Command the browser with your mouse
Opera’s mouse gestures let you perform common browsing actions with quick, small mouse movements.
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To enable or disable mouse gestures:
- Go to Settings.
- Click Advanced in the left sidebar, and click Browser.
- Under Shortcuts, turn on or off Enable mouse gestures.
Mouse gestures work by holding the right mouse button, moving the mouse a certain direction, then letting go of the button. With practice, navigating with the mouse can become fast and efficient.
Note: Enabling mouse gestures while using a Magic Mouse or trackpad can cause unpredictable behavior.
Navigate with mouse gestures
The following mouse gestures work when clicking the empty space of pages.
Action | Gesture | |
---|---|---|
Go back one page | Move left | |
Go forward one page | Move right | |
Open a new tab | Move down | |
Reload the page | Move up, then down | |
Close current tab | Move down, then right |
Follow links with mouse gestures
The following mouse gestures work when clicking links on a page.
Action | Gesture | |
---|---|---|
Open a link in a background tab | Move down, then up | |
Open a link in a new tab | Move down | |
Open a link in a new window | Shift ⇧ + | Move down, holding shift |
Go backward and forward through a tab’s history with rocker gestures
When you enable rocker gestures, you can navigate backwards and forwards through pages by rocking your fingers between the right and left mouse buttons. Simply click and hold one button, click the other, then release the first before releasing the second. With a little practice, you can speed through web pages with this gesture.
To enable rocker gestures:
- Go to Settings.
- Click Advanced in the left sidebar, and click Browser.
- Under Shortcuts, turn on Enable rocker gestures.
Rock right to left to navigate backward, and left to right to navigate forward.
Navigate faster with keyboard shortcuts
Opera allows you to customize keyboard shortcuts for most browsing actions.
To customize your keyboard shortcuts:
- Go to Settings (Alt+P).
- Click Advanced in the left sidebar, and click Browser.
- Under Shortcuts, click Configure shortcuts.
- Hover your mouse over a command, and click Type a shortcut.
- Type your new shortcut.
Here’s an overview of the available keyboard shortcuts and their default keyboard combinations:
Command the browser
Action | Mac | Windows/Linux |
---|---|---|
Open Downloads page | ⌘+J | Ctrl+J |
Open Extensions page | ⌘+Shift ⇧+E | Ctrl+Shift ⇧+E |
Open History page | ⌘+Shift ⇧+H | Ctrl+H |
Open local file | ⌘+O | Ctrl+O |
Focus address bar | ⌘+L | Ctrl+L |
Open Preferences (Settings) page | ⌘+, | Alt+P |
Print current page | ⌘+P | Ctrl+P |
Quit Opera | ⌘+Q | Ctrl+Shift ⇧+X |
Save a page locally | ⌘+S | Ctrl+S |
Open help | F1 |
Find text on the page
Action | Mac | Windows/Linux |
---|---|---|
Find on page | ⌘+F | Ctrl+F |
Find next | ⌘+G | Ctrl+G |
Find previous | ⌘+Shift ⇧+G | Ctrl+Shift ⇧+G |
Navigate pages
Action | Mac | Windows/Linux |
---|---|---|
Cycle forward through page elements | Tab ⇥ | Tab ⇥ |
Cycle back through page elements | Shift ⇧+Tab ⇥ | Shift ⇧+Tab ⇥ |
Go forward one page | ⌘+→ | Alt+→ |
Go back one page | ⌘+← | Alt+← |
Go to bottom of page | ⌘+↓ | End |
Go to top of page | ⌘+↑ | Home |
Page down | Space | Space |
Page up | Shift ⇧+Space | Shift ⇧+Space |
Reload the current page | ⌘+R | Ctrl+R |
View current page source | ⌘+U | Ctrl+U |
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Control tabs and windows
Action | Mac | Windows/Linux |
---|---|---|
Close current tab | ⌘+W | Ctrl+W |
Close current window | Alt+F4 | |
Cycle forward through open tabs | Ctrl+Tab ⇥ | Ctrl+Tab ⇥ |
Cycle back through open tabs | Shift ⇧+Ctrl+Tab ⇥ | Shift ⇧+Ctrl+Tab ⇥ |
Cycle through open windows | ⌘+` | Alt+Tab ⇥ |
Minimize a window | ⌘+M | Windows+M |
Open new tab | ⌘+T | Ctrl+T |
Open new window | ⌘+N | Ctrl+N |
Open new private window | ⌘+Shift ⇧+N | Ctrl+Shift ⇧+N |
Reopen last closed tab | ⌘+Shift ⇧+T | Ctrl+Shift ⇧+T |
Toggle tab menu | Ctrl+M | Ctrl+M |
View previous active tab | Ctrl+` | Ctrl+` |
Manipulate text
Action | Mac | Windows/Linux |
---|---|---|
Copy | ⌘+C | Ctrl+C |
Cut | ⌘+X | Ctrl+X |
Paste | ⌘+V | Ctrl+V |
Select all | ⌘+A | Ctrl+A |
Undo | ⌘+Z | Ctrl+Z |
Redo | ⌘+Shift ⇧+Z | Ctrl+Shift ⇧+Z |
Zoom in and out
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Action | Mac | Windows/Linux |
---|---|---|
Enter full-screen mode | Ctrl+⌘+F | F11 |
Zoom in | ⌘++ | Ctrl++ |
Zoom out | ⌘+- | Ctrl+- |
Reset zoom to 100% | ⌘+0 | Ctrl+0 |
Use and configure advanced keyboard shortcuts
Input Language Keyboard Mac
Single key and alternatively-configured shortcuts are available by enabling advanced keyboard shortcuts. To do this:
- Go to Settings.
- Click Advanced in the left sidebar, and click Browser.
- Under Shortcuts, turn on Enable advanced keyboard shortcuts.
Action | Mac | Windows/Linux |
---|---|---|
Cycle left through tabs | 1 | 1 |
Cycle right through tabs | 2 | 2 |
View previous tab | Ctrl+` | |
Find on page | / | / |
Go back one page | Z | Z |
Go forward one page | X | X |
Zoom in | + | 0 |
Zoom in more | 8 | 8 |
Zoom out | - | 9 |
Zoom out more | 7 | 7 |
Reset zoom to 100% | 6 | 6 |