Mouseless

For a mouseless future.
What is Mouseless?
Mouseless is a Firefox add-on that allows you to navigate and interact with the browser using keyboard shortcuts, reducing the need for a mouse. With Mouseless, you can perform various actions such as clicking links, opening them in new tabs, copying URLs, moving tabs, scrolling, and navigating through history, all without leaving the home row and modifier keys.

Add-on stats

By: mort
Users: 121 ▼ -2
Rating: 3.91 (11)
Version: 0.13.0 (Last updated: 2023-10-31)
Creation date: 2016-08-08
Weekly download count: 4
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • clipboardWrite
  • tabs
  • storage
Size: 49.60K

Other platforms

Mouseless (v0.0.1)
5.00 (2) 41
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

A plugin to make it easier to use Firefox without using the mouse as much. You can click links, open them in a new tab, or copy their URL to the clipboard, move tabs around, move between tabs, scroll, and go back and forwards in history, all without your fingers ever leaving the home row and modifier keys.

Default keybinds:

  • h - Show "blobs" with characters
  • Enter and Shift+Enter - Click blob or open in new tab
  • Ctrl+Enter - Save the URL of the selected link to the clipboard
  • k and l - Scroll up and down
  • _ and + - Scroll up and down fast
  • j and ; - Switch to the tab to the left/right of the current one
  • J and : - Move the tab left/right
  • Ctrl+j and Ctrl+; - Go back/forward in history

User reviews

This addon is just great! It's a minimal implementation for the problem, and easy to use. Exactly what I needed to use my computer without a mouse.
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Mouseless is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Mouseless if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Mouseless has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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