Switching between Visual Studio windows/tabs web browser style

Question

So, I'm not completely sure this is the best idea ever but I do find myself trying to switch tabs in VS 2010 using [CTRL] + [1, etc] to switch windows (tabs). Is it possible to configure VS to behave like a web browser causing CTRL+1 switch to the first open window?

Answer 1

The Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools Extension has very similar funcionality:

Tab Behavior More Commands for Navigation (New!)
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Activate a specific pinned tab by Ctrl+Num Pad 1 through 0
Activate a specific regular tab by Ctrl+Alt+Num Pad 1 through 0
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Amongst other nice features, read more below:

• http://10rem.net/blog/2010/07/26/visual-studio-productivity-power-tools-walkthrough
• http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/06/09/visual-studio-2010-productivity-power-tool-extensions.aspx

Answer 2

you can use ctrl + tab to switch between VS2010 windows (tabs).