Using the Mouse
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The mouse can be used for a lot more than just clicking links, including powerful mouse gestures and flexible drag-and-drop operations.
Basic mouse usage
Single-click left button to activate buttons, follow links on Web pages, open items in panels, and so forth.
Press Shift while clicking to open a link or bookmark in a new page. If you also press Ctrl, the new page will open in the background instead of popping up on top of your current page.
Most of Opera's browser elements as well as Web page elements have their own context menus containing multiple options. To display the context menu, click right button.
Hotclick
The context menu for selected text is also known as the hotclick menu, because you can access it by clicking repeatedly on the word or expression you want to select.
- Double-click to select the word
- Triple-click to select the full sentence
- Click four times to select the entire paragraph
The hotclick menu contains options like dictionary and encyclopedia searches. If a Web address (URL) is not marked up as a link, double-click it and select "Go to URL" from the hotclick menu.
If you have enabled Voice, you can also use the hotclick menu to make Opera read the selected text to you.
The Hotclick menu is also available when you right-click any selected text.
Mouse gestures
Mouse gestures exist for most frequently performed operations.
Example: Pressing Ctrl on your keyboard while rolling the wheel on your mouse activates zooming.
Navigation gestures
Action | How to do it |
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Go to previous page |
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Go to next page |
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Go to parent directory | Hold right button, move up then left |
Fast Forward |
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Rewind |
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Go to home page | Double-click in empty page |
Reload page | Hold right button, move up then down |
Stop loading | Hold right button, move up |
Page gestures
Action | How to do it |
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Browse in new page |
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Duplicate page | Hold right button, move down then up |
Restore or maximize page | Hold right button, move up then right |
Minimize page | Hold right button, move down then left |
Close page |
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Link gestures
Action | How to do it |
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Open link in new page | Move mouse pointer to link and hold right button, move down |
Open link in new background page | Move mouse pointer to link and hold right button, move down then up |
Wheel gestures
Action | How to do it |
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Scroll up and down | Roll mouse wheel up and down |
Zoom in and out | Hold Ctrl key, roll mouse wheel |
Restore default zoom | Hold Ctrl key, click mouse wheel |
Move back and forth in page history | Hold Shift key, roll mouse wheel |
Cycle through open pages | Hold right button, roll mouse wheel |
Panning | Click mouse wheel, move mouse |
Drag and drop
Dragging and dropping items can speed up your browsing and facilitate customization of the browser.
"Pick up" the desired item by clicking on it and holding the mouse button, then moving it to the desired location and dropping it. To drag and drop links, make sure to drag them directly up or down at first to initiate dragging.
Items you can drag
- Links and images in Web pages
- Items on the personal bar
- Items in panels
- Tabs on the page bar
- All buttons and other toolbar items available in the Appearance dialog
Dragged items can be dropped on toolbars and panels, and they can also be dragged to your computer desktop. Examples of uses:
- Dragging a link to the bookmarks panel or a toolbar saves it as a bookmark.
- Dragging a bookmark to the workspace/Web page area opens the bookmark.
- Tabs can be rearranged by dragging them on the page bar.
- Notes can be dragged into e-mail messages for automatic pasting.
- Drag a download link to the transfers panel to start downloading.
The best way to learn more about dragging and dropping is to play around and discover all the possibilities. Most combinations of drag and drop will produce a natural, anticipated result.
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