What is Ctrl + ↑ Shift + Tab keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 133 programs in our database.

General description for this shortcut: In tabbed interfaces, it may be used to navigate between tabs. This shortcut moves you backward between tabs.

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General (17)

Windows 11 - Move back through tabs

Brave (Windows) - Jump to the previous open tab

Opera - Cycle to previous tab (defaults to recently used order)

Google Chrome - Jump to the previous open tab

Deepin Linux - Previous workspace

Mozilla Thunderbird - Previous tab

Mozilla Thunderbird - Move to previous main UI element

Firefox - Previous tab

Binance 1.9.1 (Desktop app) - Previous tab

VMWare Workstation Pro - (Windows hosts only) Switch among tabs

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Microsoft Edge (Chromium) - Switch to the previous tab

Windows XP - Move backward through the tabs

Microsoft Edge (legacy) - Switch to the previous tab

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - Move back through items on a webpage (only works if tabbed browsing is turned off)

Maxthon - Switch tabs in the reverse order

Vivaldi - Tab cycler back

Windows 10 Maps - Go to previous tab

Text editing (15)

PDF-XChange Editor - Previous document

Microsoft OneNote - Go to the previous section

Brackets - Previous Document

Xodo - Previous document

LibreOffice Writer - Use previous suggestion with Automatic Word Completion

Zim - Focus to the previous interface element (gtk default)

Zettlr (Windows) - Select the previous tab

Notepad2 - Force unindentation of selected block

FocusWriter - Go to previous document

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - Move focus to the previous panel in the Task pane

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Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - Move to previous open document tab (when multiple documents are open in same window)

Microsoft FrontPage - Switch between open Web pages in reverse order.

Microsoft FrontPage - When a toolbar is selected, select the next or previous toolbar.

Microsoft FrontPage - Switch to the previous tab in a dialog box.

WikidPad (Windows) - Switch between tabbed pages

Imaging (7)

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Canvas: Previous canvas

QGIS 3.10 - Toggle Map Only

AutoCAD - Switch to previous drawing

Paint.NET - Previous image

Paint Tool SAI - Select Previous View

DesignSpark Mechanical 5.0 - Display previous Design window

Capture One 20 - Previous tool

System tools (11)

MobaXterm 20.6 - Reverse cycle

Terminator - Move to previous terminal within the same tab. If cycle_term_tab is False, cycle within the same tab will be disabled

SECURECRT 8.7 - Navigate backwards between tabs

ZOC 7.23 - View > Previous Tab

Everything - Cycle between open windows

Windows Terminal 1.7 - Previous tab

CopyQ 3.8 - Item list navigation

Mintty 3.4.0 - Previous visible window (as sorted by creation time)

ConEmu (190623 alpha) - Tabs switching. In lazy switching mode (tab bar must be visible) window will not be really switched, until Ctrl is released. When lazy tab switching was started in recent mode, You may use Left and Right keys to select tabs directly. Note, tabs must be shown in the ConEmu window

ConEmu (190623 alpha) - Previous tab (may be disabled)

VMware Workstation 5.0 - Switch among open virtual machines while mouse and keyboard input are not grabbed. VMware Workstation must be the active application.

Developer tools (24)

Visual Studio Code (Windows) - Navigate editor group history

Visual Studio Code (Windows) - Open previous

Notepad++ - Previous document (also shows list of open files). Can be disabled - see above

Spyder 4.1.5 - Go to previous file

Visual Studio Code (Mac) - Navigate editor group history

RSLogix 5000 - Go to previous open window

Delphi - Switch to the previous open file in the editor

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Cycle through the previous MDI child windows

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Move to the previous document in the editor or designer

Sublime Text 4 - Previous view in stack

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Code::Blocks 17.12 - Activate previous open file

Visual Studio Code (Linux) - Navigate editor group history

Visual Studio Code (Linux) - Open previous

Qt Creator - Next open document in history

HeidiSQL - Go back to previous tab

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Window.PreviousDocumentWindowNav

Atom (Windows) - pane:show-previous-recently-used-item

Adobe Dreamweaver 20.2 (Windows) - Previous Document

Windows PowerShell ISE - Tab (to previous script). Note: Tab to previous script works when you have only one Windows PowerShell tab open, or if you have more than one Windows PowerShell tab open, and the focus is in the Script Pane.

Windows PowerShell ISE - Previous PowerShell tab. This shortcut works only when no files are open on any Windows PowerShell tab

SQLyog - Switch to Previous Connection

AWS Cloud9 IDE (Windows) - Previous Tab

WinDev 25 - Select the previous tab

FBIde - Select previous tab

Web applications (1)

Chromebook and Chrome OS - Go to the previous tab in the window

File manager (3)

Q-Dir - Previous tab

Xyplorer - Cycle thru tabs (backward)

Mp3tag - Quick backward navigation between sub-windows (Tag Panel, Filter, File View)

Games - PC (2)

The Sims 4 - Change camera type

Open Rails 0.6.2 - Release dispatcher

Social & Messaging (4)

Telegram - Move to previous chat

Slack - Switch to previous team

Zoom (Windows) - Move to the previous tab (left)

Signal (desktop) - Previous conversation

Security (3)

KeepassXC 2.6.4 - Select previous database tab

Comodo IceDragon - Previous Tab

1Password - Select the previous category in the sidebar.

Productivity (40)

REAPER - Docker: Activate next tab

Studio One 5.4 - Previous Perspective

Virtual DJ 2018 - Sideview - 1

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Switches to the previous tab in a dialog box

Sumatra PDF - Go to previous tab

Cmder 1.3.16 - Previous tab (may be disabled)

WPS Office - Goes to previous worksheet tab

Vegas Pro 18 - Show previous window

Thinkorswim - Previous tab

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Select Previous Project

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LMMS 1.2.2 - Switch to previous window

Microsoft Sticky Notes - Previous window

Zotero 5.0 (Windows) - Move through Info/Notes/Tags/Related Tabs

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Move between the Folder pane, the main Outlook window, the Reading pane, and the To-Do bar

FineReader 15 - Previous Pane

LibreOffice - Select the previous point of the drawing object (Point Selection mode)

QTranslate 6.7.3 - Switch to the previous translation service

ConnectWise 2018.6 - Switch tabs

ConnectWise 2018.6 - Switch tabs

CCH Axcess Tax - Switch to the previous tab in a window.

MindManager 21 - View previous map

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Extend selection to previous clip-boundary

Google Sheets (Android) - Move to previous sheet

Browser tab management - Go to previous tab

Browser tab management - Go to previous tab

Browser tab management - Go to previous tab

Microsoft Access 2019 - Switch to the next or previous tab in a dialog box

Microsoft Access 2019 - Toggle backward between tabs when a property is selected

Microsoft Access 2019 - Exit the subdatasheet and move to the last field of the previous record in the datasheet

Microsoft Access 2019 - Exit the subform and move to the previous field in the main form or previous record

Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Creating presentations) - Switch between the Thumbnail pane and the Outline View pane

Bluebeam Revu - Previous tab

Era-Ignite - Move backward through tabs on screen

CintaNotes 3.13 - Switch view to previous section.

Oracle RightNow - Move forward to next content pane tab in history

Workpapers CS - Move to the previous tab within a tabbed view

Notezilla - Go to previous note

Engagement CS - Move to previous tabbed page

Tableau - Cycle backward through open worksheets

PerfectTablePlan v6.2 - Previous tab

Scientific (6)

Archicad 24 - Previous tab

FreeCAD 0.18 - Previous tab

LabView - Cycles the opposite direction through LabVIEW windows

Solidworks 2019 - Temporarily displays all hidden components as transparent and you can select which components to show.

Solidworks 2019 - To show one or more components, move the pointer to the graphics area, and press and hold Ctrl + Shift + Tab. All hidden components are temporarily displayed as transparent. Click a hidden component to change it to shown.

Maple - Move backward through multiple open worksheet and document tabs in a Maple window

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