ralf3u created an issue (geany/geany#4275)

**Foreword**
If a lot of documents are open and if one want to switch to an other document 
(not to the previous tab, not to the next tab and also not to the last used 
tab), then it is easier to switch with a tab switcher than to tab-browse (with 
Ctrl+PageUp/PageDown) or than to use the mouse. So, the tab switcher is an 
indispensable tool when working with a lot of documents.

**Current situation**
The tab switcher (Ctrl+Tab and hold Ctrl) shows only four items and the items 
are changing them position while tab switching with the Tab-key what is 
disturbing. The tab switcher is for me not user-friendly and completely 
useless. That is the reason why I use the shortcut Shift+F10 as tab switcher 
although the shown list of the shortcut Shift+F10 is a bug, according to 
https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/4267#issuecomment-2731107813.

**Expectation of a second tab switcher**
I expect
- a list where only open documents are listed
- the list should be centered in the Geany window, so horizontally and 
vertically.
- the navigation should be exactly like the navigation when using the list that 
appears when right-clicking a tab-title (so, the navigation works with the 
arrow-up-key and the arrow-down-key).

**Possible solution**
1) Copy paste the code of the current shortcut Shift+F10.
2) Delete those items of the list:
```
Open in New Window
Close
Close Other Documents
Close Documents to the Right
Close All
```
3) Center the list in the Geany window, horizontally and vertically.
4) Add the name `Tab switcher 2` in the preferences, in keybindings in the 
folder `Notebook tab`, and add the name `switch_tab2=` in keybindings.conf.

**System**
Lubuntu 24.10
Geany 2.0

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