How to switch between tabs in IE7 using shortcut key

Posted on March 28, 2007 at 12:01 pm

Here’s a quick post on how to switch between tab in the new Internet Explorer 7! This problem had bothered me for a while because I used the great ALT-TAB all the time to switch between various IE windows, but when I started using IE7 for some reason my mind kept making me press ALT-TAB in the hopes that it would change between the tabs in one Internet Explorer session!

Well if you are having this same problem and are lazy like me and don’t feel like reaching for your mouse that’s only inches away to click on another tab, you can instead press CNTRL-TAB on your keyboard and that will allow you to switch between tabs INSIDE of one Internet Explorer window!

Using ALT-TAB will still switch you between any active windows on the dekstop. I wish I could use the Windows hotkey along with the TAB because I have found pressing CNTRL-TAB is just not as easy as ALT-TAB was! Now I have slide my thumb ALL the way to the left side of the keyboard to get to the CNTRL key, which is a pain in the butt! Anyone else know of a better way to switch between IE tabs, let me know!

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5 Responses to “How to switch between tabs in IE7 using shortcut key”

  1. ben said on : August 7th, 2007 at 8:27 pm

    thank you so much i was worried there for a while


  2. santhosh said on : February 8th, 2008 at 6:29 am

    Thanks very much for your tip. i was facing the same problem.


  3. liz said on : March 3rd, 2008 at 9:14 am

    Thank you! I knew there was a shortcut, I had done it accidentally one time and I’ve been trying to find a way ever since. I am a keyboard shortcut-aholic.


  4. Andy said on : April 14th, 2008 at 5:16 am

    Thanks, I had finally lost my patience with clicking the tabs today. Googled a shortcut found yours an now my faith in ie7 is restored


  5. shivank said on : May 6th, 2008 at 9:38 am

    thanks a lot mate, it was so helpful, but i think, i should have guesses, as cntl+t opens a new tab


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