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Hand Tool

by Marani · Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Use your Mouse or Stylus to grab and pan web pages

Users
3,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
3.8 / 5
+0.01 in 30 days
Ratings
101
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#16K
#14K among extensions
Version
1.9.1
updated 15 Oct 2025

Users

monthly, 3 years
6002,8005,000Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 3,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
2061102Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 101 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Hand Tool

User Guide: - Refresh tab after installing to activate the extension. - Default For Windows: Press and drag Right Mouse to pan. - Default For Ubuntu: Press and drag Middle Mouse to pan. - Default For Mac: Press and Hold Ctrl and move pointer to pan. - For Stylus users, it's recommended to setup one of the buttons on your stylus to be Ctrl Key and use that button to activate panning. - See Options page for more details. (After installation, Right Click on this extension's icon, then click Options). - To quickly turn extension On/Off, pin the extension icon, then clicking on the icon will switch it on/off. - This extension works best with mouses, stylus drawing tablets, laptop touchpad (only in case it doesn't provide convenient panning by gesture). Change Log: 1.9.1 - 13/10/2025 - Update chrome manifest v3 ad republish. - Improve codebase quality. - Nicer icons. 1.9.0 - 21/04/2021 - Fix initialization bug on Mac. - Remove cursor styling. - Update option text. 1.5.0 - 18/04/2021 - Update option UI. - Update default behaviour for different operating systems. - Remove unnecessary permission request and republished. 1.4.0 - 18/10/2017 - Fix issue with Chrome 61+. - Fix extension's auto reload mechanism when extension update. *Since emitting custom Wheel Event no longer has any effect on scrolling, the extension now falls back to update element.scrollTop & scrollLeft directly, which might cause layout issues with certain websites while scrolling. *As you might have noticed, this extension also no longer works with chrome's pdf reader. After an update some time ago, Chrome's pdf readers has started to run within a hidden internal extension window and there seems to be no way for other extension to manipulate scroll position of that window. Features - Natural Sliding and Frictions. - Option page to change and preview settings. - Settings syncs across tabs. - Turn On and Off easily by clicking on Extension Icon. Hand Tool for Google Chrome makes scrolling any webpage similar to: - Pdf Readers - Photoshop Hand Tool - Google Map Panning Hand - Scrolling a smart phone... - Grab-and-Drag extension on Firefox

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%0+0.01
30 days0+0.0%0+0.01
6 months0+0.0%+1+0.02
1 year+1,000+50.0%+20.00

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Hand Tool appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
tool#8+29
smart tool#43+8
press#50+17
drag#64+17
tools#80new

Version history

3 versions recorded
1.9.115 Oct 2025
1.9.021 Apr 2021
1.5.020 Apr 2021

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
20 Apr 2021
Size
40 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
paflchebahgbgeambpbhoieeanaddehf

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 3, likelihood 2
Permissions
tabsscriptingstorage
Site access
http://*/*https://*/*
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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