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Using the mouse

Press Page Down and Page Up to switch slides

The mouse can be used for a lot more than just clicking links, including powerful mouse gestures and flexible drag-and-drop operations.

Basic mouse usage

Single-click left button to activate buttons, follow links on webpages, open items in panels, and so forth.

Press Shift while clicking to open a link or bookmark in a new tab. If you also press Ctrl, the new tab will open in the background instead of popping up on top of your current tab.

Most of Opera's browser elements as well as webpage elements have their own context menus containing multiple options. To display the context menu, click the right button.

Context menu activation

The context menu for selected text can be accessed by clicking repeatedly on the word or expression you want to select.

• Double-click to select the word
• Triple-click to select the full sentence
• Click four times to select the entire paragraph

The menu contains options like dictionary and encyclopedia searches. If a web address (URL) is not marked up as a link, double-click it and select "Go to URL" from the context menu.

The context menu is also available when you right-click any selected text.

Mouse gestures

Mouse gestures exist for most frequently performed operations. They can be enabled or disabled via Settings > Preferences > Advanced > Shortcuts, by checking/unchecking the box labeled "Enable mouse gestures".

Example: Pressing Ctrl on your keyboard while rolling the wheel on your mouse activates zooming.

Navigation gestures

Action	How to do it
Go to previous page	Flip back: hold right button, click left button Hold right button, move mouse left
Go to next page	Flip forward: hold left button, click right button Hold right button, move mouse right
Go to parent directory	Hold right button, move up then left
Fast Forward	Hold right button, move right then up Hold right button and Shift, move right
Rewind	Hold right button, move left then down Hold right button and Shift, move left
Go to home page	Double-click on blank page
Reload page	Hold right button, move up then down
Stop loading	Hold right button, move up

Page gestures

Action	How to do it
Browse in new tab	hold right button, move down double-click in workspace or on tab bar
Clone tab	Hold right button, move down then up
Restore or maximize tab	Hold right button, move up then right
Minimize tab	Hold right button, move down then left
Close tab	hold right button, move down then right hold right button, move right left right

Link gestures

Action	How to do it
Open link in new tab	Move mouse pointer to link and hold right button, move down
Open link in new background tab	Move mouse pointer to link and hold right button, move down then up

Wheel gestures

Action	How to do it
Scroll up and down	Roll mouse wheel up and down
Zoom in and out	Hold Ctrl key, roll mouse wheel
Restore default zoom	Hold Ctrl key, click mouse wheel
Move back and forth in tab history	Hold Shift key, roll mouse wheel
Cycle through open tabs	Hold right button, roll mouse wheel

Drag and drop

Dragging and dropping items can speed up your browsing and facilitate customization of the browser.

"Pick up" the desired item by clicking on it and holding the mouse button, then moving it to the desired location and dropping it. To drag and drop links, make sure to drag them directly up or down at first to initiate dragging.

Items you can drag

• Links and images in webpages
• Items on the personal bar
• Items in panels
• Tabs on the tab bar
• All buttons and other toolbar items available in the Appearance dialog

Dragged items can be dropped on toolbars and panels, and they can also be dragged to your computer desktop. Examples of uses:

• Dragging a link to the bookmarks panel or a toolbar saves it as a bookmark.
• Dragging a bookmark to the workspace/webpage area opens the bookmark.
• Tabs can be rearranged by dragging them on the tab bar.
• Notes can be dragged into email messages for automatic pasting.
• Drag a download link to the downloads panel to start downloading.

The best way to learn more about dragging and dropping is to play around and discover all the possibilities.

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