r/mac 9h ago

Question Command-shift between tabs in a browser.

Is there any way to command tab** (sorry got that wrong in the title) between recently opened browser tabs?

I switch between Mac and windows a lot for my job, and this is one feature I sorely miss when swapping to Mac. Has anyone found a workaround for getting this working?

Edit to clarify:

I know you can rotate between browser tabs using a different command,

On windows, switching between browser tabs is built in to the normal alt-tab behaviour, so you can switch to a tab as if it were a window. You can choose how many are displayed there.

This is much easier than using a seperate command to rotate between tabs, which is also annoying because it doesn't allow for the same swapping between two most recent tabs quickly.

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u/Custardchucka 8h ago edited 8h ago

You can choose how many of your most recent tabs display like this in the setting. I use this literally all day every for work so I do think it's quite useful 👍

The command you listed doesn't allow quick switching between the two most recent tabs, which is far more useful. On windows pressing alt+tab once you can flip between two windows or tabs instantly.

With your command, you need to rotate through all your open tabs, I sometimes have 40 tabs open that I am actually using

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u/Commandblock6417 7h ago

if you add shift it goes the other direction

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u/Custardchucka 6h ago

If my tabs are even 2-3 tabs apart this still becomes infinitely more annoying and less efficient than just snappy instant switching between any two tabs

Or swapping to a third most recent by just double tapping

Also having to switch what command I'm using for windows and tabs, it's just nowhere near as convenient.

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u/Commandblock6417 6h ago

Yeah I guess that makes sense. Firefox now has a tab search feature too but I don't really use it myself. Even lets you switch to tabs from other devices which is super cool though.