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Simple Mouse Gestures

by lukasz.rydzkowski · Workflow & Planning
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Extension that provides the ability to define mouse gestures that will run specific actions in your Google Chrome browser

Users
3,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
35
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#17K
#14K among extensions
Version
1.0.0
updated 23 Jul 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
65,00310KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 3,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
01835Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 35 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 Simple Mouse Gestures

Google Chrome extension that provides the ability to define mouse gestures that will run specific actions in your browser. A mouse gesture can be drawn by moving your mouse cursor with the right mouse button pressed inside your browse window. In settings you can attach a mouse gesture with the specific action. The list of actions possible to attach to mouse gestures: - Go Back - Go Forward - Open New Tab - Open Link in New Tab (opens the link under the cursor at gesture start; falls back to a blank new tab) - Close Current Tab - Reload Current Tab - Switch to Left Tab - Switch to Right Tab - Close Window - Minimize Window - Scroll to Top - Scroll to Bottom - Reopen Tab - Duplicate Tab - Open New Window - Search Highlighted Text in Active Tab - Search Highlighted Text in Inactive Tab - Close Tabs to the Right Other settings: - Line color - Line width Settings are saved automatically as you change them and apply to pages loaded after the change. In the Backup tab you can export all your settings (gesture mappings, line color, line width) to a JSON file and import them back later. Importing replaces all current settings after confirmation, which makes it easy to restore a backup or move your configuration to another machine. It works on Windows, Linux, and macOS. On Linux and macOS the browser normally opens the context menu the moment the right mouse button is pressed, which would make drawing gestures impossible. The extension therefore keeps the context menu closed while the right button is used for gestures. To open the context menu on these systems, right click twice in quick succession (the second click within half a second) without moving the mouse. On Windows nothing changes: a plain right click opens the context menu as usual. GitHub repository: https://github.com/lrydzkowski/SimpleMouseGestures

Growth

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Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Simple Mouse Gestures appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
mouse#3−2
simple#8−4
context menu#83−29

Version history

13 versions recorded
1.0.023 Jul 2026
0.9.0 beta22 Jul 2026
0.8.0 beta21 Jul 2026
0.7.0 beta28 Jan 2025
0.6.0 beta18 Dec 2024
0.5.0 beta9 Jun 2024
0.4.0 beta2 Jun 2024
0.3.2 beta20 Feb 2024

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
29 Jan 2023
Size
46 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
niailegbonoknccjigjjaijppileoilm

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
scriptingstoragesessions
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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