Firefox users who want to use the computer keyboard to navigate their open tabs are left with the CTRL 1-9 shortcuts that allow them to switch to the first eight tabs that are open in the web browser. There is no other way of accessing tabs beyond that count by default.
Tab Navigator introduces an ingenious method that should remind Windows users of the Alt Tab navigation in their operating system. The Firefox add-on enables the keyboard shortcuts [ALT W] and [ALT R] which can be used to open a small window and navigate to all tabs pressing the W or R keys repeatedly. The keys that are used to power this new function can be changed in the add-on’s options. It is possible to use a combination of CTRL, ALT, Shift plus one other key on the keyboard for each function.
This is important for users who make use of other add-ons that use these keyboard shortcuts (the Last Pass password manager for example uses [ALT W] to open the site search window. Another interesting option that is provided by the add-on is the ability to enable thumbnail previews of open tabs. The thumbnail preview size is set to 400 pixel with the option to decrease or increase the size in the options.
The main benefit of tab navigator is the use of only one hand to switch to another tab. Tab Navigator is an experimental add-on for the Firefox web browser. It can be download from the official Mozilla Firefox website.
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You could also use the Ctrl-Tab & Ctrl-Shift-Tab keyboard shortcuts to scroll through tabs.
Paul you are right.
> the CTRL 1-9 shortcuts that allow them to switch to the first eight tabs
Nine tabs.
Firefox Showcase + KeyConfig (to add a keyboard shortcut) would work well.
i use the shortcut 1 and 2 to change tabs, similar to opera using keyconfig
If you have Google Doc open under one tab, “CTRL + a number” doesn’t take you to other pages opened under other tabs. Any workaround?
You might want to try another addon which makes navigating thru tabs really easy.. on a different paradigm though…. Search Tab.. It has been featured in ComputerBild and on Windows Forest too..
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10174