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

This shortcut is used by 131 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 (18)

Windows 11 - Move back through tabs

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

Brave (Windows) - Jump to the previous open tab

Google Chrome - Jump to the previous open tab

Deepin Linux - Previous workspace

Mozilla Thunderbird - Previous tab

Mozilla Thunderbird - Move to previous main UI element

Windows XP - Move backward through the tabs

Stremio - Go to previous tab

Firefox - Previous tab

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Microsoft Edge (Chromium) - Switch to the previous tab

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

Binance 1.9.1 (Desktop app) - Previous tab

Microsoft Edge (legacy) - Switch to the previous tab

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Windows 10 Maps - Go to 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

Text editing (17)

PDF-XChange Editor - Previous document

Microsoft OneNote - Go to the previous section

TeXstudio 4.7.2 - Previous document

Brackets - Previous Document

Xodo - Previous document

Notepad2 - Force unindentation of selected block

WPS Writer - Activate previous sub window

FocusWriter - Go to previous document

LibreOffice Writer - Use previous suggestion with Automatic Word Completion

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

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

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

Zettlr (Windows) - Select the previous tab

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

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

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

WikidPad (Windows) - Switch between tabbed pages

Imaging (7)

AutoCAD - Switch to previous drawing

Clip Studio Paint Pro - Canvas: Previous canvas

QGIS 3.10 - Toggle Map Only

Paint.NET - Previous image

Paint Tool SAI - Select Previous View

Capture One 20 - Previous tool

DesignSpark Mechanical 5.0 - Display previous Design window

System tools (12)

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

WezTerm - Activate tab relative -1

Everything - Cycle between open windows

ZOC 7.23 - View > Previous Tab

SECURECRT 8.7 - Navigate backwards between tabs

Windows Terminal 1.7 - Previous tab

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

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

CopyQ 3.8 - Item list navigation

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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)

Developer tools (26)

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

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

Visual Studio Code (Mac) - Navigate editor group history

Spyder 4.1.5 - Go to previous file

RSLogix 5000 - Go to previous open window

Delphi - Switch to the previous open file in the editor

Sublime Text 4 - Previous view in stack

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

Code::Blocks 17.12 - Activate previous open file

Visual Studio Code (Linux) - Navigate editor group history

Visual Studio Code (Linux) - Open previous

HeidiSQL - Go back to previous tab

Qt Creator - Next open document in history

WinDev 25 - Select the previous tab

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

AWS Cloud9 IDE (Windows) - Previous Tab

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

SlickEdit 2023 - Previous window

SQLyog - Switch to Previous Connection

PICO-8 (Windows) - Switch to 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

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

Xyplorer - Cycle thru tabs (backward)

Games - PC (3)

The Sims 4 - Change camera type

Diablo IV (PC) - Previous chat tab

Open Rails 0.6.2 - Release dispatcher

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

1Password - Select the previous category in the sidebar.

Comodo IceDragon - Previous Tab

Productivity (45)

REAPER - Docker: Activate next tab

Studio One 5.4 - Previous Perspective

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

WPS Office - Goes to previous worksheet tab

Sumatra PDF - Go to previous tab

Vegas Pro 18 - Show previous window

Virtual DJ 2018 - Sideview - 1

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

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

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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

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

Samsung DeX (2023) - Jump to the previous tab

Studio Pro 10 - Switch between tabs in a tabbed dialog box

QTranslate 6.7.3 - Switch to the previous translation service

Thinkorswim - Previous tab

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

Guitar Pro 8 (Windows) - Previous tab

UltraTax CS 2023 - Within current folder, moves to the first field of the prior input screen in the folder

Era-Ignite - Move backward through tabs on screen

Cmder 1.3.16 - Previous tab (may be disabled)

ConnectWise 2018.6 - Switch tabs

ConnectWise 2018.6 - Switch tabs

FineReader 15 - Previous Pane

Google Sheets (Android) - Move to previous sheet

Microsoft Sticky Notes - Previous window

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Select Previous Project

LMMS 1.2.2 - Switch to previous window

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

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

Browser tab management - Go to previous tab

Browser tab management - Go to previous tab

Browser tab management - Go to previous tab

Bluebeam Revu - Previous tab

Tableau - Cycle backward through open worksheets

Notezilla - Go to previous note

MindManager 21 - View previous map

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

CintaNotes 3.13 - Switch view to previous section.

Engagement CS - Move to previous tabbed page

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

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

PerfectTablePlan v6.2 - Previous tab

WPS Spreadsheets - Go to previous worksheet tab

Scientific (7)

Archicad 24 - 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.

FreeCAD 0.18 - Previous tab

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

CircuitStudio - Open previous tab window

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Table of contents

General (18)
Text editing (17)
Imaging (7)
System tools (12)
Developer tools (26)
Web applications (1)
File manager (3)
Games - PC (3)
Social & Messaging (4)
Security (3)
Productivity (45)
Scientific (7)

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