Mouse gestures

Opera's amazing mouse gestures lets you do frequently performed browse operations with small, quick mouse movements. Some operations can be done with several different gestures. Try them out and see which one you like better.

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

When mouse gestures are enabled, a visual guide displays when you hold the right mouse button down and move the mouse. This visual interface shows the available gestures. When you complete an action, a notification briefly shows what action you performed. When you perform gestures quickly, the interface will not display.

Turn mouse gestures on or off

Mouse gestures can be enabled or disabled via Opera > Preferences > Advanced > Shortcuts, by checking/unchecking the box labeled "Enable mouse gestures". In this setting, you can also:

Enable corresponding back and forward gestures if you are left-handed
Enable or disable visual hints that display when making mouse gestures

Navigation gestures

These gestures help you to navigate faster.

Action	How to do it	Image
Go to previous page in history	Hold Ctrl button, drag mouse left Flip back: hold right button, click left button
Go to next page in history	Hold Ctrl button, drag mouse right Flip forward: hold left button, click right button
Go to parent directory	Hold Ctrl button, drag up then left
Fast Forward	Hold Ctrl button, drag right then up
Rewind	Hold Ctrl button, drag left then down
Reload page	Hold Ctrl button, drag up then down
Stop loading	Hold Ctrl button, drag up

Tab gestures

Click and hold right mouse button
Move the mouse in the indicated directions below
Release the right mouse button

Action	How to do it	Image
Browse in new tab	hold Ctrl button, drag down double-click in a workspace or on the tab bar
Clone tab (open a copy in a background tab)	Hold Ctrl button, drag down then up
Close tab	hold Ctrl button, drag down then right, or move right-left-right

Link gestures

Point your mouse to a link
Click and hold right mouse button
Move the mouse in the indicated directions below
Release the right mouse button

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

Wheel gestures

Action	How to do it	Image
Scroll up and down	Roll mouse wheel up and down
Zoom in and out	Hold `Option` key, roll mouse wheel
Move back and forth in tab history	Hold `Shift` key, roll mouse wheel
Pan the webpage	Click wheel then move mouse