Mouse Gesture

Tracking since Apr 5, 2026.

Changelog

• Jun 7, 2026
  category

  productivity/developer

  productivity/workflow

• May 19, 2026
  description

  The open source and free mouse gesture extension provides you with a brand new browsing experience! With simple mouse gestures, you can quickly perform various browser operations without using the keyboard or clicking toolbar buttons.
  open source: https://github.com/imgs/MouseGesture
  
  Mouse gesture extension is now available for Chrome/Edge browsers for Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
  On Linux and macOS systems, double right-click to show browser context menu
  
  Key Features:
  1. Smart Gesture Recognition: Correctly recognizes gestures even when they're not perfectly drawn
  2. Rich Preset Gestures: Includes 16 common operations like navigation, tab switching, and more
  3. Super Drag: Easily drag links and images to open in new tabs
  4. Image Preview: Hover over images to view larger previews
  5. Multi-language Support: Automatically adapts to browser language, supports English and Chinese
  6. Dark Mode: Supports light/dark theme switching
  7. Customizable: Personalize gesture action, trail color and width
  
  Customization
  Click the extension icon to access settings:
  - Enable/disable mouse gestures
  - Enable/disable gesture trails
  - Customize trail color
  - Adjust trail width
  - Toggle super drag feature
  - Enable/disable duplicate tab detection
  - Enable/disable Auto Close Duplicate Tabs
  - Switch language
  - Change theme
  
  All features are optimized for a smooth user experience. Works without waiting for page load completion, perfect for modern browsers.
  
  Built-in Gestures:
  • Left: Go back
  • Right: Go forward
  • Up: Scroll up
  • Down: Scroll down
  • Down-Right: Close tab
  • Left-Up: Reopen closed tab
  • Right-Up: New tab
  • Right-Down: Refresh
  • Up-Left: Previous tab
  • Up-Right: Next tab
  • Down-Left: Stop loading
  • Left-Down: Force Refresh
  • Up-Down: Scroll to bottom
  • Down-Up: Scroll to top
  • Left-Right: Close Tab
  • Right-Left: Reopen Closed Tab
  • and more
  
  Super Drag Features:
  • Drag links to open in new tabs
  • Drag images to view in new tabs
  • Drag selected text to search
  • Customizable drag directions for foreground/background tab opening
  
  Duplicate Tab Detection
  Automatically detects and notifies when you have duplicate tabs open:
  • Smart detection that compares URLs accurately
  • One-click option to close all duplicates
  • Auto Close Duplicate Tabs
  • Toggle feature on/off in settings
  • Prevents browser clutter and improves performance
  
  Popup View
  Quickly preview links and search content with modifier keys without leaving your current page:
  
  - Real-time link previews: Hold trigger key (default: Shift) while hovering over links to preview target pages in popup windows
  - Text selection search: Select text and press the trigger key to instantly search the selected content
  - Highly customizable:
    - Choose trigger keys (Control, Alt, Shift, or no key)
    - Adjust hover delay (100-5000ms, default: 200ms)
    - Set maximum preview windows (1-10)
    - Customize window dimensions
    - Configure window positioning (cursor position, screen center, or corner)
    - Customize search engine (supports Google, Bing, etc. using {q} placeholder)
  - Multi-window support: Open multiple preview windows simultaneously for increased information gathering efficiency
  - Smart window positioning: Intelligently adjusts window position based on screen boundaries to ensure full visibility
  - Clean interface: Distraction-free preview windows for optimal browsing experience
  
  Privacy-focused:
  • No data collection
  • No browsing history tracking
  • No user behavior monitoring
  • All settings are stored locally in your browser
  • No data is transmitted to external servers

  The open source and free mouse gesture extension provides you with a brand new browsing experience! With simple mouse gestures, you can quickly perform various browser operations without using the keyboard or clicking toolbar buttons.
  
  open source: https://github.com/imgs/MouseGesture
  
  Mouse gesture extension is now available for Chrome/Edge browsers for Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
  On Linux and macOS systems, double right-click to show browser context menu
  
  Key Features:
  1. Smart Gesture Recognition: Correctly recognizes gestures even when they're not perfectly drawn
  2. Rich Preset Gestures: Includes 16 common operations like navigation, tab switching, and more
  3. Super Drag: Easily drag links and images to open in new tabs
  4. Image Preview: Hover over images to view larger previews
  5. Multi-language Support: Automatically adapts to browser language, supports English and Chinese
  6. Dark Mode: Supports light/dark theme switching
  7. Customizable: Personalize gesture action, trail color and width
  
  Customization
  Click the extension icon to access settings:
  - Enable/disable mouse gestures
  - Enable/disable gesture trails
  - Customize trail color
  - Adjust trail width
  - Toggle super drag feature
  - Enable/disable duplicate tab detection
  - Enable/disable Auto Close Duplicate Tabs
  - Switch language
  - Change theme
  
  All features are optimized for a smooth user experience. Works without waiting for page load completion, perfect for modern browsers.
  
  Built-in Gestures:
  • Left: Go back
  • Right: Go forward
  • Up: Scroll up
  • Down: Scroll down
  • Down-Right: Close tab
  • Left-Up: Reopen closed tab
  • Right-Up: New tab
  • Right-Down: Refresh
  • Up-Left: Previous tab
  • Up-Right: Next tab
  • Down-Left: Stop loading
  • Left-Down: Force Refresh
  • Up-Down: Scroll to bottom
  • Down-Up: Scroll to top
  • Left-Right: Close Tab
  • Right-Left: Reopen Closed Tab
  • and more
  
  Super Drag Features:
  • Drag links to open in new tabs
  • Drag images to view in new tabs
  • Drag selected text to search
  • Customizable drag directions for foreground/background tab opening
  
  Duplicate Tab Detection
  Automatically detects and notifies when you have duplicate tabs open:
  • Smart detection that compares URLs accurately
  • One-click option to close all duplicates
  • Auto Close Duplicate Tabs
  • Toggle feature on/off in settings
  • Prevents browser clutter and improves performance
  
  Popup View
  Quickly preview links and search content with modifier keys without leaving your current page:
  
  - Real-time link previews: Hold trigger key (default: Shift) while hovering over links to preview target pages in popup windows
  - Text selection search: Select text and press the trigger key to instantly search the selected content
  - Highly customizable:
    - Choose trigger keys (Control, Alt, Shift, or no key)
    - Adjust hover delay (100-5000ms, default: 200ms)
    - Set maximum preview windows (1-10)
    - Customize window dimensions
    - Configure window positioning (cursor position, screen center, or corner)
    - Customize search engine (supports Google, Bing, etc. using {q} placeholder)
  - Multi-window support: Open multiple preview windows simultaneously for increased information gathering efficiency
  - Smart window positioning: Intelligently adjusts window position based on screen boundaries to ensure full visibility
  - Clean interface: Distraction-free preview windows for optimal browsing experience
  
  Privacy-focused:
  • No data collection
  • No browsing history tracking
  • No user behavior monitoring
  • All settings are stored locally in your browser
  • No data is transmitted to external servers

• May 19, 2026
  permissions

  tabs, storage, sessions, activeTab, scripting, search, downloads, windows, sidePanel

  tabs, storage, sessions, activeTab, clipboardWrite, scripting, search, downloads, windows, system.display, sidePanel

• Apr 16, 2026
  short_description

  A Chrome/Edge extension that supports mouse gestures, super drag functionality and popup view.

  Mouse gestures, super drag, image preview, link preview, and more.

• Apr 5, 2026
  description

  The open source and free mouse gesture extension provides you with a brand new browsing experience! With simple mouse gestures, you can quickly perform various browser operations without using the keyboard or clicking toolbar buttons.
  open source: https://github.com/imgs/MouseGesture
  
  Mouse gesture extension is now available for Chrome/Edge browsers for Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
  On Linux and macOS systems, double right-click to show browser context menu
  
  Key Features:
  1. Smart Gesture Recognition: Correctly recognizes gestures even when they're not perfectly drawn
  2. Rich Preset Gestures: Includes 16 common operations like navigation, tab switching, and more
  3. Super Drag: Easily drag links and images to open in new tabs
  4. Image Preview: Hover over images to view larger previews
  5. Multi-language Support: Automatically adapts to browser language, supports English and Chinese
  6. Dark Mode: Supports light/dark theme switching
  7. Customizable: Personalize gesture action, trail color and width
  
  Customization
  Click the extension icon to access settings:
  - Enable/disable mouse gestures
  - Enable/disable gesture trails
  - Customize trail color
  - Adjust trail width
  - Toggle super drag feature
  - Enable/disable duplicate tab detection
  - Enable/disable Auto Close Duplicate Tabs
  - Switch language
  - Change theme
  
  All features are optimized for a smooth user experience. Works without waiting for page load completion, perfect for modern browsers.
  
  Built-in Gestures:
  • Left: Go back
  • Right: Go forward
  • Up: Scroll up
  • Down: Scroll down
  • Down-Right: Close tab
  • Left-Up: Reopen closed tab
  • Right-Up: New tab
  • Right-Down: Refresh
  • Up-Left: Previous tab
  • Up-Right: Next tab
  • Down-Left: Stop loading
  • Left-Down: Force Refresh
  • Up-Down: Scroll to bottom
  • Down-Up: Scroll to top
  • Left-Right: Close Tab
  • Right-Left: Reopen Closed Tab
  
  Super Drag Features:
  • Drag links to open in new tabs
  • Drag images to view in new tabs
  • Drag selected text to search
  • Customizable drag directions for foreground/background tab opening
  
  Duplicate Tab Detection
  Automatically detects and notifies when you have duplicate tabs open:
  • Smart detection that compares URLs accurately
  • One-click option to close all duplicates
  • Auto Close Duplicate Tabs
  • Toggle feature on/off in settings
  • Prevents browser clutter and improves performance
  
  Popup View
  Quickly preview links and search content with modifier keys without leaving your current page:
  
  - Real-time link previews: Hold trigger key (default: Shift) while hovering over links to preview target pages in popup windows
  - Text selection search: Select text and press the trigger key to instantly search the selected content
  - Highly customizable:
    - Choose trigger keys (Control, Alt, Shift, or no key)
    - Adjust hover delay (100-5000ms, default: 200ms)
    - Set maximum preview windows (1-10)
    - Customize window dimensions
    - Configure window positioning (cursor position, screen center, or corner)
    - Customize search engine (supports Google, Bing, etc. using {q} placeholder)
  - Multi-window support: Open multiple preview windows simultaneously for increased information gathering efficiency
  - Smart window positioning: Intelligently adjusts window position based on screen boundaries to ensure full visibility
  - Clean interface: Distraction-free preview windows for optimal browsing experience
  
  Privacy-focused:
  • No data collection
  • No browsing history tracking
  • No user behavior monitoring
  • All settings are stored locally in your browser
  • No data is transmitted to external servers

  The open source and free mouse gesture extension provides you with a brand new browsing experience! With simple mouse gestures, you can quickly perform various browser operations without using the keyboard or clicking toolbar buttons.
  open source: https://github.com/imgs/MouseGesture
  
  Mouse gesture extension is now available for Chrome/Edge browsers for Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
  On Linux and macOS systems, double right-click to show browser context menu
  
  Key Features:
  1. Smart Gesture Recognition: Correctly recognizes gestures even when they're not perfectly drawn
  2. Rich Preset Gestures: Includes 16 common operations like navigation, tab switching, and more
  3. Super Drag: Easily drag links and images to open in new tabs
  4. Image Preview: Hover over images to view larger previews
  5. Multi-language Support: Automatically adapts to browser language, supports English and Chinese
  6. Dark Mode: Supports light/dark theme switching
  7. Customizable: Personalize gesture action, trail color and width
  
  Customization
  Click the extension icon to access settings:
  - Enable/disable mouse gestures
  - Enable/disable gesture trails
  - Customize trail color
  - Adjust trail width
  - Toggle super drag feature
  - Enable/disable duplicate tab detection
  - Enable/disable Auto Close Duplicate Tabs
  - Switch language
  - Change theme
  
  All features are optimized for a smooth user experience. Works without waiting for page load completion, perfect for modern browsers.
  
  Built-in Gestures:
  • Left: Go back
  • Right: Go forward
  • Up: Scroll up
  • Down: Scroll down
  • Down-Right: Close tab
  • Left-Up: Reopen closed tab
  • Right-Up: New tab
  • Right-Down: Refresh
  • Up-Left: Previous tab
  • Up-Right: Next tab
  • Down-Left: Stop loading
  • Left-Down: Force Refresh
  • Up-Down: Scroll to bottom
  • Down-Up: Scroll to top
  • Left-Right: Close Tab
  • Right-Left: Reopen Closed Tab
  • and more
  
  Super Drag Features:
  • Drag links to open in new tabs
  • Drag images to view in new tabs
  • Drag selected text to search
  • Customizable drag directions for foreground/background tab opening
  
  Duplicate Tab Detection
  Automatically detects and notifies when you have duplicate tabs open:
  • Smart detection that compares URLs accurately
  • One-click option to close all duplicates
  • Auto Close Duplicate Tabs
  • Toggle feature on/off in settings
  • Prevents browser clutter and improves performance
  
  Popup View
  Quickly preview links and search content with modifier keys without leaving your current page:
  
  - Real-time link previews: Hold trigger key (default: Shift) while hovering over links to preview target pages in popup windows
  - Text selection search: Select text and press the trigger key to instantly search the selected content
  - Highly customizable:
    - Choose trigger keys (Control, Alt, Shift, or no key)
    - Adjust hover delay (100-5000ms, default: 200ms)
    - Set maximum preview windows (1-10)
    - Customize window dimensions
    - Configure window positioning (cursor position, screen center, or corner)
    - Customize search engine (supports Google, Bing, etc. using {q} placeholder)
  - Multi-window support: Open multiple preview windows simultaneously for increased information gathering efficiency
  - Smart window positioning: Intelligently adjusts window position based on screen boundaries to ensure full visibility
  - Clean interface: Distraction-free preview windows for optimal browsing experience
  
  Privacy-focused:
  • No data collection
  • No browsing history tracking
  • No user behavior monitoring
  • All settings are stored locally in your browser
  • No data is transmitted to external servers

• Apr 5, 2026
  permissions

  tabs, storage, sessions, activeTab, scripting, search, downloads

  tabs, storage, sessions, activeTab, scripting, search, downloads, windows, sidePanel

Permissions & access

Permissions

tabsstoragesessionsactiveTabclipboardWritescriptingsearchdownloadswindowssystem.displaysidePanel

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