Change to most recently used tab when closing a tab in IntelliJ IDEA?

Question

When I close an editor tab in IntelliJ, the tab that appears directly to the right of it gets opened next. Instead, I would rather have the most recently used tab open instead.

For example, if I have these tabs open:

Foo.java (currently viewed)
Bar.java

And then I use CMD+SHIFT+N to open Baz.java , it now looks like this:

Foo.java
Baz.java (currently viewed)
Bar.java

If I then close Baz.java , rather than returning to Foo.java , it goes to Bar.java .

Foo.java
Bar.java (currently viewed)

How can I configure the editor to go back to the most recently used tab?

Answer 1

Go to Settings/Editor/General/Editor Tabs

And select Activate most recently opened tab for the When closing active editor option.