Iterate Tabs in Display Order in Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code recently introduced tabs in the 1.3 update. I was very excited to try it because this was the reason I was still using Sublime Text. However, I was disappointed to find that the default setting is to iterate the tabs in the most recently used order when you hit Ctrl+Tab and that a popup list was displayed to choose the tab to display.

Fortunately, you can configure the editor to iterate the tabs in their display order. As a bonus, it also removes the annoying popup.

1. Open the keyboard shortcuts configuration (File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts).

2. In the keybindings.json file on the right side, add the following bindings:

    // Place your key bindings in this file to overwrite the defaults
    [
      {
        "key": "ctrl+tab",
        "command": "workbench.action.nextEditor"
      },
      {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+tab",
        "command": "workbench.action.previousEditor"
      }
    ]
   

3. Save the file and enjoy!