<![CDATA[Keyboard Shortcut for moving tabbed files?]]>I quite often have more than 30 files open and when I need to open a new file NP++ opens it in a new tab at the far right (which is fine), but having files adjacent for some tasks is preferable. Dragging the new file to a different place in a long row of tabbed files can be bothersome, because the application gets hung up, and moves in a jerky way. Is there a keyboard shortcut for highlighting a particular tabbed file so that it can be moved with the keyboard then dropped, rather than with a mouse?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/16387/keyboard-shortcut-for-moving-tabbed-filesRSS for NodeSat, 12 Sep 2026 04:31:29 GMTWed, 26 Sep 2018 01:08:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Keyboard Shortcut for moving tabbed files? on Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:41:14 GMT]]>@cmeriaux

Thanks for the tip! Inspired by this I created two new macros, both tied to the Move to Other View command; one is tied to ctrl+shift+alt+left, the other is tied to ctrl+shift+alt+right. Although they both do the same thing, it is easier and feels more natural to have the arrow key be the one that points in the direction I want the tab to go. [Note that this implies I have my views arranged left-right instead of over-under.]

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35117https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35117Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:41:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Keyboard Shortcut for moving tabbed files? on Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:08:04 GMT]]>@cmeriaux

Good idea to have keyboard shortcuts for those…but I think the OP is trying to achieve tab movement via keyboard within the same view and instance.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35102https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35102Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:08:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Keyboard Shortcut for moving tabbed files? on Wed, 26 Sep 2018 07:42:31 GMT]]>For sure, You can assign the shortcut you want in shortcut mapper ( Main menu panel) :

  • Move to Other View
  • Clone to Other View
  • Move to New Instance
  • Open in New Instance

They will process the selected tab.

Here is the XML config file of my configured shortcuts

    <!--Move to Other View - Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right -->
    <Shortcut id="10001" Ctrl="yes" Alt="yes" Shift="yes" Key="39" />
    <!--Clone to Other View -  -->
    <Shortcut id="10002" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0" />
    <!--Move to New Instance -  -->
    <Shortcut id="10003" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0" />
    <!--Open in New Instance -  -->
    <Shortcut id="10004" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0" />
]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35095https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/35095Wed, 26 Sep 2018 07:42:31 GMT