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Mouse Gesture by img

A browser extension for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox with mouse gestures, super drag, image/link preview, and more.

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About this extension
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/Firefox 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
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Permissions and data

Required permissions:

  • Download files and read and modify the browser’s download history
  • Access recently closed tabs
  • Access browser tabs
  • Access your data for all websites

Optional permissions:

  • Access your data for all websites

Data collection:

  • The developer says this extension doesn't require data collection.
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Version
26.4.12
Size
486.45 KB
Last updated
5 hours ago (Apr 11, 2026)
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License
GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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