'Ctrl-tab in IntelliJ IDEA
Can I configure IntelliJ on Windows to use Ctrl + Tab for switching between files?
Googling finds this old thread that says "no".
Solution 1:[1]
You can't get a pop-up, but you can switch between open tabs with Alt + ? and Alt + ?, and you can press Ctrl + E to get a list of recently opened files, which is almost the same thing.
EDIT: (In response to comment) Oh, if that is what, it is just a question of changing the KeyMap. You go to File -> Settings and under there you have a keymap option. You will have to create a new KeyMap (can't change the default) by clicking copy, and then look in the other section for "Select Next Tab in multi-editor file" and change/add the keymap you want. Ctrl + Tab is legit - it is just defaulted to switching between splits.
EDIT 2: (In response to second comment) The function you are looking for in IDEA (at least as close as it gets) is Go Back, which is in the other group of the key map as well. That being said, you said you were looking for how it works in firefox (don't know about Visual Studio) and "Select Next Tab" is the firefox behavior.
Solution 2:[2]
Have you tried downloading and installing the TabSwitch plugin? It will allow you to cycle through your open editors and display them in a pop-up window when you hit Alt + A. This default keymapping is easy enough to change to Ctrl + Tab in the Keymap IDE Settings.
Solution 3:[3]
If you are looking for the functionality you normally get by clicking Ctrl + Tab with web browsers, you can change "Select Next Tab" in keymaps settings:
Window > Editor Tabs > Select Next Tab
Solution 4:[4]
TabSwitch is certainly the answer to this question. Without doing this, you can use Ctrl + E to pop up the list of recent files and navigate there. So jumping to the most recent file would be Ctrl + E + Enter.
Solution 5:[5]
You can't enter 'Ctrl+Tab' using a keyboard, but you can select it from the drop-down menu:
Solution 6:[6]
With reference to the version 11.0.14.1 of Intellij IDEA, you need to go to File > Settings (or Ctrl+Alt+S) and then choose the KeyMap section on the menu on the left.
Since the Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab keymaps are already bound to other commands, you first need to disassociate them.
The Ctrl+Tab keymap is bound to the Switcher command which is stored under Other > Switcher (Recent Files) Actions > Switcher. At this point, right-click on the Switcher element and select Remove Ctrl+Tab.
Instead, the Ctrl+Shift+Tab is bound to the Select Opposite Diff Pane. This command is stored under Version Control Systems > Diff & Merge > Select Opposite Diff Pane. Again, Right-click on Select Opposite Diff Pane and select Remove Ctrl+Shift+Tab.
Finally, go to Main Menu > Window > Editor Tabs and assign to Select Next Tab and Select Previous Tab the desired keymaps. To do so, right click on Select Next Tab and choose Add Keyboard Shortcut. Click on the plus sign on the right of the first input field, select Ctrl+Tab and then click Ok. Repeat the same steps for the Select Previous Tab command.
Once you've set the keymaps, Click Apply and then Ok.
Solution 7:[7]
It already works that way. You don't need to configure IntelliJ to use Ctrl+Tab for switching between files, it comes installed to accomplish this.
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