Is there a track pad gesture to switch browser tabs in full screen mode?

Yes, there is a trackpad gesture to switch between tabs in the new Safari. Pinch-in, with 2 fingers, as if you wanted to zoom out. I figured it out on accident. Hope this helps! Solved my problem!

You can use Better Touch Tool to assign quite crazy gestures/keyboard combinations to different actions. I just added tiptap-left and tiptap-right (tiptap is a gesture when you touch trackpad with one finger and tap it with another).

All you need to do is to choose desired gesture from the list and assign "Send Keyboard shortcut to specific application" action which should trigger "Ctrl+Tab" and "Ctrl+Shift+Tab" keyboard events.

I am not sure about the Trackpad, but I use "ctrl-tab" and "ctrl-shift-tab" keyboard shortcuts anyway.

Not that it's any different really, but COMMAND + SHIFT + LEFT ARROW and COMMAND + SHIFT + RIGHT ARROW also work for tab switching. It's an additional key press but, at least for me, it seems fit the natural position of my hands better.

These are my personal settings. One shows the shortcut to view all tabs, the other is just something I use to open new tabs. I find it pretty useful.

Remember to disable App Expose in the System Preferences.

Great to know about Ctrl-Tab but I'm surprised there is no gesture for switching tabs in Safari (as in Firefox). You would have thought OSX Lion would have implemented this as it's so obviously handy!

I've gone back in and tested this after reading your message. I am using a wireless trackpad with Mountain Lion, and this is how I am using it. I have safari opened, and multiple table are up; pinching in with 2 fingers will zoom out and reveal all of your tabs that you can flick through with 2 fingers. It's a useful gesture and I have been using it for the past few days. If that does not work, just verify your gestures are all turned on in the Trackpad Preferences, and the Mouse Preferences under Universal Access (in preferences). Just a simple pinch-in and swipe through your tabs! I'm doing it right now!

Thank you for the extra info! I had "Zoom in or out" deactivated on my Trackpad Preferences, as I used to find I involuntarily zoomed in on webpages. This new gesture works now that I've reactivated the gesture and seems to be a shortcut for the "Show All Tabs" option under the Safari View Menu.

You could look at BetterTouchTool, which will let you create gestures for all kinds of activities, including keyboard shortcuts such as Control-Tab and Control-Shift-Tab.

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Ctrl + tab is great - but, you can use better touch tool to configure a gesture to perfom ctrl + tab for you in Safari only (which is what you really want), and ctrl + alt + tab as well.

Personally, I've configure tip on the top right to be ctrl + tab, and tip swipe wih left finger down to be ctrl + alt + tab.

I just hate taking my hand off the track pad!

Using the app BetterTouch Tool, you can assign any gesture you want. What I personally did was turn off app expose in System Preferences, then assign the 4-finger swipe down gesture to Safari's CMD-Shift-\ (forward slash) which is the keyboard shortcut to see all tabs.

It works beautifully. I am assuming Chrome has a keyboard shortcut to view all tabs at once as well - I personally use Safari so I dont know for sure, but if it does, you can use BTT to assign it such.

in bettertouch tool configure global gesture ( ex. 3 finger swipe to left ) for the command ( command+shift+left arrow )

or ( 3 finger swipe to right ) for the command ( command+shift+right arrow ) to switch between the open tabs in any app.