title: Tab Switcher description: "The Tab Switcher provides a quick way to navigate between open tabs in Zed. It displays a list of your open tabs sorted by recent usage, making it easy to ju..."

Tab Switcher

The Tab Switcher provides a quick way to navigate between open tabs in Zed. It displays a list of your open tabs sorted by recent usage, making it easy to jump back to whatever you were just working on.

[Image: Tab Switcher with multiple panes]

Quick Switching

When the Tab Switcher is opened using {#kb tab_switcher::Toggle}, instead of running the {#action tab_switcher::Toggle} from the command palette, it'll stay active as long as the <kbd class="keybinding">ctrl</kbd> key is held down.

While holding down <kbd class="keybinding">ctrl</kbd>, each subsequent <kbd class="keybinding">tab</kbd> press cycles to the next item (<kbd class="keybinding">shift</kbd> to cycle backwards) and, when <kbd class="keybinding">ctrl</kbd> is released, the selected item is confirmed and the switcher is closed.

Opening the Tab Switcher

The Tab Switcher can also be opened with either {#action tab_switcher::Toggle} ({#kb tab_switcher::Toggle}) or {#action tab_switcher::ToggleAll}.

While the Tab Switcher is open, you can:

• Press {#kb menu::SelectNext} to move to the next tab in the list
• Press {#kb menu::SelectPrevious} to move to the previous tab
• Press <kbd class="keybinding">enter</kbd> to confirm the selected tab and close the switcher
• Press <kbd class="keybinding">escape</kbd> to close the switcher and return to the original tab from which the switcher was opened
• Press {#kb tab_switcher::CloseSelectedItem} to close the currently selected tab

As you navigate through the list, Zed will update the pane's active item to match the selected tab.

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