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I'm wondering how to move the focused tab around, to right or left, using a keyboard shortcut in 12.04?

After a Google search I found the shortcut Ctrl + (L/R)Arrows, but it seems to work only in Windows, not in Ubuntu.

Any ideas?

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Firefox 19 added shortcuts to move tabs:

  • Ctrl+Shift+PgUp to move left, and
  • Ctrl+Shift+PgDn to move right.

The change is recorded as bug #364845; here is the specific commit that added the shortcuts.

Therefore, the Move Tabs extension is no longer required; in fact, if you have it installed you should disable it (or else the shortcut will move the tab twice).

However, there is still no built-in shortcut to move the current tab to the start or end. If you need those shortcuts, keep the extension and in its preferences set the left/right shortcuts to something you don't use.

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Define your own shortcuts to move the tabs into Firefox. You can move the tabs along the tab bar and at both ends.1

That can be done with an add-on, that allows you to define your own shortcuts to move the tabs into Firefox. Click on the link, to install this Add-On. Once installed, restart Firefox, go into add-on, and click on Preferences, to set the shortcuts. Close the window, and you're set.

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Notice that the Move tab is the last one, and in the second image it moved to the first tab.

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1Source:Mozilla Add-ons

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    This is not to move tabs, but to change the current tab. I wanna know how to move. For example: the current tab is the 4th, and I want it to be the 3rd. The only possible way I can do is moving with the mouse, and I was wondering if there is a shortcut for that.
    – Alexandre
    Aug 23 '12 at 21:19
  • @Alexandre have tried it and it works.
    – Peachy
    Aug 24 '12 at 10:58
  • That “Move Tabs” extension is gone. The Move Tab Hotkeys extension works for me (Firefox 82).
    – Franklin Yu
    Oct 14 '20 at 0:08
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This extension for Firefox claims to move the focused tab forwards and backwards, respectively, with Ctrl+Shift+Page Up and Ctrl+Shift+Page Down.

Moving the focused tab to the start or end, respectively, can be done with Ctrl+Shift+Home and Ctrl+Shift+End

Mozilla Support says that Ctrl+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Left Arrow moves the focused tab left and similarly for right. This, however, did not work for me (Firefox 14.0.1, Ubuntu 12.04LTS).

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In Firefox 35 I can cycle through tabs by ctrl + tab and ctrl + shift + tab.

ctrl + pgup/pgdown move the tab which is kinda cool for organization.

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    I confirmed that this works on Mac OS El Capitan with Firefox 53.0
    – user674669
    May 5 '17 at 4:12
  • Specifcally, on a Mac it's: Fn + up/down arrow + ctrl + shift to move a tab. (fn + up/down arrow gets you the "page up" or "page down").
    – Mike Williamson
    Oct 2 '18 at 18:11
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Firefox on Dell XPS 15, Ubuntu 18: Ctrl-Fn-PgUp/PgDn

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According to the relevant part of Mozilla's official list of keyboard shortcuts:

Move tab in focus left:     Ctrl + Shift + PgUp
Move tab in focus right:    Ctrl + Shift + PgDn     
Move tab in focus to start: Ctrl + Home     
Move tab in focus to end:   Ctrl + End
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