I used the answer to the related question and other similar ones to set keybindings for navigating through the command palette as follows.
{
"key": "tab",
"command": "workbench.action.quickOpenSelectNext",
"when": "inQuickOpen"
},
{
"key": "shift+tab",
"command": "workbench.action.quickOpenSelectPrevious",
"when": "inQuickOpen"
},
Tab key works fine to select the next item but Shift+Tab doesn't do any action.
When I checked the keyboard shortcuts troubleshooting, I noticed that when the Shift key is down in the command palette, the Tab key is ignored and isn't received.
Is there any way to set Shift+Tab for this?
I couldn't find any generic shortcuts to use rather than Shift+Tab.
I have to mention that Ctrl+Tab and Alt+Tab are reserved keybindings so I don't want to use them for this purpose.
I think you can't use Shift+Tab to trigger
workbench.action.quickOpenSelectPrevious"like you want.See Shift+Tab keybinding does not work in quick pick - the issue is reported and open/unresolved.
Of course, just the arrow keys do work in the quickOpen box.