to  Code   Preferences   Keyboard Shortcuts Search or navigate down to the following two options    View  Open Next Editor View  Open Previous Editor  Change both keybindings to the desired key sequence    View  Open Next Editor -   Ctrl Tab  View  Open Previous Editor -   Shift Ctrl Tab   You will likely run into a conflicting binding  If so  take note of the command and reassign or remove the existing key binding    If you mess up  you can always revert back to the default state for a given binding by right-clicking on any keybinding and selecting  Reset Keybinding

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SC Chupacabra has correct answer for modifying behavior   I generally prefer CTRL   PAGE UP   DOWN for my navigation  rather than using the TAB key                  key    ctrl pageUp            command    workbench action nextEditor                        key    ctrl pageDown            command    workbench action previousEditor

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Combii I found a way to swap  CMD 1  CMD 2  CMD 3 with CTRL 1  CTRL 2  CTRL 3       In macOS  go to      Code   Preferences   Keyboard Shortcuts   On that page  click the button on the top right of the page       and append the configuration below  then save                    key    cmd 0            command    workbench action openLastEditorInGroup                        key    cmd 1            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex1                        key    cmd 2            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex2                        key    cmd 3            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex3                        key    cmd 4            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex4                        key    cmd 5            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex5                        key    cmd 6            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex6                        key    cmd 7            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex7                        key    cmd 8            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex8                        key    cmd 9            command    workbench action openEditorAtIndex9                        key    ctrl 1            command    workbench action focusFirstEditorGroup                        key    ctrl 2            command    workbench action focusSecondEditorGroup                        key    ctrl 3            command    workbench action focusThirdEditorGroup            You now can use CMD  1-9  to switch between tabs and CTRL  1-3  to focus editor groups  Hope this answer is helpful

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When using Visual Studio Code on Linux Windows  you can use CTRL   PAGE UP to switch to the previous tab  and CTRL   PAGE DN to switch to the next tab  You also have the ability to switch to tabs based on their  non-zero relative  index  You can do so  by pressing and holding ALT   followed by a number  1 through 9     For more details  check here

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Linux In current Vscode 1 44 1 version we could use ctrl pageup for next editor and ctrl pagedown for previous editor  If there is a need to change ctrl shift p  gt  Preferences Open Keyboard Shortcuts  search for nextEditor   change if needed by clicking it

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for linux    I use ctrl pageUp or pageDown

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Another way to quickly change tabs would be in VSCode 1 45  April 2020   Switch tabs using mouse wheel When you use the mouse wheel to scroll over editor tabs  you can currently not switch to the tab  only reveal tabs that are out of view  Now with a new setting workbench editor scrollToSwitchTabs this behaviour can be changed if you change it to true   Note  you can also press and hold the Shift key while scrolling to get the opposite behaviour  i e  you can switch to tabs even with this setting being turned off

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macOS - revised 2017 IN 2017  the VS CODE keyboard shortcuts have changed to CTRL 1  CTRL 2 CTRL 3 etc  to switch between tabs  CMD 1  CMD 2  and CMD 3 switch between and create tab groups

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This also works on MAC OS   Prev tab    Shift   Cmd      Next Tab    Shift   Cmd

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By default  Ctrl Tab in Visual Studio Code cycles through tabs in order of most recently used  This is confusing because it depends on hidden state   Web browsers cycle through tabs in visible order  This is much more intuitive    To achieve this in Visual Studio Code  you have to edit keybindings json  Use the Command Palette with CTRL SHIFT P  enter  Preferences  Open Keyboard Shortcuts  JSON    and hit Enter    Then add to the end of the file                               key    ctrl tab            command    workbench action nextEditor                        key    ctrl shift tab            command    workbench action previousEditor            Alternatively  to only cycle through tabs of the current window split view  you can use                    key    ctrl tab            command    workbench action nextEditorInGroup                        key    ctrl shift tab            command    workbench action previousEditorInGroup              Alternatively  you can use Ctrl PageDown  Windows  or Cmd Option Right  Mac

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Windows  When using Visual Studio Code on Windows  you can use CTRL   PAGE UP to switch to the previous tab  and CTRL   PAGE DN to switch to the next tab   You also have the ability to switch to tabs based on their  non-zero relative  index  You can do so  by pressing and holding ALT  followed by a number  1 through 9    macOS  To quickly navigate between tabs  press and hold the CMD key  followed by the number  1 through 9  of the tab you want to switch to   You also have the ability to switch between the previous next tab via the CMD   ALT   LEFT RIGHT keyboard shortcut   Please note that in order to switch to a tab that is in a different editor group  you must first switch to the desired editor group   Pro Tip  If you aren t comfortable with any of the key bindings  you can change them to whatever you feel more comfortable with

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I couldn t find a post for VS Community  so I ll post my solution here   First  you need to go to Tools -  Options -  Environment -  Keyboard  then find the command  Window NextTab  Near the bottom it should say  Use new shortcut in     Set that to Global  should be default   then select the textbox to the right and hit Ctrl   Tab  Remove all current shortcuts for the selected command  and hit Assign  For Ctrl   Shift   Tab  the command should be Window PreviousTab   Hope this helps    If there s a separate post for VS Community  I d gladly move this post over

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