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Is it possible to switch back to the last tab used (tab toggling)? I often like this behaviour on the Mac OSX when switching between apps with the CMD + Tab shortcut key.

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Switching back to last tab on Firefox:

  1. browse about:config
  2. find browser.ctrlTab.previews
  3. set true

Done! :)

You can switch back to the last tab via Ctrl + Tab.

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wow! thanks! this what i've been looking for. – Dashed Feb 23 at 19:22
@Dashed You poor soul, waiting 1 year for the best answer. :P – iglvzx Feb 23 at 19:45
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I am not fully sure whether I've got the question right. Also on Windows you can use CTRL+Tab to cycle through tabs or CTRL+Shift+Tab to cycle reverse.

If you're looking for an option to select what happens when you close a tab I recommend to have a look at the Tab Mix Plus extension. In Events -> Tab closing you will find an option to define what happens when you close a tab. There you can select options like selecting the tab right or left to the closed one as well as going back to the previously active tab.

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I apologize for the confusion in my question. I've meant to find a tab toggling feature much like how you switch to the last channel viewed on a television. It seems Tab Mix Plus supports this feature. – Dashed May 31 '11 at 9:12
For anything related to taps TMP might be worth having a look at. So without even knowing it exactly it solves your problem. So actually TMP should get a reward ;) – SkyBeam May 31 '11 at 17:08
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Do I understand your question correctly, that you want to be able to toggle between two tabs (both of which remain open)?

Firefox's Ctrl+Tab already has this behavior (at least on a Mac): Hold Ctrl, click Tab, and release both. The previous tab you were viewing gets the focus. Repeating it toggles between the two tabs. The trick is to let go of both keys immediately.

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The CMD + TAB shortcut is used by the application switching feature on the OSX, so I cannot replicate this behaviour on my side. I've looked into Tab Mix Plus which supports this feature. – Dashed May 31 '11 at 9:10
@Dashed: Oops, bad fingers! I meant that to read 'Ctrl-Tab', not 'Cmd-Tab'; fixed above. – JRobert May 31 '11 at 19:08
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You're looking for CTRL + SHIFT + T - it opens the last tab closed in Firefox.

You can also view 'Recently Closed Tabs' and 'Recently Closed Windows' in the History menu on the menu bar.

To switch between open tabs in Firefox with the keyboard, just press CTRL + 1 or 2 or whatever the tab "number" is, from the left (e.g. if your "Twitter" tab is the 5th tab open, from the left, just press CTRL + 5).

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