Time for action – navigating between tabs

Let's try to open a couple of files from our project and see how we can navigate between the files. One scenario we can imagine is that we are editing a complex project and one file depends on the other, so editing one file would require us to change the other file.

1. Click on the View menu and make sure that the Files dock is active.
2. Click on the Files dock and navigate through the list until you find src/.
3. Expand the list by clicking on the plus button.
4. Double-click on hello_world.vala.
5. Double-click on config.vapi.
6. Now we have two files open, and we can switch between these tabs by pressing the Alt + 1 and Alt + 2 combination keys on the keyboard. If you open more files, go ahead with using Alt + 3, Alt + 4, and so on to navigate.
   

What just happened?

Whenever we open a file, Anjuta will put it inside a tab. Tabs are quite useful during development involving many files. Usually, we will open more than one file at the same time. The feature discussed here makes it easier for us to switch between these files.