Replace Safari's tab changing shortcuts in 1.3+

Apr 21, '05 09:55:00AM

Contributed by: marook

With the introduction of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4, Safari's shortcuts for Next/Previous Tab have changed from Command-left/right arrow to Command-{ and -}. On a non-US keyboard, this is a huge step back for those of us that use it a lot. For instance, on a Danish keyboard, it equals command-option-shift-( and -) -- in other words, four keys!

But, you can change it back relatively easily. Simply use the global Keyboard Shortcuts in the Keyboard & Mouse preferences panel, and set up shortcuts for the two menu items in Safari (make sure Safari isn't running first). Click the '+' under the list, select Safari as the Application, type in the exact menu name (in your language), and set the shortcut to the one you prefer. Re-launch Safari and voila!

[robg adds: On US systems, the tab switching shortcut was shift-command and the arrow keys. In experimenting with Safari 1.3, I found it still works ... except on newly-created blank tabs (where the new shortcuts do work). I then went ahead and used the above method to officially change the shortcuts back, and they now work on all tabs again.]

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