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Swift Salamander User Guide / See Your Files Your Way

Work With Tabs

How to open several folders in one pane, switch between them and close them.

Checked with Swift Salamander 0.8.184 on 8 October 2026.

A tab holds one folder view. Each pane can have several tabs, and you switch between them like browser tabs.

Open and Switch Tabs

  1. Press ⌘T to open a new tab.
  2. Press ⌘1 to ⌘9 to go to the first to ninth tab.
  3. Press ⌃Tab to go to the next tab. Press ⌃⇧Tab to go to the previous one.

Close a Tab

  1. Press ⌘W.

Other Tab Choices

Right-click a tab to see these choices:

  • Rename Tab
  • Lock Tab
  • Close Other Tabs
  • Close Tabs to the Right