In a previous byte, I discussed how the Arc browser allows a great deal of configuration for keyboard shortcuts. Another thing that I love about Arc is something you get right out of the box: the tab switcher.
The tab switcher is much like the macOS cmd+tab
functionality, but
instead of switching between applications, it allows you to switch between
your 5 most recently accessed tabs. This is much easier than clicking back
and forth with your mouse, and the visual preview of each tab makes it easy
to see at a glance the content of your most recent tabs.
By default, the tab switcher is mapped to ctrl+tab
and ctrl+shift+tab
to navigate forward and backward in the tab switcher. These shortcuts can
be modified in the Arc settings if you don’t like the default mappings.
I personally use cmd+e
and cmd+shift+e
as I find those to be more
ergonomic than ctrl+tab
, and cmd+e
is not a common shortcut I use in
the browser.