How to switch pane in Dolphin using keyboard?

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I'm a long time user of KDE Dolphin and love the pane mechanism. I know you can open/close pane using F3.

However, I can't find a shortcut to switch from one pane to another like Pycharm, Tmux or other application allow.

I know you can use the mouse, but I found it slow to move away from keyboard, locate cursor, move to right pane, click to focus and repeat while a single shortcut could do the same.

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Is there such keyboard shortcut?
How is it call?
How do I configure it?

You can use `Tab` (and `Shift`+`Tab`) to cycle focused element, although this includes also the address bar. — resc, Apr 25 '17 at 13:06
@resc Thanks, as you noted it not really usable as the number of hit to do depend of the depth of the URL path :/ — Édouard Lopez, Apr 25 '17 at 13:56
Seems like this [has been fixed](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171743#c38) but not sure when it will be released — Édouard Lopez, Apr 25 '17 at 14:02
True. In the meantime, you can consider setting the address bar to `editable` (`F6` iirc). Then you should be able to cycle over it with a single `Tab`, although it's still 3 `Tab`'s per split. — resc, Apr 25 '17 at 14:05

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 21 '17 at 14:33

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Dolphin version 17.08.3

There is an option is Settings > Configure Dolphin… > General to use Tab to switch between panes:

edited Nov 21 '17 at 14:33

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answered Nov 21 '17 at 08:04

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is `tab` the Tab key or the feature? – Édouard Lopez Nov 21 '17 at 13:29
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Tab key on keyboard – kirill-a Nov 21 '17 at 13:35

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 06 '17 at 11:12

Konqueror is quite close to dolphin in terms of user experience. You could run konqueror, go to settings > Load View Profile > Midnight commander. It will automatically split in half, you can use tab / shift-tab to switch between panes, plus you have an extra konsole at the bottom. You also get a green indicator below each pane to show which one has the focus.

As a side note, I like how konqueror shows a preview of PDF document directly in the pane. You can then Alt-left to go back in history and return to folder view.

question is specific to Dolphin not konqueror – Édouard Lopez Sep 27 '17 at 12:29 — Édouard Lopez, Sep 27 '17 at 12:29

How to switch pane in Dolphin using keyboard?

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