Say I've got many tabs open and I'm doing something on one of them. I now open a new tab (e.g. Ctrl+T).
I do some work there and then need to return to the previously viewed tab. How do I do that in Chrome?
asked Jul 21, 2011 at 8:29
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There are 2 ways I currently know of - Ctrl+tabbing through all of the tabs until I find the right one, or using a mouse and trying to select which I think was the right one. Both ways are terrible.– Borek BernardJul 21, 2011 at 8:38
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There isn't a native keyboard shortcut to do it in Chrome, but there is an extension that (sort of) adds functionality to do this:
Recent Tabs Extension
Cycle through your most recently used tabs (MRU) like Alt+Tab, but, with the shortcut keys Ctrl+Q or Ctrl+`(~) or assign your own!
The way I usually do it:
(not helpful for filling our forms though.) Press ctrl + t to open the new tab. Do your stuff. Press ctrl + w to close the tab.
This takes you back to the tab you were on when you switched.
Press ctrl + shift + t to reopen the tab if you need to.
Alternately when I have to deal with a form:
Use ctrl + n for a new window then alt + tab between them. (I know some people have a negative feeling about new windows but for what you're doing it may just be a good solution to try getting used to.)
