Use Tab to switch bar panels

shell/Ui/Panel.qml

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Item {
     Qt.callLater(function() { popoutSwitchClosing = false })
   }
   function toggle() { opened ? close() : open() }
+  function switchPanel(direction) {
+    if (bar && typeof bar.switchPanelFrom === "function") return bar.switchPanelFrom(root, direction)
+    return false
+  }
 
   // Read a single value from this panel's inline shell.json entry, with a
   // fallback for missing/null values. Matches BarWidget.setting().

shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml

@@ -191,6 +191,57 @@ Item {
     return Array.isArray(entries) ? entries : []
   }
 
+  function panelNavigationSlots(region) {
+    var entries = layoutEntries(region)
+    var slots = []
+    for (var i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
+      var id = entryId(entries[i])
+      for (var j = 0; j < debugModuleSlots.length; j++) {
+        var slot = debugModuleSlots[j]
+        if (!slot || slot.region !== region || slot.moduleName !== id) continue
+        var item = slot.activeItem
+        if (!item || item.visible !== true || slot.visible !== true || slot.width <= 0 || slot.height <= 0) continue
+        if (typeof item.open !== "function" || typeof item.close !== "function" || item.opened === undefined) continue
+        slots.push(slot)
+        break
+      }
+    }
+    return slots
+  }
+
+  function switchPanelFrom(owner, direction) {
+    if (!owner) return false
+
+    var currentSlot = null
+    for (var i = 0; i < debugModuleSlots.length; i++) {
+      var slot = debugModuleSlots[i]
+      if (slot && slot.activeItem === owner) {
+        currentSlot = slot
+        break
+      }
+    }
+    if (!currentSlot) return false
+
+    var slots = panelNavigationSlots(currentSlot.region)
+    if (slots.length < 2) return false
+
+    var currentIndex = -1
+    for (var j = 0; j < slots.length; j++) {
+      if (slots[j] === currentSlot) {
+        currentIndex = j
+        break
+      }
+    }
+    if (currentIndex < 0) return false
+
+    var step = direction < 0 ? -1 : 1
+    var nextSlot = slots[(currentIndex + step + slots.length) % slots.length]
+    if (!nextSlot || !nextSlot.activeItem || nextSlot.activeItem === owner) return false
+
+    nextSlot.activeItem.open()
+    return true
+  }
+
   function entrySettings(entry) {
     return BarModel.entrySettings(entry)
   }

shell/plugins/panels/audio/Panel.qml

@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ Panel {
       }
       onActivateRequested: if (root.cursorActive) root.activateCursor()
       onCloseRequested: root.close()
-      onTabRequested: function(direction) { root.moveSection(direction) }
+      onTabRequested: function(direction) { root.switchPanel(direction) }
       onTextKey: function(t) {
         // 'm' mutes whatever the cursor is on: focused section's slider
         // for output/input, the focused stream for streams.

shell/plugins/panels/bluetooth/Panel.qml

@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ Panel {
       }
       onActivateRequested: if (root.cursorActive) root.activateCursor()
       onCloseRequested: root.close()
+      onTabRequested: function(direction) { root.switchPanel(direction) }
       onDeleteRequested: if (root.cursorActive) root.deleteSelected()
 
       Column {

shell/plugins/panels/monitor/Panel.qml

@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ Panel {
       }
       onActivateRequested: if (root.cursorActive) root.activateCursor()
       onCloseRequested: root.close()
+      onTabRequested: function(direction) { root.switchPanel(direction) }
 
       ScrollView {
         id: scrollArea

shell/plugins/panels/network/Panel.qml

@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ Panel {
         }
       }
       onCloseRequested: root.close()
+      onTabRequested: function(direction) { root.switchPanel(direction) }
       onTextKey: function(t) {
         if (t === "r" || t === "R") root.refresh()
       }

shell/plugins/panels/power/Panel.qml

@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ Panel {
       }
       onActivateRequested: if (root.cursorActive) root.activateSelectedProfile()
       onCloseRequested: root.close()
+      onTabRequested: function(direction) { root.switchPanel(direction) }
 
       Column {
         id: column

shell/plugins/panels/tailscale/Panel.qml

@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ Panel {
       }
       onActivateRequested: if (root.cursorActive) root.activateCursor()
       onCloseRequested: root.close()
+      onTabRequested: function(direction) { root.switchPanel(direction) }
       onTextKey: function(t) {
         if (t === "t" || t === "T") tailscale.toggleTailscale()
         else if (t === "c" || t === "C") tailscale.copyPeerIp(root.selectedPeer())