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In OSX Terminal.app, if you open new windows, you can easily switch between them with Cmd-1, Cmd-2, Cmd-3, etc.

You can also cycle between tabs, using Cmd-Shift-{ and Cmd-Shift-}.

But is there a way to jump straight to a particular tab, like you can with windows? e.g. Cmd-Shift-3 to jump to the third tab? (That's not it, of course.)

I'm pretty sure it's impossible out of the box, but what if I'm willing to write some AppleScript to make this work?

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Just for reference: Shift-Command-Left/Right Arrow also switch tabs. And in Mac OS X Lion 10.7, you can use a three-finger swipe to switch tabs. – Chris Page Sep 17 '11 at 10:14
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Ditch Terminal and use iTerm. It lets you do this and is, to me anyway, a bit more useful.

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Winner! I just installed it and I already love iTerm's configurability (though it is a bit complex...) – Dan Fabulich Apr 19 '10 at 2:21
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Tab Switching in Terminal is the only way that I know. I haven't tested it with Snow Leopard so YMMV.

Or you can use Screen and switch "tabs" with Ctrl-A,n and Ctrl-A,p or Ctrl-A, 0-9 to switch directly to one.

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This no longer appears to work in Snow Leopard. – Dan Fabulich Apr 19 '10 at 2:20
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