Allow Tab Cycling Between Panels

[Unknow0059]

Problem description

From ST3 to ST4, #3216 regressed this behavior.

I used it frequently.

Preferred solution

A. An option in Settings that allows choosing whether cycling through panes is allowed, like previously, or not, like in #3216.

Alternatives

B. Keep the enhancement. C. Revert the enhancement.

Additional Information

No response

[deathaxe]

ST basically supports cycling through groups/panes via focus_neighboring_group command very much like it supports cycling through tabs in group/pane via next_view/prev_view.

The main usability issue, IMHO is, that cycling through tabs via ctrl+pageup/pagedown differs much from the binding ctrl+k, ctrl+left and ctrl+k, ctrl+right to cycle through groups/panes.

I personally therefore added the following custom bindings:

	{
		"keys": ["alt+pagedown"],
		"command": "focus_neighboring_group"
	},
	{
		"keys": ["alt+pageup"],
		"command": "focus_neighboring_group",
		"args": {"forward": false}
	},
	{
		"keys": ["shift+alt+pagedown"],
		"command": "move_to_neighboring_group"
	},
	{
		"keys": ["shift+alt+pageup"],
		"command": "move_to_neighboring_group",
		"args": {"forward": false}
	},

Additionally created https://github.com/deathaxe/MoveView which provides move_to_neighboring_index command (inspired by core move_to_neighboring_group command):

	{ 
		"keys": ["ctrl+shift+pageup"],
		"command": "move_to_neighboring_index", 
		"args": { "forward": false } 
	},
	{ 
		"keys": ["ctrl+shift+pagedown"],
		"command": "move_to_neighboring_index"
	}

As a result cycling through tabs or moving tabs around within and across groups/panes is possible with pageup and pagedown keys in combination with ctrl+ (within group), alt+ (across groups) and shift+ (move) modifiers.

I personally find it even faster to cycle through groups in the first place followed by cycling though tabs of the active view, especially if groups contain dozens of views.

[thoran]

In spite of workarounds I'd still prefer if there was a built-in solution which enabled the ST3 behaviour if so desired.