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Cory Klein
Cory Klein

Reputation: 55660

Change to most recently used tab when closing a tab in IntelliJ IDEA?

When I close an editor tab in IntelliJ, the tab that appears directly to the right of it gets opened next. Instead, I would rather have the most recently used tab open instead.

For example, if I have these tabs open:

Foo.java (currently viewed)
Bar.java

And then I use CMD+SHIFT+N to open Baz.java, it now looks like this:

Foo.java
Baz.java (currently viewed)
Bar.java

If I then close Baz.java, rather than returning to Foo.java, it goes to Bar.java.

Foo.java
Bar.java (currently viewed)

How can I configure the editor to go back to the most recently used tab?

Upvotes: 28

Views: 1622

Answers (1)

Bohuslav Burghardt
Bohuslav Burghardt

Reputation: 34776

Go to Settings/Editor/General/Editor Tabs

And select Activate most recently opened tab for the When closing active editor option.

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Upvotes: 37

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