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Seeking terminal emulator with MRU tab switching shortcut

I’m new to Linux; I fled from Windows in the wake of 10-11 ever-accelerating stream of bullshit.

Anyway, I have major muscle memory for MRU window and tab switching. I use it all the time to switch windows, switch browser tabs, and switch IDE tabs. In Windows, I could also switch Terminal tabs in MRU order, and I miss this in Linux. My distro (Mint) comes with gnome-terminal, which as far as I can tell doesn’t expose MRU switching as an option.

Is there an alternative terminal that does support this? Alternatively, if you use MRU switching in other contexts but not in your terminal, what do you use instead?

Zavorra ,

Not sure about the specific requirement but here you can find a list of “modern” terminal emulators to look at

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AdamBomb OP ,

Thanks for the link! There are lots of lists of terminals out there, but it’s really hard for me to judge the quality of the lists.

cizra ,

I think tmux should be able to do that.

stackoverflow.com/…/how-to-switch-to-the-previous…

AdamBomb OP ,

Thanks, I’ve heard of tmux but have never used it before. I took a quick look at the Getting Started guide, and it sounds like I could get behavior like what I want by e.g. creating two windows each with one full-window pane and toggle back and forth between windows? I will definitely look into this further.

cizra ,

Yes, something like that.

You’ll get other fun features for free, like

  • the ability to reattach the session over SSH, after starting it locally
  • immunity to Xorg / Wayland compositor / terminal emulator crashing
  • ability to comfily use non-tabbed terminal emulators like Alacritty. At least I think it’s not tabbed…
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