Grand Gesture

The most comprehensive mouse gesture extension, featuring mouse gestures, super drag, rocker gestures, wheel gestures and more

As of June 2026, Grand Gesture has 545 users and a 4.56/5 rating from 9 reviews in the Accessibility category.

Usersup 32.3 percent+32.3%
545
545
Ratingup 1.3 percent+1.3%
4.56
9 reviews
Reviewsup 12.5 percent+12.5%
9
Version
1.0.4
Manifest V3

History

6 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 18, 2026.

575.08487.5399.92Apr 18, 2026Jun 3, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 18, 20264124.5081.0.4
Apr 28, 20264364.5691.0.4
May 8, 20264744.5691.0.4
May 16, 20265534.5691.0.4
May 24, 20265234.5691.0.4
Jun 3, 20265634.5691.0.4
Now5454.5691.0.4

Permissions & access

Permissions
tabsstoragenotificationscontextMenusunlimitedStoragettsscripting
Host access
<all_urls>

Screenshots

Grand Gesture screenshot 1Grand Gesture screenshot 2Grand Gesture screenshot 3Grand Gesture screenshot 4Grand Gesture screenshot 5

About

This is a fork of the discontinued smartUp Gestures extension by zimocode

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Gestures
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- Mouse gestures (draw a line on the screen)
- Super drag (drag selected text, links, and images)
- Rocker gestures (click a mouse button while holding down the other one)
- Wheel gestures (use the scroll wheel while holding down a mouse button)
- Click on the extension icon in the browser's toolbar
- Context menu
- Touch gestures
- Double-click
- Keyboard shortcuts

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Actions
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Navigation

- Go to the previous/next page based on the browser history
- Go to the previous/next page by following links on the page)
- Go to the previous/next page by incrementing/decrementing the number in the URL
- Go to the parent page (by removing the last path segment from the URL)
- Reload the page
- Stop loading the page
- Open a URL (using a configurable/fixed URL or the one from the clipboard)

Tabs

- Close one or more tabs
- Open a new tab
- Switch to the previous/first/last/left/right tab
- Re-open the previously closed tab
- Move the current tab to the left/right/start/end
- Detach one or more tabs into a new window
- Pin/unpin one or more tabs
- Duplicate one or more tabs
- Reopen the current tab in an incognito window

Windows

- Open a new window
- Close one or more windows
- Minimize/maximize the current window
- Merge (the tabs of) all windows into a single window

Text operations (triggered by dragging selected text)

- Copy the selected text to the clipboard
- Search the selected text (or text from the clipboard) via a search engine
- Create a QR code for the selected text
- Read the selected text aloud (text-to-speech)

Link operations (triggered by dragging a link)

- Open a link
- Bookmark a link
- Copy a link's URL, text, or HTML code to the clipboard
- Create a QR code for a link
- Save a link

Image operations (triggered by dragging an image)

- Open an image
- Save an image (with or without prompting for a file name/location)
- Copy an image or its URL to the clipboard
- Search similar images via a search engine

Settings

- Open the Chrome settings
- Open the Grand Gesture settings
- Reload Grand Gesture
- Temporarily disable Grand Gesture in the current tab

Miscellaneous operations

- Run custom JavaScript code
- Copy the page title or URL to the clipboard
- Bookmark the current page
- View the page source
- Save the page
- Print the page
- Take a screenshot
- Open the downloads folder
- Toggle fullscreen mode
- Mute one or more tabs
- Paste text
- Scroll up/down/left/right or to the start/end
- Zoom in/out or reset the zoom
- Create an email with a link to the current page

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Targets
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Operations for tabs (e.g., reload, close, or mute) can be applied to...

- The current tab
- All tabs
- All tabs except the current tab
- The (single) tab to the left/right of the current tab
- All tabs to the left/right of the current tab
- The current tab and all tabs to its left/right
- The first/last tab

Operations that open a URL (e.g., open a link or view an image) can open in...

- The current tab
- A new foreground or background tab
- A new foreground or background window
- An incognito window

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Mini apps (widgets)
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List items (to open or switch to)

- Currently open tabs
- Recent history (previously viewed/opened websites)
- Recently closed tabs
- Bookmarks
- Synced tabs

Conversion

- Convert between lowercase and uppercase
- Convert a torrent hash to a magnet URI
- Convert between numeral systems (binary, octal, decimal, hex, ...)
- Encode and decode base64
- Generate random numbers

Miscellaneous

- Periodically auto-reload the current page
- RSS
- List (and run) custom scripts

Technical

Version
1.0.4
Manifest
V3
Size
441KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
6
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
u8d3e3d9b211e86e2ee05e8374f2ab100
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Jul 3, 2025
Last Updated (Store)
Dec 17, 2025
Last Scraped
Jun 3, 2026
Website
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