Is there a built-in or thirdparty solution for switching between open tabs by order using a keybinding and mouse scroll?

[babakfp]

Hi.

For example, I want to go from:

• first open tab to second open tab by holding the ctrl key and scrolling down.
• second open tab to first open tab by holding the ctrl key and scrolling up.

By first and second tabs I mean the order that they are placed in the UI, not order of the time that they got open or something like that.

If there are only two tabs, and the second tab is selected, holding the ctrl key and scrolling down should make the first tab selected. And vice versa. Meaning it should be possible to loop.

Tab switch should be immediate.

I may want to use the shift key instead of the ctrl key.

Thanks.

[alefragnani]

Hi @babakfp ,

There is no setting for this, nor I'm aware of any extension that could achieve this as well. The nearest behavior you will get will be using "workbench.editor.scrollToSwitchTabs": true, but it does not use keyboard, but only mouse wheel, positioned in the tabs area.

So, I would suggest you to open e feature request in the VS Code repo (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues) so the VS Code team could take a look.

BTW, this discussion repo is for extension development only, for now.

Hope this helps

[pungggi]

I tried to implement an extension working when in an editor. But the vsc api does not allow to listen to mouseevents (might be a security concern) but I managed to using a separate webview for tracking a gesture. have a look Mouse Gestures for Visual Studio Code

[babakfp]

Hey 👋. Thank you for your response. I couldn't understand what the extension does or how it works.

[pungggi]

Hi did you read the readme of the extension?
There you find more information. If you have a specific question I am happy to answer.

[pungggi]

hey @babakfp with the mouse gesture extension you would configure your desire to do a tab switch with the mouse the following:

1. locate the Gesture Pad
2. (First time) Do the Gesture you like to bind to one or more commands. In the example its: [Wheeldown].
3. Assign a commandID (like workbench.action.nextEditor). You get a prompt to choose a command or you can add it manually. A list of command can be found in the Keyboard Shortcut list (usually Ctrl+K Ctrl+K).
4. optionally give a description.
5. optionally configure another command to run either in parallel or sequentially.

Here is a short demostration of using the mouse wheel U and wheel D as a binding and then a mouse gesture like 'D' for Down or 'U' for Up: Examples