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How to add/edit mouse gestures in Opera?

Wednesday, November 2, 2005 5:37:53 AM

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Add new mouse gesture
Edit mouse gesture

Add new mouse gesture

Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Shortcuts > Mouse setup > [Select] Copy of Opera Standard (If you don't have Copy of Opera Standard then [Select] Opera Standard > Duplicate) > Edit... > [Select] Section (example: Application) > New... > Enter gesture in Input context and shortcuts field and action in Actions field

Opera duplicate mouse setup
Duplicate "Opera Standard" mouse setup

Opera edit mouse setup
Edit "Copy of Opera Standard" mouse setup

Opera new mouse gesture
New mouse gesture in "Application" section

Opera new mouse gesture input context and shortcut
New mouse gesture input context and shortcut

Opera new mouse gesture action
New mouse gesture action

Edit mouse gesture

Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Shortcuts > Mouse setup > [Select] Copy of Opera Standard (If you don't have Copy of Opera Standard then [Select] Opera Standard > Duplicate) > Edit... > [Select] Section (example: Application) > Edit... > Change gesture in Input context and shortcuts field and action in Actions field

Opera edit mouse gesture
Edit mouse gesture

Opera edit mouse gesture action
Edit mouse gesture action

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Comments

Seandm1030 Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:02:18 AM

Thank you for this guide. I've been trying to figure out how to change my tab behavior to mimic FireFox and this helped.

tekstilci Wednesday, April 19, 2006 7:40:49 PM

I am going to use this to shortcut "ctrl+hide" for hiding my Opera to near the clock:)

Unregistered user Wednesday, November 29, 2006 8:54:28 PM

Fox writes: It really makes my Opera faster! :up:

Unregistered user Sunday, September 23, 2007 8:24:34 PM

Anonymous writes: This gesture manager is horrible, it should be 'select action, click edit, perform gesture' and your done.

Unregistered user Monday, November 12, 2007 5:40:29 PM

Anonymous writes: how does opera know which mouse setup to use?

Tamil Tuesday, November 13, 2007 4:32:53 AM

how does opera know which mouse setup to use?

CTRL+F12 → Advanced →Shortcuts → Mouse setup → [SELECT]

Unregistered user Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:29:01 AM

lokiseto writes: i once visited you site and somehow managed to make a mouse gesture like this on a site you press right mouse button GestureDown, GestureRight, GestureUp and the a history window opened letting one to choose a query. so if you have some idea on it, i'd appreciate it you're doing great "research" here by the way. thanks i think i lack a command new window or smth. doh cant remember

Unregistered user Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:41:28 PM

Anonymous writes: I'm so far now but it still won't work GestureDown, GestureRight, GestureUp=Show popup menu, "Internal Back History" any ideas ty lokiseto

Unregistered user Wednesday, January 16, 2008 12:26:52 AM

lokiseto writes: funny though i looked at your comments above and it worked lmao ty tamil

Unregistered user Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:20:47 PM

Gnoshme writes: Alternatively edit the mouse .ini file directly. In Linux it's in: ~/.opera/mouse/ Much clearer IMHO. The only thing I generall change is to switch the default GestureDown to open in a new tab to GestureUp which matches the Firefox All-In-One-Gestures plugin. Here's what the file looks like - very clear and simple: Opera Preferences version 2.1 ; Do not edit this file while Opera is running ; This file is stored in UTF-8 encoding [INFO] NAME=Opera Standard (Modified) [Application] GestureLeft=Back GestureLeft shift=Rewind GestureLeft, GestureDown=Rewind GestureRight=Forward | Fast forward GestureRight shift=Fast forward GestureRight, GestureUp=Fast forward GestureUp, GestureDown=Reload GestureUp, GestureLeft=Go to parent directory GestureUp, GestureRight=Maximize page, 1 | Restore page, 1 GestureDown, GestureLeft=Minimize page, 1 | Restore page, 1 GestureDown, GestureRight=Close page, 1 GestureRight, GestureLeft, GestureRight=Close page, 1 GestureUp=Open link in new page | New page GestureDown, GestureUp=Open link in background page | Duplicate page FlipBack=Back FlipBack shift=Rewind FlipForward=Forward | Fast forward FlipForward shift=Fast forward Button6=Back Button7=Forward

Unregistered user Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:45:21 AM

Anonymous writes: i need an expression with the following behaviour (enable plugins & reload frame) | (disable plugins & reload frame) but cannot make it work

Tamil Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:55:06 AM

(enable plugins & reload frame) | (disable plugins & reload frame)

Remove brackets and try.

Unregistered user Monday, July 7, 2008 10:26:20 PM

Anonymous writes: I just want to edit pressing the right mouse button and scroll up the mouse wheel opera switch/cycle to the tab on the right next to the actual one. It don't work and neither google nor a forum for opera users gives a hint.

Tamil Tuesday, July 8, 2008 5:14:23 AM

I just want to edit pressing the right mouse button and scroll up the mouse wheel opera switch/cycle to the tab on the right next to the actual one.

It's not possible.

zwan33 Saturday, September 6, 2008 10:39:25 AM

Press right + scroll wheel: changes tabs

I'd like to add:
Press left + scroll wheel: Zoom in/out (like control + scroll wheel)

or:
Press left + Press middle: Zoom in
Press right + Press middle: Zoom out

Is any of this possible?

BTW: what are Button6 and Button7?

THX a lot!

Tamil Saturday, September 6, 2008 12:20:17 PM

AFAIK, it is not possible.

zwan33 Saturday, September 6, 2008 6:40:41 PM

Thanks anyway. Up until now I'm just using GestureUp and Down for this. It's nice for the times when I'm surfing keyboardless; then I'm usually far away from the screen and need to zoom in rather often...

(I've tried "Leftbutton + Button3", "Leftbutton & Button3", "Leftbutton, Button3". and as you said, none of them worked...)

Unregistered user Tuesday, September 9, 2008 5:25:53 AM

Leon writes: WTF! I could not disable this FAST ENOUGH! What an annoying thing for a browser to do...

Simpleiam1simpleguy Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:26:05 PM

can there be any .. any mouse gesture that can save particular image to selected location??

Tamil Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:30:32 PM

Nope.

Unregistered user Sunday, December 14, 2008 10:46:49 AM

Anonymous writes: How to close page when double click left mouse button? tnx

Tamil Sunday, December 14, 2008 10:57:25 AM

Not possible.

lokiseto Friday, May 15, 2009 11:44:45 AM

hi tamil,
any idea why this mouse gesture Action does not work

New browser window, Go to page, "http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en"
a simple double click would suffice though i am interested in the principle

AnantLamboMan Monday, May 18, 2009 5:59:02 PM

@ lokiseto >> Hi man, the code you need is this

New browser window & Go to page, "http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en"

Hoe that helps. Enjoy! smile

lokiseto Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:40:07 PM

ty very much, hah dont forget the mighty Ampersand ruler of the semicolon
all right, if you need help searching anything ask me hope to be of service

AnantLamboMan Monday, May 25, 2009 7:47:07 PM

@ lokiseto - welcome bro! smile

Unregistered user Tuesday, June 2, 2009 5:06:36 PM

Inder. writes: Hi, I must say that I was pretty much pleasently surprised by Bajrang Bali's picture.

Andrey Sidorovacidagfc Wednesday, June 17, 2009 5:43:29 PM

Is there any way to define diagonal gestures?
They are handy for zooming, and I don't fancy adding keyboard keys to MOUSE gestures.

Tamil Wednesday, June 17, 2009 5:46:17 PM

What do you mean by diagnal gesture?

Unregistered user Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:41:58 PM

Nimetön writes: Is there a way go change "stop" (which is pretty useless since pages load instantly nowadays) from gesture up, to a "go to speedial" command? You know, without going to speedial page 1, 2, 3, and so on, just the speedial page that list all the...speedials?

Tamil Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:45:57 PM

Search for stop and change action for GestureUp to Show speed dial

Andrey Sidorovacidagfc Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:48:05 AM

By diagonal I mean cursor moving from top-left corner to bottom-right in a straight line. Not down THEN right, but down AND right simultaneously.

Tamil Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:58:50 AM

Currently, diagonal gestrues are not supported.

Unregistered user Monday, July 6, 2009 6:55:56 AM

Maur writes: Hey Tamil, not sure if you know the answer to this, but this has been bugging me since I started using Mouse Gesutres. Now the program is pretty good about letting you know what kind of actions you can perform since it autofills the box with suggestions, but the help is very vague about general syntax. Apparently you can use "&" to combine actions? I noticed you can use "," to make longer gestures, and apparently shift can be used as well, but what exactly does "flip" mean. I don't know what "FlipBack" does for example. Also I see you can use "buttons" but what else can be used that perhaps is not mentioned?

Tamil Monday, July 6, 2009 9:02:03 AM

Apparently you can use "&" to combine actions?

yes and "|" to perform this or that.

I don't know what "FlipBack" does for example.

Hold right button and click left button. By default, flipback gesture will go to previous page.

Originally posted by anonymous:

Also I see you can use "buttons" but what else can be used that perhaps is not mentioned?

You can use shift and alt.

Unregistered user Monday, July 6, 2009 9:02:24 AM

Taras writes: Hello. I need to put mouse cursor over the link and somehow copy the link address into the clipboard. Mouse button would be preferable (any button).

Unregistered user Monday, July 6, 2009 9:05:15 AM

Taras writes: I mean put mouse not in the address bar but right in the page over the thumbnails which have their own links.

Tamil Monday, July 6, 2009 9:09:38 AM

AFAIK, not possible.

Unregistered user Monday, July 6, 2009 9:55:04 AM

Taras writes: Is there any way to copy link address into the clipboard? When I put mouse cursor over the link and press Alt+Ctrl+C it doesn't work either.

Tamil Monday, July 6, 2009 9:59:20 AM

Originally posted by anonymous:

When I put mouse cursor over the link and press Alt+Ctrl+C it doesn't work either.

Select link using keyboard shortcut a or q and try.

Unregistered user Monday, July 6, 2009 10:03:00 AM

Taras writes: So it's not possible to highlight necessary link with a mouse? It's much simpler than working with q and a. Thanks.

Tamil Monday, July 6, 2009 10:07:38 AM

You can highlight and copy address using right click menu.

Unregistered user Wednesday, July 8, 2009 2:40:03 PM

Gourav writes: I created a gesture for show panel, but its not workiing. it looked like this GestureLeft, GestureDown Show Panel, 1 | Hide Panel, 1 I tried removing the alignment numbers and all, still not working. Please help.

Tamil Wednesday, July 8, 2009 2:47:22 PM

Set alignment, "hotlist", 6 | Set alignment, "hotlist", 0

Unregistered user Friday, July 10, 2009 7:52:08 PM

Chris writes: If you really want there is an open source application called "Strokeit!" that allows mouse gestures for ALL applications, kinda like a plugin: http://www.tcbmi.com/strokeit/ I use it to run programs, send keystrokes to various applications, run common utilities such as minimise and always on top. It's really useful and speeds up your desktop. You can assign global commands and ones for individual applicatons and even create your own gestures by drawing the symbols. See "http://eatwebsig.ning.com/video/mouse-gestures-using-strokeit" for a tutorial I put together on it. You can have mouse gestures assigned for opera, firefox, IE, and your windows explorer. Chris

Unregistered user Thursday, July 16, 2009 2:54:26 PM

Rick writes: Nothing happens when I click the Duplicate button, no Copy of.. appear. Edit button for the Opera standard works, but any modifications won't be in use. I have tried restarting the browser. I just installed this version, I don't think I have tried to modify the gestures before though. Version 9.64 Build 10487 Platform Win32 System Windows XP

Tamil Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:43:18 PM

I don't know why it is not working for you.

Unregistered user Tuesday, July 21, 2009 3:11:31 PM

Gourav writes: Thanks. But I'm still not able to understand why "Show Panel, 1 | Hide Panel, 1" was not working. I had tried many variations with alignments and all, but none of them worked.

Gouravgourav2711 Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:51:02 AM

I don't have a widescreen monitor but was still waiting for tab thumbnails to work when tabbar was on left or right. So when i saw it in beta 3 was overjoyed.
I made a gesture with the following action:

View page bar, 2 & Toggle Tab Thumbnails | View page bar, 3 & Toggle Tab Thumbnails

What I want to do is, when the tabbar is on top it should not have thumbnails, but when it is on right, it should. But it is not working. if I remove the toggle action, it works, but with toggle it doesn't. Can you please help?

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