Different Ways to Rotate Control Over Firefox Browser Tabs

Today, I received a question from Priyanka Balan about shifting control between multiple Firefox browser tabs.

Priyanka is a regular reader of CoreNetworkZ Tech Support and a member of our online IT community.

She asked, "Hello Alex, is there a keyboard shortcut to move control between opened Firefox browser tabs on my Dell laptop?"

Mozilla Firefox has a keyboard shortcut to move forward and backward the active tab control. I will explain it in this article.

That is an interesting question asked by Simon, a client of CoreNetworkZ Tech Solutions, during a business conference.

He said, "Selecting any browser tab with a mouse click is easy. So, what is the necessity for such a feature?"

Most users tend to open multiple tabs while working on different tasks. Some find it difficult to return to a previous window.

From a developer point of view, we techies prefer keyboard shorts to mouse to select the active Firefox browser tab.

Shivani Krishna, a website developer enthusiastic, asked, "Hello Alex, I started learning HTML and CSS. Is there any Firefox tab rotator feature to improve the coding speed?"

This tutorial explains various methods for rotating tabs. Navigating between windows is easy using simple keyboard shortcuts. I will also introduce the Mozilla Tab Rotator extension for Firefox later.

Here, you will learn how to move forward and backward through Firefox tabs or select a specific one without cycling through all of them.

1. Select the Next Firefox Tab Forward

   Let me answer Shivani's question here. To move user control forward to the next active tab, use the following keyboard combination:

   [Ctrl] + [Tab]

   I recommend Shivani this keyboard shortcut to improve the speed of Firefox browser tab rotation in the forward direction.

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   If you have multiple tabs open and want to switch to the next one, press Ctrl and Tab together. This keyboard shortcut allows you to cycle forward through your open tabs seamlessly.

2. Transfer Control to the Previous Tab (Reverse Firefox Tab rotation)

   This section answers the question from Priyanka. To switch to the tab before the current one, use the following keyboard combination:

   [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [Tab]

   Pressing Ctrl, Shift, and Tab together will move user control to the previous tab, allowing seamless navigation between open tabs.

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   So, we can rotate the Firefox browser tabs in reverse order. I believe it answered Priyanka's question.

3. Firefox Tab Rotator Extension

   If you're interested in using a dedicated Mozilla add-on to rotate Firefox browser tabs, visit the following link.

   https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-rotator/

   Open the link in the Firefox browser and install the extension.