Keyboard shortcut to jump between tabs on OS X Terminal











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In OS X Terminal.app, if you open new windows, you can easily switch between them with Cmd-1, Cmd-2, Cmd-3, etc.



You can also cycle between tabs, using Cmd-Shift-{ and Cmd-Shift-}. (or Cmd-Shift-Left and Cmd-Shift-Right)



But is there a way to jump straight to a particular tab, like you can with windows? e.g. Cmd-Shift-3 to jump to the third tab? (That's not it, of course.)



I'm pretty sure it's impossible out of the box, but what if I'm willing to write some AppleScript to make this work?










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    Just for reference: Shift-Command-Left/Right Arrow also switch tabs. And in Mac OS X Lion 10.7, you can use a three-finger swipe to switch tabs.
    – Chris Page
    Sep 17 '11 at 10:14










  • Three-finger swipe does not work in Mavericks (for me).
    – SabreWolfy
    Feb 13 '14 at 12:05










  • <kbd>Cmd</kbd>-<kbd>1</kbd>, etc. do not work in Mavericks.
    – SabreWolfy
    Feb 13 '14 at 12:06








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    ctrl + tab will nav you thru the terminal tabs in MacOS Sierra (and probably earlier)
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    Jan 3 '17 at 17:52















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In OS X Terminal.app, if you open new windows, you can easily switch between them with Cmd-1, Cmd-2, Cmd-3, etc.



You can also cycle between tabs, using Cmd-Shift-{ and Cmd-Shift-}. (or Cmd-Shift-Left and Cmd-Shift-Right)



But is there a way to jump straight to a particular tab, like you can with windows? e.g. Cmd-Shift-3 to jump to the third tab? (That's not it, of course.)



I'm pretty sure it's impossible out of the box, but what if I'm willing to write some AppleScript to make this work?










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    Just for reference: Shift-Command-Left/Right Arrow also switch tabs. And in Mac OS X Lion 10.7, you can use a three-finger swipe to switch tabs.
    – Chris Page
    Sep 17 '11 at 10:14










  • Three-finger swipe does not work in Mavericks (for me).
    – SabreWolfy
    Feb 13 '14 at 12:05










  • <kbd>Cmd</kbd>-<kbd>1</kbd>, etc. do not work in Mavericks.
    – SabreWolfy
    Feb 13 '14 at 12:06








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    ctrl + tab will nav you thru the terminal tabs in MacOS Sierra (and probably earlier)
    – SMT
    Jan 3 '17 at 17:52













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In OS X Terminal.app, if you open new windows, you can easily switch between them with Cmd-1, Cmd-2, Cmd-3, etc.



You can also cycle between tabs, using Cmd-Shift-{ and Cmd-Shift-}. (or Cmd-Shift-Left and Cmd-Shift-Right)



But is there a way to jump straight to a particular tab, like you can with windows? e.g. Cmd-Shift-3 to jump to the third tab? (That's not it, of course.)



I'm pretty sure it's impossible out of the box, but what if I'm willing to write some AppleScript to make this work?










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In OS X Terminal.app, if you open new windows, you can easily switch between them with Cmd-1, Cmd-2, Cmd-3, etc.



You can also cycle between tabs, using Cmd-Shift-{ and Cmd-Shift-}. (or Cmd-Shift-Left and Cmd-Shift-Right)



But is there a way to jump straight to a particular tab, like you can with windows? e.g. Cmd-Shift-3 to jump to the third tab? (That's not it, of course.)



I'm pretty sure it's impossible out of the box, but what if I'm willing to write some AppleScript to make this work?







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    Just for reference: Shift-Command-Left/Right Arrow also switch tabs. And in Mac OS X Lion 10.7, you can use a three-finger swipe to switch tabs.
    – Chris Page
    Sep 17 '11 at 10:14










  • Three-finger swipe does not work in Mavericks (for me).
    – SabreWolfy
    Feb 13 '14 at 12:05










  • <kbd>Cmd</kbd>-<kbd>1</kbd>, etc. do not work in Mavericks.
    – SabreWolfy
    Feb 13 '14 at 12:06








  • 3




    ctrl + tab will nav you thru the terminal tabs in MacOS Sierra (and probably earlier)
    – SMT
    Jan 3 '17 at 17:52














  • 14




    Just for reference: Shift-Command-Left/Right Arrow also switch tabs. And in Mac OS X Lion 10.7, you can use a three-finger swipe to switch tabs.
    – Chris Page
    Sep 17 '11 at 10:14










  • Three-finger swipe does not work in Mavericks (for me).
    – SabreWolfy
    Feb 13 '14 at 12:05










  • <kbd>Cmd</kbd>-<kbd>1</kbd>, etc. do not work in Mavericks.
    – SabreWolfy
    Feb 13 '14 at 12:06








  • 3




    ctrl + tab will nav you thru the terminal tabs in MacOS Sierra (and probably earlier)
    – SMT
    Jan 3 '17 at 17:52








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14




Just for reference: Shift-Command-Left/Right Arrow also switch tabs. And in Mac OS X Lion 10.7, you can use a three-finger swipe to switch tabs.
– Chris Page
Sep 17 '11 at 10:14




Just for reference: Shift-Command-Left/Right Arrow also switch tabs. And in Mac OS X Lion 10.7, you can use a three-finger swipe to switch tabs.
– Chris Page
Sep 17 '11 at 10:14












Three-finger swipe does not work in Mavericks (for me).
– SabreWolfy
Feb 13 '14 at 12:05




Three-finger swipe does not work in Mavericks (for me).
– SabreWolfy
Feb 13 '14 at 12:05












<kbd>Cmd</kbd>-<kbd>1</kbd>, etc. do not work in Mavericks.
– SabreWolfy
Feb 13 '14 at 12:06






<kbd>Cmd</kbd>-<kbd>1</kbd>, etc. do not work in Mavericks.
– SabreWolfy
Feb 13 '14 at 12:06






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ctrl + tab will nav you thru the terminal tabs in MacOS Sierra (and probably earlier)
– SMT
Jan 3 '17 at 17:52




ctrl + tab will nav you thru the terminal tabs in MacOS Sierra (and probably earlier)
– SMT
Jan 3 '17 at 17:52










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Ditch Terminal and use iTerm. It lets you do this and is, to me anyway, a bit more useful.






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  • Winner! I just installed it and I already love iTerm's configurability (though it is a bit complex...)
    – Dan Fabulich
    Apr 19 '10 at 2:21






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    With iTerm, the answer would be command + T, and control + tab, just like a browser. command + W closes a tab.
    – Droogans
    May 15 '13 at 19:13






  • 2




    iTerm is relatively slow in comparison to the regular Terminal. But nonetheless, a good terminal emulator.
    – schlingel
    Jun 22 '16 at 8:29






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    BTW ctrl + tab lets you change which tab you're on in terminal in OSX.
    – SMT
    Jan 3 '17 at 17:51






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    I would stick with Terminal and learn the below shortcut, iTerms latency is crazy : danluu.com/term-latency
    – Adam Fallon
    Jul 19 '17 at 14:07


















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The key combination is: Shift-Cmd-Left or Right






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    With this I no longer have a need for iTerm :)
    – slott
    Feb 19 '15 at 7:06






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    Did the original question not ask for a way to switch to a specific tab (rather than to next or previous tab)?
    – matty
    Jun 3 '16 at 14:16






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    This should be the accepted anwer
    – Juan Fuentes
    Sep 20 '16 at 18:06






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    I was a little taken aback when I thought I would have to have to install iterm just to move between tabs......phew.
    – Nikhil Sahu
    Aug 5 '17 at 9:54










  • can we configure it ?
    – Knight71
    Feb 27 at 9:22


















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It can be done from System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts > click + > select Terminal.app and add the option title as it appears in the Terminal menu, which can be:





  • Select Next Tab (on Mavericks and earlier)


  • Show Next Tab (on Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra...)


Yosemite menu items



Note: As you probably realize, you can do this with absolutely any [Cocoa] OSX app that has a menu with options, even if originally the app defined no shortcut for the option.



This kind of shortcuts are not equivalent to using native app shortcuts. What OSX is in fact doing is triggering the provided menu option via the label - you'll notice that while you press the keys the corresponding menu item will flash in the menu bar.



After years of resisting the idea of using a third-party terminal i finally switched to iTerm2 primarily because of properly working window split which in the ootb Terminal.app is not very useful. Also the shortcuts are fully configurable, making it possible to achieve anything you want, including switching to a specific tab with +[tab number] to jump to the Nth tab.






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    Did the original question not ask for a way to switch to a specific tab (rather than to next or previous tab)?
    – matty
    Jun 3 '16 at 14:16






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    @matty: you are right, the original question mentions switching to a specific tab, but the question title is more generic than that, so most people who found this question were just looking for a way to easily switch tabs with an easier shortcut than OSX provides by default.
    – ccpizza
    Jun 4 '16 at 8:46


















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I've been using Spark for years. It lets you overwrite shortcuts of any application, such as Terminal and Safari. I use it to make both programs switch tabs with command+n where n is the tab number, from 1 to 9.



After you download and copy Spark.app to /Applications, start it, click All Applications' Hotkeys to expand the menu on the left, and click on the plus sign to add new application.



Add Terminal (from /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app). Next thing is to create the shortcuts: click File->New HotKey->AppleScript (or just hit command+1). Click on the shortcut area and hit command+1, name it tab1 and use this code:



tell front window of application "Terminal" to set selected tab to tab 1


Repeat it for command+2 to command+9.
If you want the ability to vertically maximize the terminal, create a new shortcut like command+shift+m, name it whatever you want and use this code:



tell application "Finder"
set _b to bounds of window of desktop
end tell

tell application "Terminal"
tell front window
set {_x, _y, _w, _h} to (get bounds)
set _vz to item 4 of _b
set bounds to {_x, 10, _w, _vz}
end tell
end tell


Same thing for Safari on tab shortcuts, but the code is a bit different:



tell front window of application "Safari" to set current tab to tab 1


Honestly, I can't use either Terminal or Safari without this.






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    You can use osacompile to save scripts like this quickly: for n in {1..9} -1; do osacompile -e "try" -e "tell app "Terminal" to tell window 1 to set selected tab to tab $n" -e "end" -o Select Tab $n.scpt; done. Wrapping the scripts in try blocks prevents error dialogs. Spark was last updated in 2008; another application that allows assigning application-specific shortcuts to scripts is FastScripts.
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In macOS High Sierra (10.13) you can switch to a specific tab using the shortcut keys 19.



To enable/disable these shortcut keys, go to Settings > General and toggle Use ⌘-1 through ⌘-9 to switch tabs.



Terminal Settings > General






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    Lesser known multi-application keyboard shortcuts



    Bring the previous tab to the front



    Shift-Command-[



    Bring the next tab to the front



    Shift-Command-]





    Origin and scope



    If I recall correctly, those were the shortcuts when Safari gained tabs.



    Those original shortcuts are not in how-to HT201236 (Mac keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support) but they are in Safari 9 (El Capitan): Safari keyboard and other shortcuts and:




    • both shortcuts are still good with other applications – such as Terminal – in release candidate 16A319 of Mac OS X 10.12 (macOS Sierra).






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      I arrived here wanting an answer on how to change the shortcut for ANY application. @ccpizza's answer put me in the right direction.



      Here's how I did it:




      • Open "System Preferences" (From Apple menu top left corner of screen)

      • Open "Keyboard"

      • Select "App Shortcuts" on the left

      • Press the + sign

      • In the popup, choose "All applications"

      • Enter "Show Next Tab" (without parentheses) and your desired shortcut

      • Enter "Show Previous Tab" and your desired shortcut


      You can do this for any menu item (top bar). OSx does a text search, so you just have to match it... And be lucky enough that all apps use the same naming :)






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        Tab Switching in Terminal is the only way that I know. I haven't tested it with Snow Leopard so YMMV.



        Or you can use Screen and switch "tabs" with Ctrl-A,n and Ctrl-A,p or Ctrl-A, 0-9 to switch directly to one.






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        • This no longer appears to work in Snow Leopard.
          – Dan Fabulich
          Apr 19 '10 at 2:20


















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        Copied from How can I change the keyboard shortcut for switching tabs in Mac Terminal?



        1: Install SIMBL (plugin enabler): http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php



        2: Install the TerminalTabSwitching.bundle



        git clone https://github.com/dabeeeenster/terminaltabswitching
        cp -r terminaltabswitching/TerminalTabSwitching.bundle "/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins"


        3: Restart the Terminal app, and enjoy Cmd+[0-9] tab-switching.



        FYI: It you received something like plugin is not verified in terminal version # (a number) when you opened your terminal again, maybe the following information would help.



        (1) Open



        /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/Terminal/TerminalTabSwitching.bundle/Contents/Info.plist


        using your favorite text editor under sudo.



        (2) Search For <key>MaxBundleVersion</key>.



        (3) Change <string>280</string> at next line to your terminal version number or higher like <string>300</string>. Save.



        (4) Quit terminal and reopen it. Hopefully that prompt would disappear and you can use Cmd+[0:9] for tab switching.






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          Control+Tab works fine as for now






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            Ditch Terminal and use iTerm. It lets you do this and is, to me anyway, a bit more useful.






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            • Winner! I just installed it and I already love iTerm's configurability (though it is a bit complex...)
              – Dan Fabulich
              Apr 19 '10 at 2:21






            • 1




              With iTerm, the answer would be command + T, and control + tab, just like a browser. command + W closes a tab.
              – Droogans
              May 15 '13 at 19:13






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              iTerm is relatively slow in comparison to the regular Terminal. But nonetheless, a good terminal emulator.
              – schlingel
              Jun 22 '16 at 8:29






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              BTW ctrl + tab lets you change which tab you're on in terminal in OSX.
              – SMT
              Jan 3 '17 at 17:51






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              I would stick with Terminal and learn the below shortcut, iTerms latency is crazy : danluu.com/term-latency
              – Adam Fallon
              Jul 19 '17 at 14:07















            up vote
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            accepted










            Ditch Terminal and use iTerm. It lets you do this and is, to me anyway, a bit more useful.






            share|improve this answer





















            • Winner! I just installed it and I already love iTerm's configurability (though it is a bit complex...)
              – Dan Fabulich
              Apr 19 '10 at 2:21






            • 1




              With iTerm, the answer would be command + T, and control + tab, just like a browser. command + W closes a tab.
              – Droogans
              May 15 '13 at 19:13






            • 2




              iTerm is relatively slow in comparison to the regular Terminal. But nonetheless, a good terminal emulator.
              – schlingel
              Jun 22 '16 at 8:29






            • 8




              BTW ctrl + tab lets you change which tab you're on in terminal in OSX.
              – SMT
              Jan 3 '17 at 17:51






            • 2




              I would stick with Terminal and learn the below shortcut, iTerms latency is crazy : danluu.com/term-latency
              – Adam Fallon
              Jul 19 '17 at 14:07













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            up vote
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            Ditch Terminal and use iTerm. It lets you do this and is, to me anyway, a bit more useful.






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            Ditch Terminal and use iTerm. It lets you do this and is, to me anyway, a bit more useful.







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            • Winner! I just installed it and I already love iTerm's configurability (though it is a bit complex...)
              – Dan Fabulich
              Apr 19 '10 at 2:21






            • 1




              With iTerm, the answer would be command + T, and control + tab, just like a browser. command + W closes a tab.
              – Droogans
              May 15 '13 at 19:13






            • 2




              iTerm is relatively slow in comparison to the regular Terminal. But nonetheless, a good terminal emulator.
              – schlingel
              Jun 22 '16 at 8:29






            • 8




              BTW ctrl + tab lets you change which tab you're on in terminal in OSX.
              – SMT
              Jan 3 '17 at 17:51






            • 2




              I would stick with Terminal and learn the below shortcut, iTerms latency is crazy : danluu.com/term-latency
              – Adam Fallon
              Jul 19 '17 at 14:07


















            • Winner! I just installed it and I already love iTerm's configurability (though it is a bit complex...)
              – Dan Fabulich
              Apr 19 '10 at 2:21






            • 1




              With iTerm, the answer would be command + T, and control + tab, just like a browser. command + W closes a tab.
              – Droogans
              May 15 '13 at 19:13






            • 2




              iTerm is relatively slow in comparison to the regular Terminal. But nonetheless, a good terminal emulator.
              – schlingel
              Jun 22 '16 at 8:29






            • 8




              BTW ctrl + tab lets you change which tab you're on in terminal in OSX.
              – SMT
              Jan 3 '17 at 17:51






            • 2




              I would stick with Terminal and learn the below shortcut, iTerms latency is crazy : danluu.com/term-latency
              – Adam Fallon
              Jul 19 '17 at 14:07
















            Winner! I just installed it and I already love iTerm's configurability (though it is a bit complex...)
            – Dan Fabulich
            Apr 19 '10 at 2:21




            Winner! I just installed it and I already love iTerm's configurability (though it is a bit complex...)
            – Dan Fabulich
            Apr 19 '10 at 2:21




            1




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            With iTerm, the answer would be command + T, and control + tab, just like a browser. command + W closes a tab.
            – Droogans
            May 15 '13 at 19:13




            With iTerm, the answer would be command + T, and control + tab, just like a browser. command + W closes a tab.
            – Droogans
            May 15 '13 at 19:13




            2




            2




            iTerm is relatively slow in comparison to the regular Terminal. But nonetheless, a good terminal emulator.
            – schlingel
            Jun 22 '16 at 8:29




            iTerm is relatively slow in comparison to the regular Terminal. But nonetheless, a good terminal emulator.
            – schlingel
            Jun 22 '16 at 8:29




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            8




            BTW ctrl + tab lets you change which tab you're on in terminal in OSX.
            – SMT
            Jan 3 '17 at 17:51




            BTW ctrl + tab lets you change which tab you're on in terminal in OSX.
            – SMT
            Jan 3 '17 at 17:51




            2




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            I would stick with Terminal and learn the below shortcut, iTerms latency is crazy : danluu.com/term-latency
            – Adam Fallon
            Jul 19 '17 at 14:07




            I would stick with Terminal and learn the below shortcut, iTerms latency is crazy : danluu.com/term-latency
            – Adam Fallon
            Jul 19 '17 at 14:07












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            The key combination is: Shift-Cmd-Left or Right






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              With this I no longer have a need for iTerm :)
              – slott
              Feb 19 '15 at 7:06






            • 8




              Did the original question not ask for a way to switch to a specific tab (rather than to next or previous tab)?
              – matty
              Jun 3 '16 at 14:16






            • 5




              This should be the accepted anwer
              – Juan Fuentes
              Sep 20 '16 at 18:06






            • 1




              I was a little taken aback when I thought I would have to have to install iterm just to move between tabs......phew.
              – Nikhil Sahu
              Aug 5 '17 at 9:54










            • can we configure it ?
              – Knight71
              Feb 27 at 9:22















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            The key combination is: Shift-Cmd-Left or Right






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            • 12




              With this I no longer have a need for iTerm :)
              – slott
              Feb 19 '15 at 7:06






            • 8




              Did the original question not ask for a way to switch to a specific tab (rather than to next or previous tab)?
              – matty
              Jun 3 '16 at 14:16






            • 5




              This should be the accepted anwer
              – Juan Fuentes
              Sep 20 '16 at 18:06






            • 1




              I was a little taken aback when I thought I would have to have to install iterm just to move between tabs......phew.
              – Nikhil Sahu
              Aug 5 '17 at 9:54










            • can we configure it ?
              – Knight71
              Feb 27 at 9:22













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            The key combination is: Shift-Cmd-Left or Right






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              With this I no longer have a need for iTerm :)
              – slott
              Feb 19 '15 at 7:06






            • 8




              Did the original question not ask for a way to switch to a specific tab (rather than to next or previous tab)?
              – matty
              Jun 3 '16 at 14:16






            • 5




              This should be the accepted anwer
              – Juan Fuentes
              Sep 20 '16 at 18:06






            • 1




              I was a little taken aback when I thought I would have to have to install iterm just to move between tabs......phew.
              – Nikhil Sahu
              Aug 5 '17 at 9:54










            • can we configure it ?
              – Knight71
              Feb 27 at 9:22














            • 12




              With this I no longer have a need for iTerm :)
              – slott
              Feb 19 '15 at 7:06






            • 8




              Did the original question not ask for a way to switch to a specific tab (rather than to next or previous tab)?
              – matty
              Jun 3 '16 at 14:16






            • 5




              This should be the accepted anwer
              – Juan Fuentes
              Sep 20 '16 at 18:06






            • 1




              I was a little taken aback when I thought I would have to have to install iterm just to move between tabs......phew.
              – Nikhil Sahu
              Aug 5 '17 at 9:54










            • can we configure it ?
              – Knight71
              Feb 27 at 9:22








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            With this I no longer have a need for iTerm :)
            – slott
            Feb 19 '15 at 7:06




            With this I no longer have a need for iTerm :)
            – slott
            Feb 19 '15 at 7:06




            8




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            Did the original question not ask for a way to switch to a specific tab (rather than to next or previous tab)?
            – matty
            Jun 3 '16 at 14:16




            Did the original question not ask for a way to switch to a specific tab (rather than to next or previous tab)?
            – matty
            Jun 3 '16 at 14:16




            5




            5




            This should be the accepted anwer
            – Juan Fuentes
            Sep 20 '16 at 18:06




            This should be the accepted anwer
            – Juan Fuentes
            Sep 20 '16 at 18:06




            1




            1




            I was a little taken aback when I thought I would have to have to install iterm just to move between tabs......phew.
            – Nikhil Sahu
            Aug 5 '17 at 9:54




            I was a little taken aback when I thought I would have to have to install iterm just to move between tabs......phew.
            – Nikhil Sahu
            Aug 5 '17 at 9:54












            can we configure it ?
            – Knight71
            Feb 27 at 9:22




            can we configure it ?
            – Knight71
            Feb 27 at 9:22










            up vote
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            It can be done from System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts > click + > select Terminal.app and add the option title as it appears in the Terminal menu, which can be:





            • Select Next Tab (on Mavericks and earlier)


            • Show Next Tab (on Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra...)


            Yosemite menu items



            Note: As you probably realize, you can do this with absolutely any [Cocoa] OSX app that has a menu with options, even if originally the app defined no shortcut for the option.



            This kind of shortcuts are not equivalent to using native app shortcuts. What OSX is in fact doing is triggering the provided menu option via the label - you'll notice that while you press the keys the corresponding menu item will flash in the menu bar.



            After years of resisting the idea of using a third-party terminal i finally switched to iTerm2 primarily because of properly working window split which in the ootb Terminal.app is not very useful. Also the shortcuts are fully configurable, making it possible to achieve anything you want, including switching to a specific tab with +[tab number] to jump to the Nth tab.






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            • 4




              Did the original question not ask for a way to switch to a specific tab (rather than to next or previous tab)?
              – matty
              Jun 3 '16 at 14:16






            • 2




              @matty: you are right, the original question mentions switching to a specific tab, but the question title is more generic than that, so most people who found this question were just looking for a way to easily switch tabs with an easier shortcut than OSX provides by default.
              – ccpizza
              Jun 4 '16 at 8:46















            up vote
            19
            down vote













            It can be done from System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts > click + > select Terminal.app and add the option title as it appears in the Terminal menu, which can be:





            • Select Next Tab (on Mavericks and earlier)


            • Show Next Tab (on Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra...)


            Yosemite menu items



            Note: As you probably realize, you can do this with absolutely any [Cocoa] OSX app that has a menu with options, even if originally the app defined no shortcut for the option.



            This kind of shortcuts are not equivalent to using native app shortcuts. What OSX is in fact doing is triggering the provided menu option via the label - you'll notice that while you press the keys the corresponding menu item will flash in the menu bar.



            After years of resisting the idea of using a third-party terminal i finally switched to iTerm2 primarily because of properly working window split which in the ootb Terminal.app is not very useful. Also the shortcuts are fully configurable, making it possible to achieve anything you want, including switching to a specific tab with +[tab number] to jump to the Nth tab.






            share|improve this answer



















            • 4




              Did the original question not ask for a way to switch to a specific tab (rather than to next or previous tab)?
              – matty
              Jun 3 '16 at 14:16






            • 2




              @matty: you are right, the original question mentions switching to a specific tab, but the question title is more generic than that, so most people who found this question were just looking for a way to easily switch tabs with an easier shortcut than OSX provides by default.
              – ccpizza
              Jun 4 '16 at 8:46













            up vote
            19
            down vote










            up vote
            19
            down vote









            It can be done from System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts > click + > select Terminal.app and add the option title as it appears in the Terminal menu, which can be:





            • Select Next Tab (on Mavericks and earlier)


            • Show Next Tab (on Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra...)


            Yosemite menu items



            Note: As you probably realize, you can do this with absolutely any [Cocoa] OSX app that has a menu with options, even if originally the app defined no shortcut for the option.



            This kind of shortcuts are not equivalent to using native app shortcuts. What OSX is in fact doing is triggering the provided menu option via the label - you'll notice that while you press the keys the corresponding menu item will flash in the menu bar.



            After years of resisting the idea of using a third-party terminal i finally switched to iTerm2 primarily because of properly working window split which in the ootb Terminal.app is not very useful. Also the shortcuts are fully configurable, making it possible to achieve anything you want, including switching to a specific tab with +[tab number] to jump to the Nth tab.






            share|improve this answer














            It can be done from System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts > click + > select Terminal.app and add the option title as it appears in the Terminal menu, which can be:





            • Select Next Tab (on Mavericks and earlier)


            • Show Next Tab (on Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra...)


            Yosemite menu items



            Note: As you probably realize, you can do this with absolutely any [Cocoa] OSX app that has a menu with options, even if originally the app defined no shortcut for the option.



            This kind of shortcuts are not equivalent to using native app shortcuts. What OSX is in fact doing is triggering the provided menu option via the label - you'll notice that while you press the keys the corresponding menu item will flash in the menu bar.



            After years of resisting the idea of using a third-party terminal i finally switched to iTerm2 primarily because of properly working window split which in the ootb Terminal.app is not very useful. Also the shortcuts are fully configurable, making it possible to achieve anything you want, including switching to a specific tab with +[tab number] to jump to the Nth tab.







            share|improve this answer














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            edited Sep 26 at 13:21

























            answered Nov 4 '14 at 9:33









            ccpizza

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            • 4




              Did the original question not ask for a way to switch to a specific tab (rather than to next or previous tab)?
              – matty
              Jun 3 '16 at 14:16






            • 2




              @matty: you are right, the original question mentions switching to a specific tab, but the question title is more generic than that, so most people who found this question were just looking for a way to easily switch tabs with an easier shortcut than OSX provides by default.
              – ccpizza
              Jun 4 '16 at 8:46














            • 4




              Did the original question not ask for a way to switch to a specific tab (rather than to next or previous tab)?
              – matty
              Jun 3 '16 at 14:16






            • 2




              @matty: you are right, the original question mentions switching to a specific tab, but the question title is more generic than that, so most people who found this question were just looking for a way to easily switch tabs with an easier shortcut than OSX provides by default.
              – ccpizza
              Jun 4 '16 at 8:46








            4




            4




            Did the original question not ask for a way to switch to a specific tab (rather than to next or previous tab)?
            – matty
            Jun 3 '16 at 14:16




            Did the original question not ask for a way to switch to a specific tab (rather than to next or previous tab)?
            – matty
            Jun 3 '16 at 14:16




            2




            2




            @matty: you are right, the original question mentions switching to a specific tab, but the question title is more generic than that, so most people who found this question were just looking for a way to easily switch tabs with an easier shortcut than OSX provides by default.
            – ccpizza
            Jun 4 '16 at 8:46




            @matty: you are right, the original question mentions switching to a specific tab, but the question title is more generic than that, so most people who found this question were just looking for a way to easily switch tabs with an easier shortcut than OSX provides by default.
            – ccpizza
            Jun 4 '16 at 8:46










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            I've been using Spark for years. It lets you overwrite shortcuts of any application, such as Terminal and Safari. I use it to make both programs switch tabs with command+n where n is the tab number, from 1 to 9.



            After you download and copy Spark.app to /Applications, start it, click All Applications' Hotkeys to expand the menu on the left, and click on the plus sign to add new application.



            Add Terminal (from /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app). Next thing is to create the shortcuts: click File->New HotKey->AppleScript (or just hit command+1). Click on the shortcut area and hit command+1, name it tab1 and use this code:



            tell front window of application "Terminal" to set selected tab to tab 1


            Repeat it for command+2 to command+9.
            If you want the ability to vertically maximize the terminal, create a new shortcut like command+shift+m, name it whatever you want and use this code:



            tell application "Finder"
            set _b to bounds of window of desktop
            end tell

            tell application "Terminal"
            tell front window
            set {_x, _y, _w, _h} to (get bounds)
            set _vz to item 4 of _b
            set bounds to {_x, 10, _w, _vz}
            end tell
            end tell


            Same thing for Safari on tab shortcuts, but the code is a bit different:



            tell front window of application "Safari" to set current tab to tab 1


            Honestly, I can't use either Terminal or Safari without this.






            share|improve this answer



















            • 1




              You can use osacompile to save scripts like this quickly: for n in {1..9} -1; do osacompile -e "try" -e "tell app "Terminal" to tell window 1 to set selected tab to tab $n" -e "end" -o Select Tab $n.scpt; done. Wrapping the scripts in try blocks prevents error dialogs. Spark was last updated in 2008; another application that allows assigning application-specific shortcuts to scripts is FastScripts.
              – user495470
              Jul 16 '12 at 18:23

















            up vote
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            down vote













            I've been using Spark for years. It lets you overwrite shortcuts of any application, such as Terminal and Safari. I use it to make both programs switch tabs with command+n where n is the tab number, from 1 to 9.



            After you download and copy Spark.app to /Applications, start it, click All Applications' Hotkeys to expand the menu on the left, and click on the plus sign to add new application.



            Add Terminal (from /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app). Next thing is to create the shortcuts: click File->New HotKey->AppleScript (or just hit command+1). Click on the shortcut area and hit command+1, name it tab1 and use this code:



            tell front window of application "Terminal" to set selected tab to tab 1


            Repeat it for command+2 to command+9.
            If you want the ability to vertically maximize the terminal, create a new shortcut like command+shift+m, name it whatever you want and use this code:



            tell application "Finder"
            set _b to bounds of window of desktop
            end tell

            tell application "Terminal"
            tell front window
            set {_x, _y, _w, _h} to (get bounds)
            set _vz to item 4 of _b
            set bounds to {_x, 10, _w, _vz}
            end tell
            end tell


            Same thing for Safari on tab shortcuts, but the code is a bit different:



            tell front window of application "Safari" to set current tab to tab 1


            Honestly, I can't use either Terminal or Safari without this.






            share|improve this answer



















            • 1




              You can use osacompile to save scripts like this quickly: for n in {1..9} -1; do osacompile -e "try" -e "tell app "Terminal" to tell window 1 to set selected tab to tab $n" -e "end" -o Select Tab $n.scpt; done. Wrapping the scripts in try blocks prevents error dialogs. Spark was last updated in 2008; another application that allows assigning application-specific shortcuts to scripts is FastScripts.
              – user495470
              Jul 16 '12 at 18:23















            up vote
            9
            down vote










            up vote
            9
            down vote









            I've been using Spark for years. It lets you overwrite shortcuts of any application, such as Terminal and Safari. I use it to make both programs switch tabs with command+n where n is the tab number, from 1 to 9.



            After you download and copy Spark.app to /Applications, start it, click All Applications' Hotkeys to expand the menu on the left, and click on the plus sign to add new application.



            Add Terminal (from /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app). Next thing is to create the shortcuts: click File->New HotKey->AppleScript (or just hit command+1). Click on the shortcut area and hit command+1, name it tab1 and use this code:



            tell front window of application "Terminal" to set selected tab to tab 1


            Repeat it for command+2 to command+9.
            If you want the ability to vertically maximize the terminal, create a new shortcut like command+shift+m, name it whatever you want and use this code:



            tell application "Finder"
            set _b to bounds of window of desktop
            end tell

            tell application "Terminal"
            tell front window
            set {_x, _y, _w, _h} to (get bounds)
            set _vz to item 4 of _b
            set bounds to {_x, 10, _w, _vz}
            end tell
            end tell


            Same thing for Safari on tab shortcuts, but the code is a bit different:



            tell front window of application "Safari" to set current tab to tab 1


            Honestly, I can't use either Terminal or Safari without this.






            share|improve this answer














            I've been using Spark for years. It lets you overwrite shortcuts of any application, such as Terminal and Safari. I use it to make both programs switch tabs with command+n where n is the tab number, from 1 to 9.



            After you download and copy Spark.app to /Applications, start it, click All Applications' Hotkeys to expand the menu on the left, and click on the plus sign to add new application.



            Add Terminal (from /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app). Next thing is to create the shortcuts: click File->New HotKey->AppleScript (or just hit command+1). Click on the shortcut area and hit command+1, name it tab1 and use this code:



            tell front window of application "Terminal" to set selected tab to tab 1


            Repeat it for command+2 to command+9.
            If you want the ability to vertically maximize the terminal, create a new shortcut like command+shift+m, name it whatever you want and use this code:



            tell application "Finder"
            set _b to bounds of window of desktop
            end tell

            tell application "Terminal"
            tell front window
            set {_x, _y, _w, _h} to (get bounds)
            set _vz to item 4 of _b
            set bounds to {_x, 10, _w, _vz}
            end tell
            end tell


            Same thing for Safari on tab shortcuts, but the code is a bit different:



            tell front window of application "Safari" to set current tab to tab 1


            Honestly, I can't use either Terminal or Safari without this.







            share|improve this answer














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            edited Jul 14 '17 at 9:28









            DavidPostill

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            answered Jul 16 '12 at 17:37









            fiorix

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            • 1




              You can use osacompile to save scripts like this quickly: for n in {1..9} -1; do osacompile -e "try" -e "tell app "Terminal" to tell window 1 to set selected tab to tab $n" -e "end" -o Select Tab $n.scpt; done. Wrapping the scripts in try blocks prevents error dialogs. Spark was last updated in 2008; another application that allows assigning application-specific shortcuts to scripts is FastScripts.
              – user495470
              Jul 16 '12 at 18:23
















            • 1




              You can use osacompile to save scripts like this quickly: for n in {1..9} -1; do osacompile -e "try" -e "tell app "Terminal" to tell window 1 to set selected tab to tab $n" -e "end" -o Select Tab $n.scpt; done. Wrapping the scripts in try blocks prevents error dialogs. Spark was last updated in 2008; another application that allows assigning application-specific shortcuts to scripts is FastScripts.
              – user495470
              Jul 16 '12 at 18:23










            1




            1




            You can use osacompile to save scripts like this quickly: for n in {1..9} -1; do osacompile -e "try" -e "tell app "Terminal" to tell window 1 to set selected tab to tab $n" -e "end" -o Select Tab $n.scpt; done. Wrapping the scripts in try blocks prevents error dialogs. Spark was last updated in 2008; another application that allows assigning application-specific shortcuts to scripts is FastScripts.
            – user495470
            Jul 16 '12 at 18:23






            You can use osacompile to save scripts like this quickly: for n in {1..9} -1; do osacompile -e "try" -e "tell app "Terminal" to tell window 1 to set selected tab to tab $n" -e "end" -o Select Tab $n.scpt; done. Wrapping the scripts in try blocks prevents error dialogs. Spark was last updated in 2008; another application that allows assigning application-specific shortcuts to scripts is FastScripts.
            – user495470
            Jul 16 '12 at 18:23












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            In macOS High Sierra (10.13) you can switch to a specific tab using the shortcut keys 19.



            To enable/disable these shortcut keys, go to Settings > General and toggle Use ⌘-1 through ⌘-9 to switch tabs.



            Terminal Settings > General






            share|improve this answer



























              up vote
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              down vote













              In macOS High Sierra (10.13) you can switch to a specific tab using the shortcut keys 19.



              To enable/disable these shortcut keys, go to Settings > General and toggle Use ⌘-1 through ⌘-9 to switch tabs.



              Terminal Settings > General






              share|improve this answer

























                up vote
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                down vote










                up vote
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                down vote









                In macOS High Sierra (10.13) you can switch to a specific tab using the shortcut keys 19.



                To enable/disable these shortcut keys, go to Settings > General and toggle Use ⌘-1 through ⌘-9 to switch tabs.



                Terminal Settings > General






                share|improve this answer














                In macOS High Sierra (10.13) you can switch to a specific tab using the shortcut keys 19.



                To enable/disable these shortcut keys, go to Settings > General and toggle Use ⌘-1 through ⌘-9 to switch tabs.



                Terminal Settings > General







                share|improve this answer














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                edited Jan 16 at 13:37









                wpp

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                answered Oct 7 '17 at 14:23









                Christian Schmidt

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                    Lesser known multi-application keyboard shortcuts



                    Bring the previous tab to the front



                    Shift-Command-[



                    Bring the next tab to the front



                    Shift-Command-]





                    Origin and scope



                    If I recall correctly, those were the shortcuts when Safari gained tabs.



                    Those original shortcuts are not in how-to HT201236 (Mac keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support) but they are in Safari 9 (El Capitan): Safari keyboard and other shortcuts and:




                    • both shortcuts are still good with other applications – such as Terminal – in release candidate 16A319 of Mac OS X 10.12 (macOS Sierra).






                    share|improve this answer

























                      up vote
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                      down vote













                      Lesser known multi-application keyboard shortcuts



                      Bring the previous tab to the front



                      Shift-Command-[



                      Bring the next tab to the front



                      Shift-Command-]





                      Origin and scope



                      If I recall correctly, those were the shortcuts when Safari gained tabs.



                      Those original shortcuts are not in how-to HT201236 (Mac keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support) but they are in Safari 9 (El Capitan): Safari keyboard and other shortcuts and:




                      • both shortcuts are still good with other applications – such as Terminal – in release candidate 16A319 of Mac OS X 10.12 (macOS Sierra).






                      share|improve this answer























                        up vote
                        4
                        down vote










                        up vote
                        4
                        down vote









                        Lesser known multi-application keyboard shortcuts



                        Bring the previous tab to the front



                        Shift-Command-[



                        Bring the next tab to the front



                        Shift-Command-]





                        Origin and scope



                        If I recall correctly, those were the shortcuts when Safari gained tabs.



                        Those original shortcuts are not in how-to HT201236 (Mac keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support) but they are in Safari 9 (El Capitan): Safari keyboard and other shortcuts and:




                        • both shortcuts are still good with other applications – such as Terminal – in release candidate 16A319 of Mac OS X 10.12 (macOS Sierra).






                        share|improve this answer












                        Lesser known multi-application keyboard shortcuts



                        Bring the previous tab to the front



                        Shift-Command-[



                        Bring the next tab to the front



                        Shift-Command-]





                        Origin and scope



                        If I recall correctly, those were the shortcuts when Safari gained tabs.



                        Those original shortcuts are not in how-to HT201236 (Mac keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support) but they are in Safari 9 (El Capitan): Safari keyboard and other shortcuts and:




                        • both shortcuts are still good with other applications – such as Terminal – in release candidate 16A319 of Mac OS X 10.12 (macOS Sierra).







                        share|improve this answer












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                        answered Sep 18 '16 at 11:08









                        Graham Perrin

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                            I arrived here wanting an answer on how to change the shortcut for ANY application. @ccpizza's answer put me in the right direction.



                            Here's how I did it:




                            • Open "System Preferences" (From Apple menu top left corner of screen)

                            • Open "Keyboard"

                            • Select "App Shortcuts" on the left

                            • Press the + sign

                            • In the popup, choose "All applications"

                            • Enter "Show Next Tab" (without parentheses) and your desired shortcut

                            • Enter "Show Previous Tab" and your desired shortcut


                            You can do this for any menu item (top bar). OSx does a text search, so you just have to match it... And be lucky enough that all apps use the same naming :)






                            share|improve this answer

























                              up vote
                              1
                              down vote













                              I arrived here wanting an answer on how to change the shortcut for ANY application. @ccpizza's answer put me in the right direction.



                              Here's how I did it:




                              • Open "System Preferences" (From Apple menu top left corner of screen)

                              • Open "Keyboard"

                              • Select "App Shortcuts" on the left

                              • Press the + sign

                              • In the popup, choose "All applications"

                              • Enter "Show Next Tab" (without parentheses) and your desired shortcut

                              • Enter "Show Previous Tab" and your desired shortcut


                              You can do this for any menu item (top bar). OSx does a text search, so you just have to match it... And be lucky enough that all apps use the same naming :)






                              share|improve this answer























                                up vote
                                1
                                down vote










                                up vote
                                1
                                down vote









                                I arrived here wanting an answer on how to change the shortcut for ANY application. @ccpizza's answer put me in the right direction.



                                Here's how I did it:




                                • Open "System Preferences" (From Apple menu top left corner of screen)

                                • Open "Keyboard"

                                • Select "App Shortcuts" on the left

                                • Press the + sign

                                • In the popup, choose "All applications"

                                • Enter "Show Next Tab" (without parentheses) and your desired shortcut

                                • Enter "Show Previous Tab" and your desired shortcut


                                You can do this for any menu item (top bar). OSx does a text search, so you just have to match it... And be lucky enough that all apps use the same naming :)






                                share|improve this answer












                                I arrived here wanting an answer on how to change the shortcut for ANY application. @ccpizza's answer put me in the right direction.



                                Here's how I did it:




                                • Open "System Preferences" (From Apple menu top left corner of screen)

                                • Open "Keyboard"

                                • Select "App Shortcuts" on the left

                                • Press the + sign

                                • In the popup, choose "All applications"

                                • Enter "Show Next Tab" (without parentheses) and your desired shortcut

                                • Enter "Show Previous Tab" and your desired shortcut


                                You can do this for any menu item (top bar). OSx does a text search, so you just have to match it... And be lucky enough that all apps use the same naming :)







                                share|improve this answer












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                                answered Mar 5 at 11:35









                                publicJorn

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                                    Tab Switching in Terminal is the only way that I know. I haven't tested it with Snow Leopard so YMMV.



                                    Or you can use Screen and switch "tabs" with Ctrl-A,n and Ctrl-A,p or Ctrl-A, 0-9 to switch directly to one.






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                                    • This no longer appears to work in Snow Leopard.
                                      – Dan Fabulich
                                      Apr 19 '10 at 2:20















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                                    Tab Switching in Terminal is the only way that I know. I haven't tested it with Snow Leopard so YMMV.



                                    Or you can use Screen and switch "tabs" with Ctrl-A,n and Ctrl-A,p or Ctrl-A, 0-9 to switch directly to one.






                                    share|improve this answer





















                                    • This no longer appears to work in Snow Leopard.
                                      – Dan Fabulich
                                      Apr 19 '10 at 2:20













                                    up vote
                                    0
                                    down vote










                                    up vote
                                    0
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                                    Tab Switching in Terminal is the only way that I know. I haven't tested it with Snow Leopard so YMMV.



                                    Or you can use Screen and switch "tabs" with Ctrl-A,n and Ctrl-A,p or Ctrl-A, 0-9 to switch directly to one.






                                    share|improve this answer












                                    Tab Switching in Terminal is the only way that I know. I haven't tested it with Snow Leopard so YMMV.



                                    Or you can use Screen and switch "tabs" with Ctrl-A,n and Ctrl-A,p or Ctrl-A, 0-9 to switch directly to one.







                                    share|improve this answer












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                                    answered Apr 17 '10 at 23:05









                                    Jawa

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                                    • This no longer appears to work in Snow Leopard.
                                      – Dan Fabulich
                                      Apr 19 '10 at 2:20


















                                    • This no longer appears to work in Snow Leopard.
                                      – Dan Fabulich
                                      Apr 19 '10 at 2:20
















                                    This no longer appears to work in Snow Leopard.
                                    – Dan Fabulich
                                    Apr 19 '10 at 2:20




                                    This no longer appears to work in Snow Leopard.
                                    – Dan Fabulich
                                    Apr 19 '10 at 2:20










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                                    Copied from How can I change the keyboard shortcut for switching tabs in Mac Terminal?



                                    1: Install SIMBL (plugin enabler): http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php



                                    2: Install the TerminalTabSwitching.bundle



                                    git clone https://github.com/dabeeeenster/terminaltabswitching
                                    cp -r terminaltabswitching/TerminalTabSwitching.bundle "/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins"


                                    3: Restart the Terminal app, and enjoy Cmd+[0-9] tab-switching.



                                    FYI: It you received something like plugin is not verified in terminal version # (a number) when you opened your terminal again, maybe the following information would help.



                                    (1) Open



                                    /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/Terminal/TerminalTabSwitching.bundle/Contents/Info.plist


                                    using your favorite text editor under sudo.



                                    (2) Search For <key>MaxBundleVersion</key>.



                                    (3) Change <string>280</string> at next line to your terminal version number or higher like <string>300</string>. Save.



                                    (4) Quit terminal and reopen it. Hopefully that prompt would disappear and you can use Cmd+[0:9] for tab switching.






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                                      1: Install SIMBL (plugin enabler): http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php



                                      2: Install the TerminalTabSwitching.bundle



                                      git clone https://github.com/dabeeeenster/terminaltabswitching
                                      cp -r terminaltabswitching/TerminalTabSwitching.bundle "/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins"


                                      3: Restart the Terminal app, and enjoy Cmd+[0-9] tab-switching.



                                      FYI: It you received something like plugin is not verified in terminal version # (a number) when you opened your terminal again, maybe the following information would help.



                                      (1) Open



                                      /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/Terminal/TerminalTabSwitching.bundle/Contents/Info.plist


                                      using your favorite text editor under sudo.



                                      (2) Search For <key>MaxBundleVersion</key>.



                                      (3) Change <string>280</string> at next line to your terminal version number or higher like <string>300</string>. Save.



                                      (4) Quit terminal and reopen it. Hopefully that prompt would disappear and you can use Cmd+[0:9] for tab switching.






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                                        1: Install SIMBL (plugin enabler): http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php



                                        2: Install the TerminalTabSwitching.bundle



                                        git clone https://github.com/dabeeeenster/terminaltabswitching
                                        cp -r terminaltabswitching/TerminalTabSwitching.bundle "/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins"


                                        3: Restart the Terminal app, and enjoy Cmd+[0-9] tab-switching.



                                        FYI: It you received something like plugin is not verified in terminal version # (a number) when you opened your terminal again, maybe the following information would help.



                                        (1) Open



                                        /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/Terminal/TerminalTabSwitching.bundle/Contents/Info.plist


                                        using your favorite text editor under sudo.



                                        (2) Search For <key>MaxBundleVersion</key>.



                                        (3) Change <string>280</string> at next line to your terminal version number or higher like <string>300</string>. Save.



                                        (4) Quit terminal and reopen it. Hopefully that prompt would disappear and you can use Cmd+[0:9] for tab switching.






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                                        Copied from How can I change the keyboard shortcut for switching tabs in Mac Terminal?



                                        1: Install SIMBL (plugin enabler): http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php



                                        2: Install the TerminalTabSwitching.bundle



                                        git clone https://github.com/dabeeeenster/terminaltabswitching
                                        cp -r terminaltabswitching/TerminalTabSwitching.bundle "/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins"


                                        3: Restart the Terminal app, and enjoy Cmd+[0-9] tab-switching.



                                        FYI: It you received something like plugin is not verified in terminal version # (a number) when you opened your terminal again, maybe the following information would help.



                                        (1) Open



                                        /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/Terminal/TerminalTabSwitching.bundle/Contents/Info.plist


                                        using your favorite text editor under sudo.



                                        (2) Search For <key>MaxBundleVersion</key>.



                                        (3) Change <string>280</string> at next line to your terminal version number or higher like <string>300</string>. Save.



                                        (4) Quit terminal and reopen it. Hopefully that prompt would disappear and you can use Cmd+[0:9] for tab switching.







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                                            Control+Tab works fine as for now






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                                                Control+Tab works fine as for now






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