Firefox – Changing Firefox Tab Cycle Order

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When you use Ctrl-Tab in Firefox, you move through tabs in the order that they are listed in the tab bar at the top of the window. I would prefer that when I use Ctrl-Tab the next tab that I switch to is the most recently used tab. That way if I have two tabs I am using frequently I can easily switch between them without having to manually modify the ordering of the tabs via drag/drop. This is a feature that Opera has which I find to be very productive. Does anyone know of a setting or plug-in that will accomplish this for me?

Best Answer

  1. Type about:config in address bar, then press Enter.
  2. Type ctrl in the "filter" box.
  3. Double-click browser.ctrlTab.previews item so the value becomes true.

In Firefox 65, the setting is set to true by default, and its name has changed to browser.ctrlTab.recentlyUsedOrder.

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