- Right-click the current editor tab and choose on the context menu.
- Press Alt+RightAlt+Right or Alt+LeftAlt+Left. So doing, the focus moves to the editor tab located next to the right or to the left from the active editor tab.
- Press Ctrl+Tab; Ctrl+Shift+TabCtrl+Tab; Ctrl+Shift+Tab to use the Switcher.
This approach allows jumping from one tab to another as your editing session requires. While you move between the editor tabs, PhpStorm remembers the caret position within each opened file.
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On the main toolbar, click
or 
. - On the main menu, choose .
- Press Ctrl+Alt+LeftCtrl+Alt+Left or Ctrl+Alt+RightCtrl+Alt+Right.
This approach enables you to move back and forth through the history of your navigation, same way as it is done in a Web browser. As you move from file to file during your editing session, PhpStorm keeps track of the visited locations and enables you to go back, using the commands.
Note
On a Mac OS X computer, you can also use the three-finger right-to-left and left-to-right swipe gestures.
If all opened tabs are shown in a single row, some of the tabs may become invisible. PhpStorm helps display the list of the opened editor tabs, and choose the one to become active.
- Do one of the following:
- On the main menu, choose
- Click
The list of all editor tabs appears. So doing the names of the tabs, which are currently visible, are displayed on the light background; the names of the tabs outside of the main window are shown on the darker background.
- Select the check box next to the name of the desired editor tab:
The selected editor tab becomes active and gets the focus.
Note
The command Show All Tabs and the icon are only available when:
- Show tabs in single row check box is selected in the Editor tabs page of the Editor settings.
- Some of the open tabs are not visible.
