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Nobody/Anonymous - 2008-01-04

Hello and congratulations again for Notepad++,

One small but very useful request for Notepad++: it would be nice if one could switch between tabs by typing Ctrl-PageUp and Ctrl-PageDown.

Why?

1- It is becoming very common in applications that have tabs (Microsoft Excel, FireFox, etc.).
2- As far as I know, Notepad++ has no way to switch between tabs from the keyboard, which means that the user has to use the mouse; this is not very efficient in a text editor.

Best regards,

Pascal

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- Nobody/Anonymous - 2008-01-04
  
  Why does this request have to appear here AGAIN? This was asked some time before as well.
  
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  - Nobody/Anonymous - 2008-01-04
    
    Yes, it was:
    
    http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1863838&forum_id=331753
    
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- Nobody/Anonymous - 2008-01-04
  
  Thanks for the answer, I now have a quicker way to switch tabs (and I know how I could map keys to do it my way).
  
  However, I still think that Notepad++ should by default also accept Ctrl-PageUp/Down:
  
  1- Ctrl-PageDown uses 2 keys, not three like Ctrl-Shift-Tab
  2- Ctrl-PageUp is more widely used to switch tabs; for instance Excel only accepts Ctrl-PageUp, not Ctrl-tab (FireFox accepts both).
  3- The difference between a great application (like Notepad++) and a fantastic one (like FireFox) often lies in attention to such small usability details.
  
  Pascal
  
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  - Nobody/Anonymous - 2008-01-04
    
    Are you happy, or aren't you willing to be?
    
    If not, I suggest you just drop Notepad++ and start looking for a really FANTASTIC application.
    
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- Nobody/Anonymous - 2008-01-04
  
  You can use ctrl + tab or ctrl + shift + tab to switch between tabs. At least in version 4.7.
  
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- Harry - 2008-01-04
  
  Actually, Ctrl-Tab is one of the default navigational keycombinations afaik, see "Dialog box keyboard shortcuts" at
  http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;301583
  (Although Notepad++ is not really a dialog, I think this is where the shortcut comes from)
  The shortcutmapper allows you to remap them, although there's a report that its not saved.
  
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