Tip of the day: Windows users, to use the keyboard to navigate between open documents within an application, use CTRL+Tab. Functions the same way the Alt+Tab combination does. Why am I only learning this now?!
It’s worth pointing out that “open documents within an application” includes tabs within a browser [well, Firefox and Opera, at least, I didn’t bother loading up IE7].
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Why would anyone bother opening up IE7 anyway?
Well, unless they were a web designer, of course.
Nice tip, I knew about the Firefox tab switching but I didn’t know you could switch between documents in another application.
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It came up on a FrameMaker mailing list. It’s the kind of thing that’s bugged me for years but I’ve never actually checked to see if there was a solution, just presumed there wasn’t.
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Alt is for apps, ctrl is for documents, and shift is for reversing things hence:
alt-tab, ctrl-tab
alt-f4, ctrl-f4
And shift-alt/ctrl-tab/f4 to do it all backwards.
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Isn’t this supposed to be over on the left?
I’m just sayin’…
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Also worth knowing that the tab pages (‘property pages’) within options boxes work with the Ctrl+Tab combination as if they were sub-application windows. It also moves focus between the ‘parts’ of Windows Explorer windows (and some other single-document apps where Tab has meaning within particular parts).
As izb says, Ctrl+F4 to close a window within an application just as Alt+F4 closes an application-level window, and Shift to reverse Tab orders, but I’m not convinced Shift does anything with the F4 combinations 😉
It’s worth pointing out that “open documents within an application” includes tabs within a browser [well, Firefox and Opera, at least, I didn’t bother loading up IE7].
Why would anyone bother opening up IE7 anyway?
Well, unless they were a web designer, of course.
Nice tip, I knew about the Firefox tab switching but I didn’t know you could switch between documents in another application.
It came up on a FrameMaker mailing list. It’s the kind of thing that’s bugged me for years but I’ve never actually checked to see if there was a solution, just presumed there wasn’t.
Alt is for apps, ctrl is for documents, and shift is for reversing things hence:
alt-tab, ctrl-tab
alt-f4, ctrl-f4
And shift-alt/ctrl-tab/f4 to do it all backwards.
Isn’t this supposed to be over on the left?
I’m just sayin’…
Also worth knowing that the tab pages (‘property pages’) within options boxes work with the Ctrl+Tab combination as if they were sub-application windows. It also moves focus between the ‘parts’ of Windows Explorer windows (and some other single-document apps where Tab has meaning within particular parts).
As izb says, Ctrl+F4 to close a window within an application just as Alt+F4 closes an application-level window, and Shift to reverse Tab orders, but I’m not convinced Shift does anything with the F4 combinations 😉
Surely shift+F4 re-opens the last closed app….
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