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

One way to do it is to use the VI Plugin, and then you just do :n (and :N) to go between files.

That's what I do.

Answer 2

On a SLES12 machine you can use Ctrl+PageUp and Ctrl+PageDown to navigate between tabs by default. You can always change these keys from Preferences window by browsing through "keys" section under "General" category. This process is well explained by Victor and VonC above.

Answer 3

If you want to simply switch between your current and your previous tab selections, using CTRL + F6 will switch you back and forth. To navigate to a tab further back in your history, you need to use the UP / DOWN keys while the Editors window is open. This works with Helios (Eclipse 3.6); not sure if this is true for older versions of Eclipse.

Answer 4

Nobody will ever read my answer, but anyway... If you are on Mac OS X you will love multi touch gestures for history navigation in Eclipse: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/eclipsemultitch/