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: 3.74

(97)

0.01

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

Creation date: 2021-04-20

Permissions:

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

Size: 95.17K

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

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 14,815 ▲ 24

Other rankings

#11155 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 124

#8 in tool keyword 68 ▼ 4

#19 in smart tool keyword 7 ▼ 1

#58 in drag keyword 27 ▼ 5

#65 in press keyword 16 ▼ 9

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Step 1: As of 3/6/2025, if you're as in love with this extension as I am, go into Extensions > Manage Extensions, and re-enable it. Who knows how long this will continue to work, so... Step 2: Look for an alternative to Google Chrome because it sucks now.

Ian Anderson, 2025-03-06

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.

Davids Gaisevskis, 2024-07-18

Works as intended! really helpful tool. Thank you dev!

Ardalan Adib, 2024-05-13

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Hand Tool requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Hand Tool. Use it at your own risk.

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