Mouse gestures
Turbo Browser includes built-in mouse gestures — no extensions needed. Hold the right mouse button and drag to go back or forward, scroll, close tabs, and more. Handy for quick navigation and managing many tabs.
Available on Windows and macOS.
How to enable
- Open Settings, search for “mouse gestures”, or open that panel.
- Turn on Mouse gestures.
- Optionally enable gesture path preview, and adjust trail color and action mappings.
Settings → Mouse gestures: enable gestures, path preview, and action mappings
How to use
- On a page, hold the right mouse button and start dragging.
- Move along the intended direction (or combination path); with preview on, a trail appears on screen.
- Release the right button to finish the gesture and run the action.
Slight overshoot is still recognized; scribbling cancels the gesture.
Right-click menu vs gestures
A short right-click still opens the page context menu. Gestures fire only when you hold right and drag. To gesture only, don’t tap and release in place.
Default mappings
Hold the right button and drag after enabling. Common defaults (full list and customization: Settings → Mouse gestures):
Navigation
| Gesture | Default action |
|---|---|
| Left ← | Go back |
| Right → | Go forward |
Scroll
| Gesture | Default action |
|---|---|
| Up ↑ | Scroll up |
| Down ↓ | Scroll down |
| Up then down ↑↓ | Scroll to bottom |
| Down then up ↓↑ | Scroll to top |
Tabs
| Gesture | Default action |
|---|---|
| Right then up →↑ | Open new tab |
| Down then right ↓→ | Close current tab |
| Down then left ↓← | Close other tabs |
| Right then left →← | Reopen last closed tab |
| Up then left ↑← | Previous tab |
| Up then right ↑→ | Next tab |
Other
| Gesture | Default action |
|---|---|
| Right then down →↓ | Reload |
TIP
Combination gestures are often faster than single directions — e.g. →← reopen last closed tab, ↓→ close current tab, ↑← / ↑→ switch adjacent tabs.
Customize
In Settings → Mouse gestures you can:
- Assign or change the action for each path (including close tabs to the left/right, force reload, copy, paste, duplicate tab, open small account, pin/mute, screenshot, toggle vertical tabs, close tab and activate left/right, first/last tab, forum previous/next page, Open Settings, open History / Bookmark Manager / Downloads, Maximize / Restore Window, boss key, and more)
- Turn gesture path preview on or off
- Adjust trail color for light or dark pages
Changes apply immediately — no restart needed.
Super drag
Same panel as gestures (Settings → Mouse gestures); can be toggled separately, with actions per up / down / left / right direction:
- Drag a link or image to blank page area → run that direction’s action (open a new tab, copy, etc.)
- Drag text to blank area → copy or search; open-style actions search with your default engine (results open in a new tab)
- Find in page — dragging text or a link title opens Find in page and jumps to matches
- Search this site — dragging text searches with
site:current-domain + selected text(results open in a new tab) - Actions — background / foreground tab, small account tab, copy text (image), copy link, Find in page, Search this site; directions set to None fall back to the nearest configured direction
- Direction tip — Shows the current direction and action while dragging (on by default); can be turned off in Settings → Mouse gestures
- Cancel — Right-click during a drag to cancel
- With extensions — After installing some extensions, dragging a link still shows the direction tip and can open it
Webpage extras
At the bottom of the same panel (Webpage extras, separate from gestures and super drag):
- Paste on middle-click (off by default) — middle-click pastes in webpage text fields. See Tips → Paste on middle-click
- Auto-copy selected text (off by default) — selecting text copies it to the clipboard. See Tips → Auto-copy selected text
Gestures not working?
- Confirm Settings → Mouse gestures is on.
- Confirm you hold right and drag (not left-click, and not a short right-click alone).
- If a site blocks the context menu, try gesturing on empty page area first.
See also
- Shortcuts — boss key, screenshots, and more
- Quick Start — recommended post-install setup
- Features — full feature list
- Boss key & mouse gestures — vs Chrome / Edge