# Common mouse gestures

> Mouse gestures. No visual hints or options, for better performance. History back: Left History forward: Right Close tab: Down + Right New tab: Up Refresh: Up + Down Minimize: Down + Left

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/common-mouse-gestures](https://chrome-stats.com/d/common-mouse-gestures)

## Overview

- **ID:** `common-mouse-gestures`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Firefox user 13522404
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 46
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-06-02
- **Size:** 8.95 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/common-mouse-gestures/)

## Description

**Common Mouse Gestures** is a lightweight Chrome extension designed to boost your browsing efficiency through simple, intuitive mouse gestures. It enables you to navigate back and forward in history, manage tabs, refresh pages, and minimize windows without cluttering your screen with visual hints or options, ensuring better performance.

The defined gestures include:
- Navigate back with a left swipe
- Navigate forward with a right swipe
- Close the current tab by swiping down then right
- Open a new tab with an upward gesture
- Refresh the page by moving up then down
- Minimize the window with a down then left gesture

This extension is ideal for users seeking a streamlined and performance-focused browsing experience with easy-to-remember mouse controls.

## Rankings

- #16,720 — Overall
- #46 — mouse
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- #186 — house
- #195 — command
- #237 — rest

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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