Keyboard shortcut to move / re-order tabs #23172

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opened 2026-01-31 08:34:24 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @sparrowt on GitHub (Apr 17, 2025).

Originally assigned to: @zadjii-msft on GitHub.

Description of the new feature

It would be really handy to have an "action" for Move tab left and Move tab right to actually reorder the tabs, so that a keyboard shortcut can be assigned to this functionality. This is only possible via mouse drag and drop at present.

Currently there are keyboard shortcuts for moving focus to the left/right/previous/next tab, but not for actually moving the current tab to be further left or right.

I'm not sure if there is a suitable default keybinding for this (which does not conflict) but having the option to assign one, even if it is empty by default, would be super handy.

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Originally created by @sparrowt on GitHub (Apr 17, 2025). Originally assigned to: @zadjii-msft on GitHub. ### Description of the new feature It would be really handy to have an "action" for `Move tab left` and `Move tab right` to actually reorder the tabs, so that a keyboard shortcut can be assigned to this functionality. This is only possible via mouse drag and drop at present. Currently there are keyboard shortcuts for moving _focus_ to the left/right/previous/next tab, but not for actually moving the current tab to be further left or right. I'm not sure if there is a suitable default keybinding for this (which does not conflict) but having the option to assign one, even if it is empty by default, would be super handy. ### Proposed technical implementation details _No response_
claunia added the Issue-QuestionNeeds-TriageNeeds-Tag-FixResolution-Answered labels 2026-01-31 08:34:24 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#23172