Switching between tabs within the same Window in an app

Solution 1:

A universal keyboard shortcut is Command + { to tab towards left and Command + } to tab towards right. (You'll need to press and hold Shift key, to enter { and } key).

This shortcut works with almost all the apps that I personally use, which support multiple tabs under a single window. A few examples include: Apple's own apps such as:

  • Safari

  • Maps

  • Preview

  • Terminal

  • Xcode

as well as 3rd party apps such as:

  • Sublime Text

  • Google Chrome

  • Firefox

  • Opera

Solution 2:

Use Command + Shift + to go to the left tab and Command + Shift + to go the to right tab.

This works in both Finder and Safari. It could be other combinations for other programs.

Solution 3:

In general, there is no Universal way to do this, unless you're content to do all your work in Safari and Finder (as @iTunes said).

Even terminal has a different scheme for switching (Command + `).

In Firefox and Chrome, it's Command + Option + and Command + Option + .

Solution 4:

Control + Tab works in a lot of applications, including Safari, Firefox, Finder, and Terminal. It's also cross-platform - works on Windows as well to switch between program tabs. Holding down Shift reverses order (right-to-left instead of left-to-right).