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Switching, Moving, or Hiding Editor Tabs

Each file that has been opened has a tab at the top of the editing pane and there are several ways to switch between tabs or move them, and you can even hide the tabs to only show the currently open file.

Note: If multiple file tabs are left open when you close the application, upon startup, Oxygen XML Editor will not load the file content until you switch to the corresponding file tab. The tabs remain visible as a placeholders until the focus is switched to them. This helps to improve the application's startup time. If you want to disable this feature (meaning that the previously open files will all be re-loaded at startup), deselect the Load file content only when switching to its corresponding editor tab option in the Global preferences page.

Switching Editor Tabs

You can switch between editor tabs by using any of the following methods:

Mouse and Scroll Wheel

Of course, you can switch to a different editor tab by left-clicking the tab with your mouse, but when there are too many open tabs to fit on the screen, you can hover over the tab stripe and use the scroll wheel on your mouse to scroll to the left or right (same as using the two arrows on the far-right of the tab stripe).

Buttons on the Far-Right of the Tab Stripe ()

You can use the arrow buttons (

) on the right side of the tab stripe to scroll to the left or right and the

Show List button opens a pop-up window that displays all the open file tabs and allows you to select and switch to a specific open file.

Ctrl + Tab (Command + Tab on macOS) [NOTE: Ctrl + Page Down (Ctrl + Option + Right Arrow on macOS) does the same]

Switches to the next open tab in the order specified in the Order of switching between editor tabs option.

Ctrl + Shift + Tab (Command + Shift + Tab on macOS) [NOTE: Ctrl + Page Up (Ctrl + Option + Left Arrow on macOS) does the same]

Switches to the previous open tab in the order specified in the Order of switching between editor tabs option.

Window > Switch editor tab (Ctrl + F9 (Command + F9 on macOS))

This action opens a dialog box that allows you to switch to a particular editor tab by selecting it from a filterable list. This is especially helpful when you have a large amount of open file tabs and you want to switch to a certain tab this is not shown on the screen. It includes a search filter field and several options to help you find specific open file tabs.

The Switch Editor Tab dialog box contains the following options and features:

Search Filter: You can enter text in the filter field at the top of the dialog box to filter the list and search for specific open files. You can enter any number of terms, separated by space, and wildcards are allowed (for example, * to match any sequence of characters, or ? to match a single character). This field also has a history drop-down that allows you to select previously used search terms.
Match all terms: If this option is selected, only the files that match all of your search terms will be displayed. If you use a wildcard in the search filter, this option is automatically disabled.
Include file paths: If this option is selected, the search is expanded to include file paths, and also the paths are displayed in this dialog box.
Case sensitive: If this option is selected, the search operation will be case-sensitive.
List of Open File Tabs: All files that are currently open are displayed in the upper part of the main pane of the dialog box, followed by recently closed files. Files that have been modified but not yet saved are prefixed by an asterisk. To switch to a particular file tab, double-click the file or select it and click OK.

Moving Editor Tabs

You can move editor tabs by using any of the following methods:

Mouse Drag: You can use your mouse to drag editor tabs to a new location on the tab stripe.
Ctrl + Alt + Comma: Moves the current file tab one position to the left.
Ctrl + Alt + Period: Moves the current file tab one position to the right.

Hiding Editor Tabs

If you want to hide all the file tabs and only show the currently open file, select Hide editor tabs from the Window menu. This does not close the other tabs, just hides them. You can still navigate between tabs using keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl + Tab, Ctrl + Shift + Tab, Ctrl + F6, Ctrl + Shift + F6) or by selecting Next editor or Previous editor from the Window menu.