Using the Mouse

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

Note: Many of the mouse actions described below may be more practical with the use of a two-button mouse. This allows the user to simply right-click instead of having to hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on a single button mouse. In cases where a two-button mouse is required, right and left clicks will be specified.

Basic mouse usage

Single-click to activate buttons, follow links on Web pages, open items in panels, and so forth.

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

Most of Opera's browser elements as well as Web page elements have their own context menus containing multiple options. To display the context menu, hold Ctrl and click.

Hotclick

The context menu for selected text is also known as the hotclick menu, because you can access it 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 hotclick 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 hotclick menu.

The Hotclick menu is also available when you Ctrl-click any selected text.

Mouse gestures

Mouse gestures exist for most frequently performed operations.

Example: Pressing ⌘ 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 Ctrl button, drag mouse left
Go to next page	Flip forward: hold left button, click right button Hold Ctrl button, drag mouse right
Go to parent directory	Hold Ctrl button, drag up then left
Fast Forward	Hold Ctrl button, drag right then up Hold Ctrl button and `Shift`, drag right
Rewind	Hold Ctrl button, drag left then down Hold Ctrl button and `Shift`, drag left
Go to home page	Double-click in empty page
Reload page	Hold Ctrl button, drag up then down
Stop loading	Hold Ctrl button, drag up

Page gestures

Action	How to do it
Browse in new page	hold Ctrl button, drag down double-click in workspace or on page bar
Duplicate page	Hold Ctrl button, drag down then up
Close page	hold Ctrl button, drag down then right hold Ctrl button, drag right left right

Link gestures

Action	How to do it
Open link in new page	Move mouse pointer to link and hold Ctrl button, drag down
Open link in new background page	Move mouse pointer to link and hold Ctrl button, drag 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 `⌘` key, roll mouse wheel
Restore default zoom	Hold `⌘` key, click mouse wheel
Move back and forth in page history	Hold `Shift` key, 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 Web pages
Items on the personal bar
Items in panels
Tabs on the page 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/Web page area opens the bookmark.
Tabs can be rearranged by dragging them on the page bar.
Notes can be dragged into e-mail messages for automatic pasting.
Drag a download link to the transfers panel to start downloading.

The best way to learn more about dragging and dropping is to play around and discover all the possibilities. Most combinations of drag and drop will produce a natural, anticipated result.