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Next and previous tabs key bindings in Eclipse

Oddly, the key bindings for switching between tabs by simply moving left and right across the tabs is missing in Eclipse.  The commands exist, but there are no key combinations assigned to them.  Fortunately, using the key binding system in Eclipse can fix this quite easily.  And as an added bonus easy-to-remember combinations don't even need to be re-assigned before doing so.

Using Mac keys as the template, a good set of combinations might be:

Option + Command + Left (move across the tabs to the left)
Option + Command + Right (move across the tabs to the right)

Translated to Linux-based and Windows systems, this would be:

Alt + Control + Left
Alt + Control + Right

NOTE:  Using the Keys preference panel, search for the term "tab" to jump right to the command to make the key assignment easier.

Perhaps more perplexing than having this capability and not assigning a key stroke to it is that the commands only seem to be available via the "Quick Access" feature.  Using this method, search for "tab," "previous tab," or "next tab," in order to activate the corresponding tab.

NOTE:  It might be worthwhile mentioning that the PHP perspective was used for these notes.

 UPDATE:  Ubuntu systems using Unity capture the Alt + Control + Left/Right key combinations as the set of keys that switch Workspaces.  Another suitable recommendation might be Alt + Page up to go across to the left, and Alt + Page right to go the other way.
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