VS 2010: How do I get "next tab", "prev tab" keyboard shortcut working? [duplicate]

Question

How do I get "next tab", "prev tab" keyboard shortcuts to work in Visual Studios 2010?

(For a more precise description of the functionality I need please see the firefox/chrome/etc and how they do their "ctrl-pgdn" and "ctrl-pgup" keyboard shortcuts).

This should be extrememly easy... and yet I can't seem to figure it out.

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NOTE:

I do know that there is a "ctrl-tab" that is similar... but it only scrolls through the "most recently used list" which is different. I don't care about "the most recently used list". I just want to go to the right/left tab.

Answer 1

You should map the Window.NextDocumentWellTab and not View.NextTab and remove it from any other functions its assigned to. Only mapping it will not work, you also need to unmap from anything else its being used on, apparently.

This is what my keyboard configuration looks like:

Looked into this some more, and it turns you need to install the Productivity Tools. That gives you that NextDocumentWellTab function.

Answer 2

Under Visual Studio 2010 Professional, this keyboard shortcut goes by the name Window.PreviousDocumentWindow and Window.NextDocumentWindow.

Important Note: By default, Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDown are assigned to Edit.ViewTop and Edit.ViewBottom respectively, so make sure to remove the existing keyboard assignment before trying out your new assignment. If you don't, the keyboard commands you enter will continue to be interpreted as the most "specific" shortcut (Edit.ViewTop or Edit.ViewBottom) since you're most likely trying this out in the Edit view!