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Update to newer OS variants (from comments) and make older variant a note after the fact.
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edit approved Dec 1, 2015 at 21:37
patridge
edit approved Dec 1, 2015 at 21:37
patridge
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I just tried this under Snow Leopard and it worked beautifully:

  1. Open System Preferences => Keyboard
  2. Go to Keyboard Shortcuts
  3. Click on "Application Shortcuts" on the left
  4. Click the little "+" to add a program
  5. Navigate to Terminal (it's hidden in Applications/Utilities)
  6. For the Menu Title type "Select"Show Next Tab" or "Show Previous Tab" ("Select Next Tab" and "Select Previous Tab" for Mavericks or older) (theseAlso, these items will be different for languages other than English.)
  7. For the Keyboard Shortcut type Ctrl-Tab or Ctrl-Shift-Tab
  8. Click Add. You are g2g!

I just tried this under Snow Leopard and it worked beautifully:

  1. Open System Preferences => Keyboard
  2. Go to Keyboard Shortcuts
  3. Click on "Application Shortcuts" on the left
  4. Click the little "+" to add a program
  5. Navigate to Terminal (it's hidden in Applications/Utilities)
  6. For the Menu Title type "Select Next Tab" or "Select Previous Tab" (these items will be different for languages other than English)
  7. For the Keyboard Shortcut type Ctrl-Tab or Ctrl-Shift-Tab
  8. Click Add. You are g2g!

I just tried this under Snow Leopard and it worked beautifully:

  1. Open System Preferences => Keyboard
  2. Go to Keyboard Shortcuts
  3. Click on "Application Shortcuts" on the left
  4. Click the little "+" to add a program
  5. Navigate to Terminal (it's hidden in Applications/Utilities)
  6. For the Menu Title type "Show Next Tab" or "Show Previous Tab" ("Select Next Tab" and "Select Previous Tab" for Mavericks or older) (Also, these items will be different for languages other than English.)
  7. For the Keyboard Shortcut type Ctrl-Tab or Ctrl-Shift-Tab
  8. Click Add. You are g2g!
more complete answer with "Select Previous Tab" too, short note on languages other than English
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edit approved Aug 19, 2013 at 0:18
Karl Horky
edit approved Aug 19, 2013 at 0:18
Karl Horky
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I just tried this under Snow Leopard and it worked beautifully:

  1. Open System Preferences => Keyboard
  2. Go to Keyboard Shortcuts
  3. Click on "Application Shortcuts" on the left
  4. Click the little "+" to add a program
  5. Navigate to Terminal (it's hidden in Applications/Utilities)
  6. For the Menu Title type "Select Next Tab" or "Select Previous Tab" (these items will be different for languages other than English)
  7. For the Keyboard Shortcut type ctrlCtrl-tabTab or Ctrl-Shift-Tab
  8. Click Add. You are g2g!

I just tried this under Snow Leopard and it worked beautifully:

  1. Open System Preferences => Keyboard
  2. Go to Keyboard Shortcuts
  3. Click on "Application Shortcuts" on the left
  4. Click the little "+" to add a program
  5. Navigate to Terminal (it's hidden in Applications/Utilities)
  6. For the Menu Title type "Select Next Tab"
  7. For the Keyboard Shortcut type ctrl-tab
  8. Click Add. You are g2g!

I just tried this under Snow Leopard and it worked beautifully:

  1. Open System Preferences => Keyboard
  2. Go to Keyboard Shortcuts
  3. Click on "Application Shortcuts" on the left
  4. Click the little "+" to add a program
  5. Navigate to Terminal (it's hidden in Applications/Utilities)
  6. For the Menu Title type "Select Next Tab" or "Select Previous Tab" (these items will be different for languages other than English)
  7. For the Keyboard Shortcut type Ctrl-Tab or Ctrl-Shift-Tab
  8. Click Add. You are g2g!
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I just tried this under Snow Leopard and it worked beautifully:

  1. Open System Preferences => Keyboard
  2. Go to Keyboard Shortcuts
  3. Click on "Application Shortcuts" on the left
  4. Click the little "+" to add a program
  5. Navigate to Terminal (it's hidden in Applications/Utilities)
  6. For the Menu Title type "Select Next Tab"
  7. For the Keyboard Shortcut type ctrl-tab
  8. Click Add. You are g2g!