AdamBombJul 30, 2024

Seeking terminal emulator with MRU tab switching shortcut

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/20256061

Seeking terminal emulator with MRU tab switching shortcut - SDF Chatter

I’m new to Linux; I fled from Windows in the wake of 10-11 ever-accelerating stream of bullshit. Anyway, I have major muscle memory for MRU window and tab switching. I use it all the time to switch windows, switch browser tabs, and switch IDE tabs. In Windows, I could also switch Terminal tabs in MRU order, and I miss this in Linux. My distro (Mint) comes with gnome-terminal, which as far as I can tell doesn’t expose MRU switching as an option. Is there an alternative terminal that does support this? Alternatively, if you use MRU switching in other contexts but not in your terminal, what do you use instead?

Show threadtmpodJul 30, 2024

Kitty has been my daily driver for quite some time now, I really like it for its rich feature set and extensive configuration.

You can use its goto_tab action with 0 and negative values to get MRU behaviour. See more here: sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/#action-goto_tab

Mappable actions

The actions described below can be mapped to any key press or mouse action using the map and mouse_map directives in kitty.conf. For configuration examples, see the default shortcut links for each ...

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Show threadAdamBomb
OK, this sounds close to what I want, but I left one part unsaid: my muscle memory is such that if I want to visit the 2nd most recent tab, I can hold Ctrl, press Tab twice, then release Ctrl. It doesn’t sound like I can accomplish this with Kitty key bindings, or can I?
Jul 31, 2024 at 4:40pmWeb
Show threadtmpodJul 31, 2024

Just tested* and it doesn’t seem to work, no. I don’t know if it’s doable though, it may be.

  • Even though I’m a heavy user of that behaviour in Firefox (which now has to be explicitly turned on :/), I’ve gotten used to just use the left and right arrows (+kitty mod bind) to move around tabs.
Show threadAdamBombJul 31, 2024
Thanks, I’m open to learning alternative workflows, so thanks for adding that info.
Show threadtmpodJul 31, 2024
Glad to hear! Good luck :)