Sometimes, You want to open the last closed tab after Intellij IDE is reopened.
For example, You are opening Test.java
and it opened in Tab with the editor and opened another file first.java
in another tab and closed this tab. Now current active tab is Test.java
.
Next, Close the Intelli IDEA editor and open it again, It should open the editor in the tab with the Test.java
file instead of the random tab.
How to show the active tab as a current tab in opened Intelli IDEA
Please follow the following steps
- Go to
File
>Settings
orCtrl
+Alt
+S
to open Settings Window - Select
Editor
>General
>Editor Tabs
- Choose the
Most recently Opened tab
option forWhen the tab is closed, activate:
as given below
- Click Apply button
- Close the Intelli Ide editor
- Open Intelli IDE editor
- It shows an active tab
Let’s see Some of the shortcuts on Tab Operations.
IntelliJ tab shortcuts
Next tab and previous tab - Ctrl
+ ALT
+ Left
or Right
Arrow key
Last Edit Tab: Ctrl
+ Shift
+ Backspace
Key
Recent Files Opened tabs: Ctrl
+ E