Using GNU-Screen for a long time.

C-a 1 2 n p

to navigate to other tabs. This works till 9. I often have 10, 11 etc. Is there any way to go to them quickly ?

Currently, i have to do: C-a 9, C-a n which is quite a pain. Thanks.

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try to use
(C-a ")
Display all windows in a table for visual window selection. The desired window can be selected via the standard movement keys (see Movement) and activated via the return key. If the -b option is given, screen will switch to the blank window before presenting the list, so that the current window is also selectable. The -m option changes the order of the windows, instead of sorting by window numbers screen uses its internal most-recently-used list.
UPD.
You can use binding to access windows above 9. here is the link text

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Strangely, I am able to do this now. Until now, upon doing Ca-", i was unable to move down the titles. Thanks. Can you tell me what the C-a - (minus) window is. I get a blank window that I am unable to do anything on. I can only move away from it. Earlier i had to kill it to make it go away, now i see that it vanishes when i move to next tab. – rahulk Sep 17 '10 at 4:47
(C-a -) (select -) switch to window 0 or to blank window. Updated answer. – zaynyatyi Sep 17 '10 at 8:09
Thanks for the link text. that was great. However, what is this blank window. I am unable to do anything with it. In earlier versions, i had to kill it to dismiss it. Now, thankfully, it goes away if i change to another tab. My question is -- what is this blank window. WHat purpose ? – rahulk Sep 17 '10 at 12:49
You can see there your windowlist when using C-a ". But i really don't know why devs left access for it trought C-a -. – zaynyatyi Sep 17 '10 at 13:30
thanks, i've mapped "-" to tab 11. and "o" to 10. – rahulk Sep 19 '10 at 10:44
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