Rocker Gestures

Allows you to navigate back and forward with your mouse button clicks (right + left = back).

What is Rocker Gestures?

Rocker Gestures is a Chrome extension that allows you to navigate back and forward with your mouse button clicks. Simply hold the right mouse button and press the left mouse button to go back, or hold the left mouse button and press the right mouse button to go forward. This extension is especially useful for those without back/forward buttons on their mouse.

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By: https://fastaddons.com

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 442 ▼ -1

Rating: 4.83 (12)

Version: 2.0 (Last updated: 2023-03-29)

Creation date: 2020-06-25

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 101.22K

Email: ad*****@FastAddons.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 40087 ▼ 115

Other rankings

#4695 in Accessibility ▲ 8 #99 in donation keyword 20 #100 in mouse keyword 73 ▲ 2 #200 in paypal keyword 4 ▲ 8 #286 in right click keyword 61 ▲

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Summary

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No Back / Forward buttons on your mouse? No problem!

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://chrome.google.com/webstore/ (blocked by Chrome)
does not work on browser specific pages like "chrome://extensions" (blocked by Chrome)
does not work in "PDF view" (blocked by Chrome)
does not work on other extensions pages like options page of some addon (blocked by Chrome)
context menu may be shown when navigating forward and Right mouse button is released during the transition between pages (when old script is gone and new script didn't started yet)

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works as described
Useful for navigating without menu pop-ups
Helpful for mouse click gestures

Cons

Chrome right-click menu always pops up
Works differently on different operating systems
Requires tab reload for it to work

Most mentioned

Works as described
Chrome right-click menu
Useful for mouse click gestures

Recent reviews

Artur Ch., 2024-03-03

Fantastic extension! It does what it said. A much underrated add-on.

Dũng Châu, 2022-01-31

Fantastic extension! It does what it said. A much underrated add-on.

Dũng Châu - YAMADA Consulting, 2022-01-31

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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 extension. Review carefully before installing.