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[chat] open tab shifting

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This is a feature request. Feature requests can be voted up by supporters.
Current Priority: +0
Topic Starter
Soner Wolf
When I play taiko, catch the beat, or osu!mania, my hands are nowhere near my mouse. So what I'm proposing is that by hitting the "Tab" button on our keyboards it would switch the active tab in chat to the next available one to the right. Again, probably not high priority, but I think it's the small things that make a difference.

EDIT: Additionally I now know that you can use alt + 1-0 to access different tabs. My thoughts on this is that:
a) there are no numbers on the tabs making it easy to figure out which number to push to get to the desired tab and
b) if you have more than 10 tabs open there is no way of accessing them by keyboard at all.

therefore i have a different proposal that might solve both problems.
1) add a number 1 - 0 on the open tabs in a specific row. this will make pressing alt + 1-0 much easier to locate the desired tab.
2) by hitting the tab button, have the rows of tabs flip positions making a new row of 1- 0 tabs.

This would essentially make 2 rows of 10 tabs (20 total) be accessible by keyboard although it seems like a lot more work to press tab then alt + 1-0 rather than just clicking on it. That's why I feel my first suggestion could still be an option.

Good idea? or no?

let me know what you think :D
deadbeat
you can all ready use the keyboard to swap between chat channels. alt +1-0
Topic Starter
Soner Wolf
This is true, but if you have more than 10 tabs open at the same time, then what do you do?
Also because there are no numbers indicated for each tab you might find yourself guessing which one to push to get to the desired tab. Although there is more clicking the tab button - it's just another option
Topic Starter
Soner Wolf
Perhaps add a number to the tabs now that i'm thinking about it?
theowest
Here's an idea from the alt+0 feature request topic:

those wrote:

Bringing this back up with another idea:



In addition to adding Alt+0, if you are already in Alt+1 like the image above, pressing the same one will bring you to the tab in the row above (-Chata-'s tab). If I was in #modhelp and pressed Alt+5, it would bring me to meiikyuu's tab.

This becomes useful for those who rely on keyboard for quick navigation.
Topic Starter
Soner Wolf
Hmm okay, I guess I was just unaware. Thanks!
theowest
You could add it in your opening post.
TheVileOne


Is this good enough? I don't think I can comfortably change tabs with one hand using the alt method and the ctrl method feels even weirder, but it's better than nothing.
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