Keyboard Shortcut to Switch between Firefox Tabs and Panorama in Firefox 4

by Venkat on August 25, 2010

in tips and tricks

Firefox Panorama (formerly Tab Candy) may be sweet which allows to manage opened tabs in Firefox easily but it also brings us the problem how we can change between Firefox panorama and opened tabs in Firefox though you can use your mouse to click Tab Candy button placed on top of right side corner of the screen to reach Panorama there should be a shortcut that eases to switch between Firefox Panorama and Firefox tabs.

switching between  tabs and  panorama in firefox browser

You can use Ctrl+Space shortcut to switch between Firefox panorama and Firefox tabs easily.

Just press Ctrl+Spacebar from any tab in Firefox window to switch to Firefox Panorama where you can view all tabs opened, you can use same shortcut from Panorama to reach the same tab also.You can use up, down arrow keys in your keyboard to select tabs in Firefox Panorama and use that shortcut to reach any particular tab in Firefox window.

Update : Panorama Keyboard shortcut changed, new one is Ctrl /Cmd E , Plz read this post

Firefox Panorama Keyboard Shortcut Changed,New one is Ctrl/cmd+E

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Lenz August 25, 2010 at 3:54 pm

hm, doesnt work with mac os 10.5, ctrl+space opens context-menu… help, anyone?

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Ankit Shekhawat August 31, 2010 at 10:11 am

It option + space in mac

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Chandana January 26, 2011 at 3:21 am

option + space doesn’t work in mac 0s 10.6

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Lenz August 25, 2010 at 3:57 pm

ha, just solved it myself, its alt+space.

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Venkat August 25, 2010 at 8:58 pm

@Lenz Ctrl+Space shortcut is for Windows,I don’t know whehter it works on Mac,I don’t have mac either.

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Venkat August 25, 2010 at 9:00 pm

You found the shortcut anyway to switch between panorama and tabs in Firefox 4 on Mac I am happy :) , you are welcome here.

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M.Hebot September 6, 2010 at 2:19 am

Thanks, thats great.
Do you know of other shortcuts dealing with panorama? Like switching between different groups? Oh, and do you know how to access the firefox button with the keyboard?
Thank you in advance.

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Venkat September 6, 2010 at 8:41 am

More shortcuts for Panorama will be covered once Firefox final 4 will be released and even before that, stay tuned.
If you are uncomfotable in clicking Panorama button on top right corner you can place it left side of naviagation bar
Read http://techdows.com/2010/09/hide-panorama-button-in-firefox-4-or-place-it-where-ever-you-want-in-firefox.html

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Tom Seckel November 24, 2010 at 6:20 am

It is on Ctrl + E now (MacOSX similar)

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Andrew December 4, 2010 at 2:54 am

Not liking the change to Ctrl E… the Ctrl Space was so much easier!

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Danny December 22, 2010 at 3:53 pm

I think they changed it because of us Ubiquity users, who have already been using Ctrl+Space to get Ubiquity started. So for me, I’m happy about the change.

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Malcolm March 24, 2011 at 3:48 pm

ok Firefox 4 is officially out. Do you know of other shortcuts dealing with panorama? Like switching between different groups?

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Venkat March 24, 2011 at 6:11 pm

Will write in future if I find any useful shortcuts for tab grouping If i found for sure. Stay tuned.

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marc August 23, 2011 at 10:04 pm

#UPDDATE: New New keyboard shortcut it Ctrl+Shift+E I have no clue why Mozilla

keeps shuffling that keyboard shortcut around. I liked Ctrl+Q as it first was….

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