Arc Browser Tab Switcher
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.