What is the way to quick-switch between tabs in Xcode 4

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I have opened many tabs while working on project. (new feature in Xcode 4).

But for switching from one tab to other tab, the only way I've found to do this is to use the mouse. Is there any way to switch between different tabs using keyboard shortcuts?

This still applies to Xcode 8 and most answers still work ok. — Andrej, Dec 07 '16 at 11:12
https://stackoverflow.com/a/64848763/14531220 this is the right answer now. — zeytin, Nov 15 '20 at 21:41

score 318 · Accepted Answer · edited May 28 '12 at 09:11

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Shortcuts are:

CMD + SHIFT + } - Select Next tab
CMD + SHIFT + { - Select Previous tab

edited May 28 '12 at 09:11

Ben Clayton

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That should be command + shift + ..., I think. At least on my machine. – Chris Ladd Feb 07 '12 at 21:54
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ya it should be command + shift.. the command + } indents the line with a tab – Anand Feb 08 '12 at 07:35

score 95 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 21 '17 at 12:01

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The default shortcuts are:

⌘ + SHIFT + { - Select Next Tab
⌘ + SHIFT + } - Select Previous Tab

But I prefer going to XCode -> Preferences -> Key bindings and changing them to:

CTRL + TAB - Select Next Tab
CTRL + SHIFT + TAB - Select Previous Tab

...so they work the same as in Chrome or Safari.

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answered Feb 25 '13 at 11:22

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`CTRL` + `TAB` is much better and not used by default. Pity that we can't bind last used tab. – Pierre de LESPINAY Jun 25 '13 at 11:20
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I think everybody should assume that people are generally used to browser ~ and use CTR + TAB / CTR + SHIFT + TAB to change tabs. – Paweł Brewczynski Aug 19 '13 at 14:27
2nd one is beneficial :) – Vaibhav Saran Jan 16 '14 at 08:01
In Chrome it's also ALT-CMD-Left, so I changed it to that – Claudiu Jun 01 '14 at 22:57
I'm on Xcode 8.2.1 and couldn't find the mentioned bindings, they have been renamed to "*Show* Next/Previous Tab". – Toerndev Jan 18 '17 at 12:35
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Looks like `CTRL` + `TAB` already works by default on Xcode 9.2.1 – Kirkova Jan 25 '18 at 20:34

User · Answer 3 · 2012-09-05T10:33:42.457

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If the shortcuts don't work (because of language, for example), you can define custom shortcut:

XCode -> Preferences -> Key bindings
Make sure that "all" is selected
Define shortcuts for "Select Previous Tab" and "Select Next Tab"

I used cmd+pageup and cmd+pagedown, didn't generate any conflicts.

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answered Sep 04 '12 at 22:26

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`cmd` + `pageup` is Move to Beginning of Document in Xcode 8 :-( – falsecrypt Oct 19 '17 at 08:32

score 5 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 30 '21 at 07:24

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I perfer using BetterTouchTool to switch between tabs(include Chrome, Safari, Finder, Xcode, sublimeText and so on).

BetterTouchTool is a free software.

Just set TipTap Left and TipTap Right to cmd+shift+{ and cmd+shift+}.

And than, you can use trackpads with tiptap to switch between taps.

Here is my configuration:

Hope you will like it.

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I love better touch tool. I think it's a great combo when used with XCode – DavidNorman Dec 16 '14 at 20:55

score 5 · Answer 5 · edited Dec 21 '17 at 11:20

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XCode Windows menu option shows it as ⌘+ } or ⌘+ { but I think it is a bug since ⌘+ {/} is used for increase indent or decrease indent. The correct sequence is ⌘+ shift + } or {.

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On my keyboard at least, { and } are shifted [ and ], so I think XCode is actually correct here, just not exactly clear. Personally I would have called it cmd+shift+[ and cmd+shift+] – CupawnTae Jan 07 '14 at 09:46
That's exactly the reason. If you try it out in the Preferences pane you see that if you do `cmd+[` it will show that as the shortcut, while if you use `cmd+shift+[` it will show `cmd+{` as the shortcut. – Johanneke Jun 16 '14 at 12:21

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