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Rocker Gestures

Rocker Gestures

Allows you to navigate back and forward with your mouse button clicks (right + left = back). This feature is known from Opera browser.

What is Rocker Gestures?
Rocker Gestures is a Firefox add-on that allows you to navigate back and forward in your browser by clicking your mouse buttons. It brings the well-known feature from the Opera browser to Firefox, making it easier for you to go back and forward while browsing.
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Users: 89 ▼ -1
Rating: 5.00 (10)
Version: 2.0 (Last updated: 2022-05-06)
Creation date: 2020-06-18
Weekly download count: 3
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size: 107.68K
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# 10172 ▼ 87
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Rocker Gestures allows you to:

  • go Back - by holding Right mouse button and pressing Left mouse button
  • go Forward - by holding Left mouse button and pressing Right mouse button
This feature is known from Opera browser.

Known issues:

  • does not work HERE on https://addons.mozilla.org/ (blocked by Firefox)
  • does not work on browser specific pages like "about:addons" (blocked by Firefox)
  • does not work in "PDF view" - broken by Firefox 60
  • does not work in "reader view" (blocked by Firefox), vote for bug
  • does not work on other extensions pages like options page of some addon (blocked by Firefox)
  • may not work in nested IFRAME html elements (somehow Firefox won't inject it there)
Contribution:
  • I'm full-time add-on developer and your donations is my only income. There are no ads in my add-ons! Please support my work by: Thank you! :) Your donation will help me keep this add-on working in future versions of Firefox!

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User reviews
I've been always looking for a way to do something like this. Makes it so much more convenient to go back and forth between tabs. If you're lazy like me with navigating using the home bar arrows or the alt+arrow keys, this is for you.
by Rishad, 2024-03-13
Avid Opera user here. I was like handycapped without this feature. Thank you so much for this extension!
by Mirko, 2023-07-21
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Safety
Risk impact

Rocker Gestures may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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