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Once I've created a new tab in gnome-terminal with Ctrl+Shift+t, how can I switch back and forth between the tabs using the keyboard? For example, in Google Chrome the keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+Tab (forward) and Ctrl+Shift+Tab (backward).

I'm using Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon.

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  • Yea i'm using gnome-terminal ... I edited the question to reflect that.
    – dannyp32
    Mar 14, 2013 at 3:26
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    Google returns THIS as the first result when doing a search with your exact title.
    – don_crissti
    Mar 14, 2013 at 3:30
  • Thanks. I previously searched for "Switch between tabs in terminal with keyboard" which gives a bunch of results relevent to mac os. I forgot to search again after you asked if I was using gnome terminal.
    – dannyp32
    Mar 14, 2013 at 3:53

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Ctrl+Page Down (forward) and Ctrl+Page Up (backward).

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  • If you happen to be on a laptop that has arrow keys, you may need to combine this with the fn key
    – lacostenycoder
    Mar 30, 2022 at 16:34
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Try using alt+tab number for Linux with gnome.

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  • This works fine for me in gnome-terminal. Nice tip!
    – artu-hnrq
    Feb 26, 2020 at 18:22
  • Works on xfce terminal. Thanks.
    – Adham Zahran
    May 19, 2020 at 11:08
  • This works for me! Thanks!
    – Qazi Fahim Farhan
    Mar 15, 2022 at 16:34
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    what happens when you have more than 9 tabs open?
    – lacostenycoder
    Mar 30, 2022 at 15:53
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For me, what works is: Alt + shift + tab number.

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  • that not work for me.
    – nima
    Feb 5, 2020 at 8:32
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    It doesn't work for me either, only without pressing <Shift>
    – artu-hnrq
    Feb 26, 2020 at 18:25
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For my Dell XPS 13 2021 laptop it is Ctrl + fn + up/down arrow

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    Nov 3, 2022 at 10:39

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