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Reviews for Move Tab Hotkeys

Move Tab Hotkeys by Jonathon Merz

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Review by AndyL964
by AndyL964, 6 years ago
The add-on works flawlessly and is the most customizable and feature-packed one I've seen so far. Unlike other similar add-ons, this one also supports Firefox's multi-select feature, customizable hotkeys, and tab wrapping, all of which are optional!

If there's one thing I'd wish this add-on have, it would be the ability to hotkeys of your choice, whether default or secondary.
23 reviews
  • by Firefox user 17500878, 6 months ago
  • by dhaval dhanani, a year ago
    Excellent. It does what I wanted and also works with vimium extension.
  • by schwarzeabyss, 2 years ago
  • by Franklin Yu, 3 years ago
    Simple extension, but super helpful for keyboard-lovers like me! In addition, thanks for sticking with open-source.
  • by Junaagnah, 3 years ago
  • by howaboutnoyoucrazydutchbastard, 3 years ago
    Nice. Except it's unfortunate that it doesn't support a third (tertiary) modifier key. It would make a lot of sense if you have (for example) ctrl+alt+left/right so that: ctrl+alt+SHIFT+left/right for jumping to start/end of tab bar. I mean, your fingers are already at these keys, so... it would just make it more intuitive... and that's what's most important

    Developer response

    posted 3 years ago
    Thanks for the review!

    The reason for only two modifiers is that Firefox doesn't allow a third modifier key :(. You can see this on Firefox's built-in "Manage extension shortcuts" page - if you enter ctrl+alt+shift+ it'll display an error "Invalid Combination". Chrome has a similar oddity - it specifically forbids the use of both Ctrl and Alt in the same shortcut.

    If you like you could use a shortcut like Alt+Shift+Left/Right for "move left/right" and Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right for "move to start/end" - so basically moving a finger to a different modifier key rather than having to move from cursor arrows to 0/9.

    My original rationale for choosing '9' for moving the current tab to the end was to match the Firefox built-in shortcut of Ctrl+9 to go to the last tab. I selected '0' for moving to the first tab mainly because it sort of made sense and was very close to 9 on the number row.
  • by grahamperrin, 3 years ago
    Five stars, although I don't understand why there are eight shortcuts:

    https://github.com/jmmerz/move-tab-hotkeys/issues/19
  • by circcc, 3 years ago
  • by UPukaJRm, 4 years ago
    Fantastic add on! Does exactly what I wanted: move single/group tabs left/right/end/start with user assignable keys! I did have a little trouble assigning the keys with the add on's options - my changes wouldn't stick. I opened up FF78 "Manage Extension Shortcuts" and assigned the Move Tab Hotkeys shortcuts there and it worked great. Also, the add on options does not allow deleting a shortcut (or I couldn't figure out how to do it) but the "Manage Extension Shortcuts" can delete them so no prob. Great add on, thanks!
  • by Saber, 4 years ago
  • by Pawwwle, 4 years ago
    Najlepszy!
  • by Firefox user 16235667, 4 years ago
  • by Firefox user 14506596, 5 years ago
  • by mishchief, 5 years ago
    I love you Jonathon, this is exactly what I was looking for. Simple and lightweight. AND with the source code available. You're a champ!
  • by Sébastien Lavoie, 5 years ago
  • by Firefox user 15183510, 5 years ago
  • by Firefox user 15175953, 5 years ago
  • by Chris Skipio, 6 years ago
    Thank you! Very simple, does exactly as needed, and allows me to change the keyboard shortcut. This is great!
  • by Firefox user 14695402, 6 years ago
  • by prempatel8, 6 years ago
    Works super fast and if you set the browser.tabs.multiselect flag on it even lets you manipulate multiple tabs simultaneously.
  • by Firefox user 13943552, 6 years ago
  • by juhp, 6 years ago
    Working well, though I would say Alt+Shift+1 for start of tab bar would be conventional - thank you!