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Top feedback summary for October 1
Still waiting for the MUST HAVE feature that allows you to have the option of Ctrl-Tab switching tabs in "Most Recently Used" order... to be consistent with Windows Alt-Tab behavior, and the behavior of Ctrl-Tab in most other tabbed user interfaces, like Visual Studio, SQL Server Management Studio, Notepad++, and consistent with the options in Internet Explorer and FireFox.
This should be top priority. Lack of this feature is pretty much the only reason I continued to use IE for as long as I did, and the main reason I use FireFox now (because Chrome doesn't have this feature and it makes using multiple tabs really awkward and annoying).
When I look at explorer, Ctrl-Tab works like it does in edge. I think most people like the current way because its easier to keep track of, especially when you have a lot of tabs open. If you want this to be an option, you can go to https://microsoftedgesupport.microsoft.com/hc/en-us/requests/new and ask for it to become an option. Hope this helps, best of luck.
-Cam
Sorry, no, it's not easier to use or understand the way it works. There is absolutely no situation in which the current behavior is "easier to keep track of"... the current behavior is unusable if you have many tabs open, and is only really "usable" if you have only two tabs open.
Internet Explorer had the OPTION of MRU tab order switching with Ctrl-Tab. You had to turn it on (it was the default until sometime late in the game).
Example: you have four tabs open, but you want to switch back and forth between two of them for reference. It's easy with MRU tab switching... just hit Ctrl Tab once, each time. Done. With the way Chrome and EDGE work, you have to think about which tab you're on, to know how many times to press Ctrl Tab. Open another tab, and the number changes. It's a huge cognative load that makes switching between tabs annoying and difficult.
I have decades of muscle memory from using a huge variety of tabbed UIs in Windows, and they all have at least an option, if not a DEFAULT, of Ctrl-Tab switching tabs in Most-Recently-Used order. Just like Alt-Tab switches apps.
There is NO EXCUSE for not having this as a feature built in from the very start.
A great side-effect of this feature is that when you close a tab, you see the last tab you were looking at... completely expected and natural. The way Chrome and EDGE operate, when you close a tab, you just see the adjacent tab, which might be one you haven't looked at in a while. It's jarring and unexpected.
MRU tab switching order with Ctrl-Tab is a REQUIRED BEHAVIOR for a tabbed UI to be useful and functional, and its omission is why I stayed back on IE11 for so long, and why I prefer Firefox to Chrome. EDGE needs this feature, and it needs it sooner rather than later. It should have never been released without it.
pmbAustin wrote:Sorry, no, it's not easier to use or understand the way it works. There is absolutely no situation in which the current behavior is "easier to keep track of"... the current behavior is unusable if you have many tabs open, and is only really "usable" if you have only two tabs open.
Internet Explorer had the OPTION of MRU tab order switching with Ctrl-Tab. You had to turn it on (it was the default until sometime late in the game).
Example: you have four tabs open, but you want to switch back and forth between two of them for reference. It's easy with MRU tab switching... just hit Ctrl Tab once, each time. Done. With the way Chrome and EDGE work, you have to think about which tab you're on, to know how many times to press Ctrl Tab. Open another tab, and the number changes. It's a huge cognative load that makes switching between tabs annoying and difficult.
I have decades of muscle memory from using a huge variety of tabbed UIs in Windows, and they all have at least an option, if not a DEFAULT, of Ctrl-Tab switching tabs in Most-Recently-Used order. Just like Alt-Tab switches apps.
There is NO EXCUSE for not having this as a feature built in from the very start.
A great side-effect of this feature is that when you close a tab, you see the last tab you were looking at... completely expected and natural. The way Chrome and EDGE operate, when you close a tab, you just see the adjacent tab, which might be one you haven't looked at in a while. It's jarring and unexpected.
MRU tab switching order with Ctrl-Tab is a REQUIRED BEHAVIOR for a tabbed UI to be useful and functional, and its omission is why I stayed back on IE11 for so long, and why I prefer Firefox to Chrome. EDGE needs this feature, and it needs it sooner rather than later. It should have never been released without it.
Hi,
I'm not sure what MRU is but CTRL + TAB shortcut is working in Edge insider Canary..
pmbAustin Ok, I understand that you have decades of muscle memory, so you used to this and have strong feelings about its implementation. I get you and understand your frustration, as I've had some similar things happen to me. My point wasn't to discredit your opinion, it was to show that it probably isn't their top priority. Going to https://microsoftedgesupport.microsoft.com/hc/en-us/requests/new is going to be the fastest way to add this feature to Edge, although it may take a few days or weeks. They will email you back and you can describe your problem and feature you want to add. I definitely agree that this should be an option.
