Hand Tool

Use your Mouse or Stylus to grab and pan web pages

Hand Tool - A Chrome Extension For Easy Web Page Panning

"Hand Tool" is a Chrome extension built for easy web page navigation. Users can grab and pan web pages, making it feel like handling a smartphone screen or navigating Google Maps. The extension is designed to work with mouses, stylus drawing tablets, and laptop touchpads. It offers an intuitive sliding experience with natural frictions. The settings can be easily customized and synced across tabs. Moreover, it's easy to turn on and off by a simple click on the extension icon.

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Extension stats

By: Marani

Users: 4,000+

Rating: 3.73

(96)

Version: 1.9.0 (Last updated: 2021-04-22)

Creation date: 2021-04-20

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 95.17K

Email: el*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 14,857 ▼ 145

Other rankings

#11898 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 14

#8 in tool keyword 55 ▲ 1

#25 in smart tool keyword 51 ▼ 2

#50 in drag keyword 32 ▲ 1

#120 in mouse keyword 41 ▼ 1

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Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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User Guide:

Refresh tab after installing to activate the extension.
Default For Windows: Press and drag Right Mouse to pan.
Default For Ubuntu: Press and drag Middle Mouse to pan.
Default For Mac: Press and Hold Ctrl and move pointer to pan.
For Stylus users, it's recommended to setup one of the buttons on your stylus to be Ctrl Key and use that button to activate panning.
See Options page for more details. (After installation, Right Click on this extension's icon, then click Options).
To quickly turn extension On/Off, pin the extension icon, then clicking on the icon will switch it on/off.
This extension works best with mouses, stylus drawing tablets, laptop touchpad (only in case it doesn't provide convenient panning by gesture).

Change Log: 1.9.0 - 21/04/2021

Fix initialization bug on Mac.
Remove cursor styling.
Update option text.

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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 intended
Very useful
Phenomenal for trackball users
Convenient for touch-like scroll with stylus button

Cons

Does not work on PDF viewer in Edge browser
Cannot scroll big pictures in image tabs
Inconvenient to use with certain mouse button configurations
Disables basic Ctrl+C Ctrl+V shortcuts on web pages

Most mentioned

Works as intended
Does not work on PDF viewer in Edge browser
Very useful
Phenomenal for trackball users
Convenient for touch-like scroll with stylus button

User reviews

Can't see this "Hand Tool is Scrolling Speed is 1.0 Activated by" pale gray settings text on the dark grey background. Clicking on 'Activated by' to choose right mouse button for example, does not do anything. Hand tool title is misleading as it does not work like a hand tool in Photoshop would or any other app that would have a workplace larger than screen and needed moving around. Coordinating ctrl click (on Mac) with mouse movement is incredibly frustrating. Moving a page in desired direction often results in inertial movement in opposite direction by letting the ctrl go a little bit after finishing the move (to return the mouse back into original place for the next scroll) or the ctrl key release having a delayed registration by plugin.