Eclipse HotKey: how to switch between tabs?

Question

How can I switch between opened windows in Eclipse? There is Ctrl+F6, but it\'s asking me which one I want, but I want switch it like tabs in browser o

Answer 1

On windows if you have a 5 button mouse, you can use forward and back in lieu of ALT+Left and ALT+Right.

Answer 2

• CTRL+E (for a list of editor)
• CTRL+F6 (for switching to the next editor through a list)
  You can assign another shortcut to the 'Next Editor' key.

are the two official shortcuts, but they both involve a list being displayed.

CTRL+Page Up / CTRL+Page Down can cycle through editors without displaying a list.

What is interesting with that last set of shortcuts is:
they are not listed in the Eclipse Keys shortcuts to be defined.
They may be inherited from the multipage editor, making them an OS specific shortcut.

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Regarding shortcuts on Mac OS (OSX), Matt Ball complained in Sept. 2011 to not being able to remap CTRL+Page Up/CTRL+Page Down:

It drives me nuts to not be able to flip through open tabs as I can in pretty much every other tabbed program in OS X (⌘-Left and ⌘-Right).

Well, in March 2012, Arthur replied:

, I've just downloaded the latest version of Eclipse (3.7+). I've been able to bind "Previous/Next tab" to (⌘-Left and ⌘-Right) when in Editor, which I'm pretty sure I couldn't do before.
So I guess they heard you.
It works just as you expect, tabs going from left to right and vice-versa, not on a history basis or some nonsense like that.

Matt Ball confirms:

oh wow, selecting "Editing Java Source" actually worked!
Now, unfortunately this means that I'm SOL if I nav into a non-Java file (JSP, XML, JS, etc.).
The fix for this is to "copy command" for this pair, and select all the "whens" that I want.
So far it's at least working beautifully for Java and JSP files.
This is a major PITA to set up, but it's just a one-time thing.

His exported preferences are available here for you to try.
Once imported, you should see, for all the relevant types of document:

Answer 3

I quote VonC response, adding something.

• Ctrl+PgUp(PgDn) to switch between tabs in the current stack (both editors and view)
• Ctrl+E to switch between tabs in the current stack, using a filtered list
• Ctrl+F6 to switch between editors, no matter which stack
• Ctrl+F7 to switch between views, no matter which stack

Plus, there is Bug 206299 open to request using Ctrl+Tab for switching tabs instead of Ctrl+PgUp(PgDn).

• As this would break accessibility, the user should set a preference for this. Perhaps there should be a question in the Welcome Questionnaire during to the Oomph installs.

If not satisfied, you can assign yourself the Key Binding, from Window > Preferences > General > Keys.

Answer 4

Right to left : ctrl+ shift + 9 or ctrl + shift + Page Up or ctrl + Page Up

Left to right : ctrl + shift + 3 or ctrl + shift + Page Down or ctrl + Page Down

Answer 5

You can use ALT+Left to go to your previous tab, or ALT+Right to go to forward. This method is using tab-switching like history, though, so it will go to the previous tab you had open, and forward if you've gone "back" once or more. A bit weird, I know, but it works. You can always "reset" the history by clicking through every tab once.

Answer 6

If you go to Preferences (e.g. Window→Preferences) and view General→Keys

and then search for “Next Tab” and “Previous Tab”, you can remap them.