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After installing the Right Links extension in your browser, links will open in a new tab when you click on them right click mouse (or using a long left click), without opening the context menu.

Of course, you can open links in new tabs as usual, just by pressing Ctrl key on the keyboard, but with the same success you can press something with your nose (or foot), getting even greater functionality - with Right Links everything is much simpler and faster.

I agree – you’ll have to get used to this method of opening links, but it’s worth it. I personally quickly got used to it and will continue to use the Right Links extension.

The natural question is: how can I now call the context menu of the link? It’s very simple, it’s here to stay – just a long right-click on the link and it’s at your disposal.

This extension has Mozilla Firefox There are even a few settings. We go through the browser menu to extensions, find our hero of the article and click on his “Settings”...

We check or uncheck boxes, assign actions and enjoy the convenient and fast work in the Mozilla Firefox browser.

Instantly disable or enable this extension You can use the F2 key on your keyboard.

The Mozilla Firefox extension called Right Links is indispensable for laptops with touchpads and two-button mice.

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If anyone finds similar extensions for other browsers, write in the comments.

I understand that Right Links are not the best mandatory expansion, but just one of many ways to open links in new tabs, but I’m sure it will find its user.

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Browsers are one of the few programs that can support, in addition to hotkeys, operational management separate commands using so-called mouse gestures - simple movements of the mouse while holding it right key. Mouse gesture controls typically involve a small set of common browser commands such as opening and closing tabs, refreshing a web page, navigating through open tabs, etc. Not all browsers support mouse gestures as part of their staffing capabilities, but many of them can be provided with such functionality using built-in extensions. Such extensions are available in stores Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, which means that support for mouse gestures can be implemented in most of the browser market - in numerous products on Chromium-based and the Gecko engine. Mouse gestures are apparently such a relevant functionality that an extension that adds this function is presented among the small range of browser extensions Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Moreover, its place among the first, and this is the first twelve extensions at the time of writing, was determined not by some little-known third-party developer, but by Microsoft company, after failed experiment with Windows 8, she has made it a rule to identify the needs of her audience before creating any product.

Below we will look at the functionality for using mouse gestures in popular browsers Opera, Yandex Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge.

1.Opera

The mouse gesture function in the Opera browser is pre-installed and active by default. To get information about specific commands that can be given to Opera using mouse movements while holding down the right key, go to the settings section. Click “Menu” – “Settings”. In the settings search field enter key query“gestures” and check (just in case) whether the “Enable mouse gestures” option is active. Next to this option, click the link that says “More details.”

Will open in a new tab reference Information on working with the browser, where in the section “Navigation using mouse gestures” the supported commands and the corresponding mouse movements will be indicated.

IN Opera settings Below the option to enable/disable mouse gestures there is another option that is inactive by default. By activating it - the option “Enable mouse button combinations”, we will be able to send the “Back” and “Forward” commands for the corresponding movements through the history of the tab not even with mouse movements, but simply with a series of clicks of its keys. Holding down the right mouse button and releasing it a little later than holding down the left button will return the web page one step back. And the opposite action - holding down the left key and releasing it a little later than holding down the right key - will take a step forward.

2. Yandex.Browser

Yandex.Browser, like Opera, also includes a mouse gesture control function among its standard functionality. And it is also active by default. To view help about specific mouse gestures, open the browser’s “Settings”.

In the search field of the settings section, enter the key query “gestures” and check that the “Mouse Gestures” option is active. Next, click on the link that says “More details.”

Yandex Browser Help will open with the active section “Mouse Movement Control”, where all supported mouse gestures will be described and illustrated.

Like Opera, Yandex.Browser also allows you to quickly move through the history of a tab by pressing a series of mouse keys.

Extensions that adapt the browser to control using mouse gestures can offer greater functionality than the standard functionality of Opera and Yandex.Browser. Not all of the extensions can boast an impressive list of supported gestures, but most at least provide the ability to customize how browser commands match mouse gestures. And since both browsers - Opera and Yandex.Browser - can work with extensions from Google store Chrome, at any time standard function mouse gestures can be disabled and set to more functional extension for these purposes. For example, what will be discussed in the next paragraph of the article.

3. Google Chrome

In the shop Google browser Chrome provides several extensions designed to implement mouse gestures. One of them is an extension with the ordinary name “Mouse Gestures”. It is Russified, very simple and just right would be better suited to master this function. After installing the extension, its button will be embedded on the panel Chrome tools. When you click on the extension button, we get access to its parameters,

where we can view preset gestures and, if necessary, reconfigure them to suit our preferences.

The extension is notable for its pair of gestures for instantly moving up and down a web page. Holding down the right mouse button and scrolling the wheel to the corresponding border is much more effective than awkwardly located ones on the keyboard Home keys and End. After all, such a web element as the “Up” button, not to mention the rare “Down” button, is not present on all sites. Among others useful functions– the ability to reset settings, export-import settings to a file.

The function of exporting and importing settings, if any, should not be neglected. Service Chrome sync can transfer those installed as part of using the account Google extensions. Moreover, even their activity status is synchronized. But Chrome is not yet able to synchronize the settings of each individual extension.

4. Mozilla Firefox

Covered in previous paragraph article, the “Mouse Gestures” extension is also available in the Mozilla Firefox browser store. After installing the extension, we go to the browser add-ons section, which, in particular, can be accessed by entering address bar:

In chapter Firefox add-ons switch to the “Extensions” subsection and click the “Settings” button in the “Mouse Gestures” extension column.

The extension is identical to the one created for Google Chrome: it also provides custom settings and their export-import.

Firefox, like Chrome, is also not perfect at keeping everyone's settings in sync. installed extension.

5. Microsoft Edge (Anniversary Update)

If Windows 10 is updated to the Anniversary Update, the standard Microsoft browser Edge can add an extension to implement the mouse gesture function in this way:

Select “Extensions” from the menu;

Next, click on the link to go to Windows Store;

Install the “Mouse Actions” extension;

Enable the extension.

The list of supported gestures will open when you press the extension button, which, after installing it, will appear in Microsoft menu Edge.

The Mouse Actions extension is a rare case where Microsoft has made a complementary product to its main product that is better than third party developers. The list of supported mouse gestures for Microsoft Edge is larger than what individual extensions in the Chrome and Firefox stores can offer. Microsoft even took care of the step of learning how browser commands correspond to mouse movements: the extension is installed with the option “Enable actions performed using the Surface Pro pen” initially active, which draws every mouse movement with the right mouse button held down, thereby helping to remember the correspondences through visual channel perception.

6. Disadvantages of using mouse gestures

Controlling with mouse gestures significantly speeds up web surfing. This is the same as in the case of touch typing, only transferring to the subconscious level several correspondences of browser commands to mouse movements is much easier and faster than learning to quickly type text without thinking or looking at the keyboard. Yes, on my own computer mouse is a device that any more or less advanced user feels like an extension of his hand. However, this feature has disadvantages.

Firstly, this is a limited area for performing gestures. You can’t perform movements anywhere on a web page; there are areas where no matter how much you draw a gesture, you’ll still get a context menu. These zones are determined by the specific design of each individual site. Mouse gestures may not work even for individual sites. For example, a paradoxical case: considered for Chrome extension does not work on the store site of this browser.

Secondly, incorrect operation The functions of mouse gestures may be determined by the specific design of the mouse itself. For example, Opera browser honestly warns about possible problems when using Apple's Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad.

Thirdly, the lack common standards. When switching to another browser, mouse gestures will need to be relearned, which is much more difficult than memorizing from scratch. However, the same can be attributed to the functionality of hot keys.

Have a great day!

In short, under the cut you will find a description of alternative gestures in pictures, a cheat sheet for memorizing the first 29 gestures, a comparison of popular extensions for controlling mouse gestures, ready-made settings for importing new gestures, a small list of well-known extensions and utilities that make surfing the net faster and faster. more pleasant. Now first things first...

Lyrical digression

Among the additional functionality of extensions, I would like to highlight the following features:
- use of gestures for any of the main mouse keys (suitable for both right-handed and left-handed people);
- navigation through the tab menu using the mouse wheel while holding down the right mouse button;
- page navigation using the mouse wheel while holding down the right mouse button;
- navigation through adjacent tabs using Rocket gestures (not suitable for everyone, but the opportunity itself is pleasing);
- tab navigation using the mouse wheel (Firefox only).

Comparison of four gesture extensions in Chrome and Firefox (short text version)

So many gestures... what's left free?
Of the short ones - 2 duplicated gestures. Of those that are longer, the gestures of drawing a square counterclockwise (from any of the corners) were definitely free.
Let's say I want to try, are there any ready-made settings?
You can download the saved settings here: https://github.com/nzim/Gestures_backup.git Before installation, do not forget to do backup copy your settings.

How to remember?

To remember, I prepared a couple of cheat sheets, and after them a kind of test under the spoiler.

Reinforcement test

What action do mouse gestures correspond to?

Some say that you can see a UFO in the picture. Whether this is a UFO that flies in and deletes posts is unknown.

Popular extensions to improve convenience

Speaking about ease of use of navigation, we cannot fail to mention other popular browser plugins. Although this topic is not welcome here, it’s impossible without them. So, briefly:

For Chrome:

- Ad blocker.
- Express panel. Tabs, tabs for tabs, export/import to file, synchronization with the cloud.
Session Buddy - Session Manager. If you are working with big amount tabs, then this extension is indispensable for you. In addition to saving sessions, it can remember up to 120 of your last sessions (default 3). Can be used as a manager open tabs. Backup in TXT, CSV, JSON, Markdown, HTML.
Select like a Boss - Working with links. Allows you to highlight text in links.
Clearly - Read articles without distractions. Lots of backgrounds, integration with Evernote.
Additionally:
FireShot - Page screenshots and annotations. IN free version, when saving to PDF, always saves the page on one sheet. Replaced Awesome Screenshot: Capture & Annotate and http://www.html2pdf.it/.
- Tree style of tabs (not everyone likes it).
Tile Tabs - Divides the browser window into several parts, allowing you to open several tabs in one window.

You could also mention NoScript, Firebug and several others, but for the purposes of this article this is already superfluous. As for convenience, I would like to separately mention several utilities for Windows:
Dicter - free translator, which the engine uses Google Translate. Translates everything that can be selected.
Picpick is a great program, Swiss knife, which includes: screen capture, image editor, color display under cursor and color palette, magnification window, ruler, crosshair, protractor and slate board. And it's all pleasant appearance, in Russian and free for non-commercial use.
ShareX is an alternative to Picpick, which includes: screen capture, image editor, uploading a screenshot to popular services, showing the color under the cursor and color palette, ruler, hash check, changing DNS, creating a QR code, FTP client, creating a Tweet message, testing a monitor.

If you were changing the extension structure for these gestures or integrating it into the browser

This section is here because the original idea was the possible integration of these gestures.
All gestures are divided into 6 levels:
1) basic
2) advanced
3) professional
4) expert
5) expert plus
6) rocker expert
For the convenience of the user, the following features were conceived:
- separate tab/section in the settings tab (for browser)
- change settings for all gestures
- assigning links to websites to gestures
- adding scripts
- export/import settings to file
- support for a chain of up to 5 gestures inclusive

I hope the post was useful. I would love to read your collections of necessary plugins and programs that increase your productivity.

P.s. Just in case, I have nothing to do with the extensions or programs mentioned in the article.

Lyrical digression

Comparison of four gesture extensions in Chrome and Firefox (short text version)

How to remember?

To remember, I prepared a couple of cheat sheets, and after them a kind of test under the spoiler.

Reinforcement test

What action do mouse gestures correspond to?

Some say that you can see a UFO in the picture. Whether this is a UFO that flies in and deletes posts is unknown.

Popular extensions to improve convenience

Speaking about ease of use of navigation, we cannot fail to mention other popular browser plugins. Although this topic is not welcome here, it’s impossible without them. So, briefly:

For Chrome:

- Ad blocker.
- Express panel. Tabs, tabs for tabs, export/import to file, synchronization with the cloud.
Session Buddy - Session Manager. If you work with a lot of tabs, then this extension is indispensable for you. In addition to saving sessions, it can remember up to 120 of your last sessions (default 3). Can be used as a manager of open tabs. Backup in TXT, CSV, JSON, Markdown, HTML.
Select like a Boss - Working with links. Allows you to highlight text in links.
Clearly - Read articles without distractions. Lots of backgrounds, integration with Evernote.
Additionally:
FireShot - Page screenshots and annotations. In the free version, when saving as PDF, it always saves the page on one sheet. Replaced Awesome Screenshot: Capture & Annotate and http://www.html2pdf.it/.
- Tree style of tabs (not everyone likes it).
Tile Tabs - Divides the browser window into several parts, allowing you to open several tabs in one window.

You could also mention NoScript, Firebug and several others, but for the purposes of this article this is already superfluous. As for convenience, I would like to separately mention several utilities for Windows:
Dicter is a free translator that uses the Google Translate engine. Translates everything that can be selected.
Picpick is a great program, a Swiss army knife that includes: screen capture, image editor, color display under cursor and color palette, magnification window, ruler, crosshair, protractor and slate. And all this with a pleasant appearance, in Russian and free for non-commercial use.
ShareX is an alternative to Picpick, which includes: screen capture, image editor, uploading a screenshot to popular services, showing the color under the cursor and color palette, ruler, hash check, changing DNS, creating a QR code, FTP client, creating a Tweet message, monitor test.

If you were changing the extension structure for these gestures or integrating it into the browser

I hope the post was useful. I would love to read your collections of necessary plugins and programs that increase your productivity.

P.s. Just in case, I have nothing to do with the extensions or programs mentioned in the article.

Probably many, after working with touch panel tablet or modern phone, experience some discomfort when working with a regular mouse on a regular computer.

However, few people use it, and many know very little about mouse gestures. Perhaps the reason for this ignorance is that few programs can understand gestures.

Problem using mouse gestures

The most a big problem using gestures - lack of common standards for the use and display of gestures. Each program does this differently. For example, in Opera - mouse gestures This is a built-in feature that you just need to enable and use ready-made gestures.

Mouse gestures in Opera.

Now let's take a closer look at how mouse gestures can be used for the most common operations. Here's one example: Press and hold a key Ctrl on your keyboard and scrolling the mouse wheel will allow you to zoom in on the page.

Navigation mouse gestures

Return to previous page:

Hold down the right button and click the left button
Hold down the right button and move the mouse to the left

Go to next page

While holding down left button, right click
Hold down the right button and move the mouse to the right

Go to root folder

Hold down the right button and move the mouse up then left

Transition

Hold down the right button and move the mouse to the right then up
While holding down the right button and Shift, move the mouse to the right

Return

While holding down the right button, move the mouse left then down
Hold down the right button and Shift and move the mouse to the left

Go to home page

Double-click with the left mouse button on a blank page

Refresh the page

Hold down the right button and move the mouse up then down

Stop page loading

Hold down the right button and move the mouse up

Mouse gestures for page control

Open new page

Hold down the right button and move the mouse down
Double click the left mouse button in empty window or on the pages panel

Duplicate page

Hold down the right button and move the mouse down then up

Restore or expand page

Hold down the right button and move the mouse up then to the right

Collapse page

Hold down the right button and move the mouse down then left

Close page

Hold down the right button and move the mouse down then to the right
Hold down the right button and move the mouse right-left-right

What about other browsers?

In other browsers, as usual, the lack of functionality is very convenient to overcome with the help of extensions. Experts recommend using Mozilla Firefox Firegestures.

In the extension settings, you can assign your own gestures that will be convenient for you. Moreover, editing gestures here is much more convenient than in Opera or Chrome.

For example, you can make the following settings:

Gesture down– Close a tab (this is faster than finding a cross on a tab, or pressing Ctrl+W)
Gesture up– Open the page source (this is faster than pressing Ctrl+U)
Gesture left– Add to Bookmarks (this is faster than pressing Ctrl+D)
Gesture right– Save the image (this is faster than clicking on the image)

For Google Chrome, mouse gestures are also added using plugins. The best plugin many call Smooth Gestures, but its development has now been completed. There is also a plugin Gestures for Chrome(TM).

More secrets of the mouse in browsers.

Not everyone knows that the mouse wheel has one interesting purpose. This wheel can be used not only to scroll the page, but also as a button.

And a few more secrets that are no longer secrets for many, but for the sake of completeness, it’s still worth telling about them.

Mark part of the text.

Click at the beginning of the text to highlight it, then hold down Shift button. The required space will be allocated.

Browser - back and forth.

In order to get to the next page, you do not need to click on the corresponding buttons located on the toolbar. Just press Shift and roll the mouse wheel.

Changing the scale.

It’s very easy to do by rotating the scroll while holding down the CTRL button. This method can be used in most programs.

Double and triple click.

If you click once on a word, the cursor will be placed there.

If you double-click, the entire word will be selected.

If you click three times (quickly), the sentence will be highlighted.

A quick click of the mouse 4 times will select the entire paragraph.

Right-click dragging.

To move a file in Windows, the drag’n’drop method is usually used - we take an element, drag it to the desired location and drop it. The same thing can be done with the right mouse button. In this case, a context menu opens, which allows you not only to move, but also to copy the file or create a shortcut in the desired location.

How to select multiple fragments in the text?

When you work with long text, but you only need individual fragments, it is not necessary to manipulate them separately. Hold CTRL and select the right words and paragraphs, and then copy to the desired location at the same time.

Open link in new tab.

Vertical blocks

This method works in the program Microsoft Word and in some other programs for working with text. available alternative way highlighting ranges. Its essence is that you can select not only a horizontal block of text, but also a vertical one.

So here's what to get vertical block make a selection by holding ALT key. What is it for? For example, to format the first letters of each line differently.

Finally.

Of course, there are many more functions of the mouse than are described in this article. If you know any other secrets and secrets, write about it in the comments. Perhaps others will also find it interesting and useful!

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