open new tab to the LEFT of current tab

[sgp]

(maybe this feature is already available and I just haven't found it...)

This is a usability improvement suggestion that would make working with lots of open tabs more predictable and faster, giving you a sort of quick open-close tab sequence: Ctrl+T Ctrl+W.

Currently TC has an option to "open new tabs near current tab", which open a new tab to the RIGHT of the current tab.
My suggestion is to instead open the new tab to the LEFT of the current tab.
Assume the following three tabs, left to right - selected tab in brackets:
(A) B C and compare what happens:

NOW
start (A) B C
ctrl+T A (D) B C
ctrl+W A (B) C

WITH SUGGESTION
start (A) B C
ctrl+T (D) A B C
ctrl+W (A) B C

You see, with this suggestion start and final states are the same. Not with the current TC, where you open a new tab, work some, close it and instead of going back to the tab where you started, you find yourself in a different folder, lost (me at least) or, worse, on a disconnected network share and have to wait for timeouts, lose the tab target because it isn't found, etc.

Left, not right! (leftie wanna-be )

[bop sprengers]

YES, good idea !!!

[MVV]

sqp, just press Shift+Ctrl+T instead of Ctrl+T and enjoy!


Added: BTW in every case when we create a new tab between some tabs and close it, we get next tab active but not previous. So, I suggest to make active left tab when closing active tab (i.e. if we have tabs A, B, C and B is active, and we close it, to make active A tab and not C tab) - I mean that TC should decrease active tab index on closing active tab. Also, "Open new tabs near current tab" option can be expanded: left, right, end:)

[Yuta]

Support+++
I use tabs heavily and I have the very same problem.
^T and ^W should oppose each other, actual way of working doesn't seem consistent to me.
Maybe an option to invert Ctrl+T and Shift+Ctrl+T functionality?