Hand Tool

Name: Hand Tool
Rating: 3.76 (101 reviews)
Author: Marani

Use your Mouse or Stylus to grab and pan web pages

As of June 2026, Hand Tool has 3,000 users and a 3.76/5 rating from 101 reviews in the Productivity category.

Marani Productivity

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

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Version

1.9.1

Manifest V3

History

3 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 18, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 18, 2026	3.0K	3.75	101	1.9.1
May 2, 2026	3.0K	3.75	100	1.9.1
May 24, 2026	3.0K	3.75	100	1.9.1
Now	3.0K	3.76	101	1.9.1

Permissions & access

Permissions: tabsscriptingstorage
Host access: http://*/*, https://*/*

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About

User Guide:
- Refresh tab after installing to activate the extension.
- Default For Windows: Press and drag Right Mouse to pan.
- Default For Ubuntu: Press and drag Middle Mouse to pan.
- Default For Mac: Press and Hold Ctrl and move pointer to pan.
- For Stylus users, it's recommended to setup one of the buttons on your stylus to be Ctrl Key and use that button to activate panning.
- See Options page for more details. (After installation, Right Click on this extension's icon, then click Options).
- To quickly turn extension On/Off, pin the extension icon, then clicking on the icon will switch it on/off.
- This extension works best with mouses, stylus drawing tablets, laptop touchpad (only in case it doesn't provide convenient panning by gesture).

Change Log:
1.9.1 - 13/10/2025
- Update chrome manifest v3 ad republish.
- Improve codebase quality.
- Nicer icons.

1.9.0 - 21/04/2021
- Fix initialization bug on Mac.
- Remove cursor styling.
- Update option text.

1.5.0 - 18/04/2021
- Update option UI.
- Update default behaviour for different operating systems.
- Remove unnecessary permission request and republished.

1.4.0 - 18/10/2017
- Fix issue with Chrome 61+.
- Fix extension's auto reload mechanism when extension update.
*Since emitting custom Wheel Event no longer has any effect on scrolling, the extension now falls back to update element.scrollTop & scrollLeft directly, which might cause layout issues with certain websites while scrolling.
*As you might have noticed, this extension also no longer works with chrome's pdf reader. After an update some time ago, Chrome's pdf readers has started to run within a hidden internal extension window and there seems to be no way for other extension to manipulate scroll position of that window.

Features
- Natural Sliding and Frictions.
- Option page to change and preview settings.
- Settings syncs across tabs.
- Turn On and Off easily by clicking on Extension Icon.

Hand Tool for Google Chrome makes scrolling any webpage similar to:
- Pdf Readers
- Photoshop Hand Tool
- Google Map Panning Hand
- Scrolling a smart phone...
- Grab-and-Drag extension on Firefox