Use Ctrl+Tab Keyboard Shortcut to Switch Between Active Tabs On Firefox

One of the default and most used Windows shortcut is Alt+Tab. We use it to switch between active windows. Guess about such a keyboard shortcut which will allow to switch between open browser tab like active window switcher. If you're using Firefox by Mozilla (or any other Firefox-based browser) than there is an add-on which will allow you to switch between active tabs simply by pressing Ctrl+Tab keyboard shortcut. This is a handy tool for those power users who like to browse Internet, spend their time virtually. This add-on will make it easy for you to get connected with a everywhere.

This add-on is quite simple to use and to maintain. You do not have to follow any extra rules do not have make any changes to your browser. Simply download that and install it to Firefox from the link provided below. After then you will be automatically integrated to Ctrl+Tab switching mode.

You can switch tabs by pressing "Tab" while holding the "Ctrl" button. You can also use arrow keys or your mouse to navigate between tabs.

This offers another keyboard shortcut with "Shift+Ctrl+Tab" to view all open tabs at a glance.

Some features

Ctrl+Tab navigation for Firefox tabs:

• Tabs are presented in most-recently-used order, similar to Alt+Tab on various operating systems
• Releasing Tab and pressing it again moves to the next preview
• Pressing W closes the selected tab
• Releasing Ctrl switches to the selected tab
• Hidden preferences: browser.ctrlTab.mostRecentlyUsed

Shift+Ctrl+Tab shows all tabs in a grid:

• Shows all open tabs
• Tabs can be closed by middle clicking
• Search field filters tabs based on their titles and addresses, Enter selects the first tab

This add-on will work on Firefox 3.6-7 (Nightly Builds)

Download Ctrl+Tab For Firefox