# 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

Operation | Examples of use
--- | ---

Click left button

- Click a link
- Open a bookmark in the Bookmarks panel

Click right button

- Multiple options for a link
- Multiple options for items in panels
- Customize the user interface
- Save image or view image properties

Double-click left button

- Translate or look up a word
- Open a panel in full mode

Click, move mouse, let go

- Drag page icon to Main, Page, or Personal bar
- Drag page icon to Bookmarks panel
- Drag a button to a panel or a toolbar

Hold `Ctrl` and click | Select multiple bookmarks

Hold `Shift` and click

- Open a link in a new page
- Close page on Page bar
- Open a bookmark in a new page

Hold `Ctrl` + `Shift` and click

- Open a link in a background page
- Open a bookmark in a background page

Usually, `Shift` means "open in new page", and `Ctrl` + `Shift` means "open in background". Right-clicking something usually opens a context menu with multiple choices.

## 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
--- | ---

Go to previous page

- hold right button, click left button
- hold right button, move mouse left

Go to next page

- hold left button, click right button
- hold right button, move mouse right

Go to parent directory | Hold right button, move up then left

Fast Forward

- Hold right button, move right then up
- Hold right button and `Shift`, move right

Rewind

- Hold right button, move left then down
- Hold right button and `Shift`, move left

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
--- | ---

Browse in new page

- hold right button, move down
- double-click in workspace or on page bar

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

- hold right button, move down then right
- hold right button, move right left right

### Link gestures

Action | How to do it
--- | ---
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
--- | ---
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

## Drag and drop

You can drag and drop just about anything in order to browse faster and easily customize the user interface.

### How to drag and drop

The drag-and-drop procedure is simple:

1. Move the mouse pointer to the item you want to drag
2. Click (and hold) the left mouse button
3. Move the mouse pointer to where you want to drop the item. For web page links, drag up or down to initiate dragging
4. Release the mouse button

### Items you can drag

The following items can be dragged:

- Links in Web pages
- Images in Web pages
- Items on the Personal bar
- Buttons on Opera's toolbars (the Customize toolbars dialog must be open)
- Items in panels
- Tabs on the Page bar
- Items in Customize toolbars

Dragged items can be dropped on:

- All toolbars
- Panels
- The Page bar
- The Web-page area
- Your computer desktop

### Examples

Listed below are examples of convenient drag-and-drop actions:

Action | How to do it
--- | ---
Save page address as bookmark | Drag page icon from Address bar to the Bookmarks panel
Bookmark a link | Drag link from Web page to the Bookmarks panel
Download file (e.g. image) | Drag link (or image) to Transfers panel
Show bookmark on Personal bar | Drag bookmark from the Bookmarks panel to the Personal bar
Bookmark image and show on Personal bar | Drag image from Web page to Personal bar
Rearrange order of toolbar buttons | Open the Customize toolbars dialog and drag buttons around
Move buttons between toolbars | Open the Customize toolbars dialog and drag button to other toolbar
Open page in a new (separate) application window | Drag tab from Page bar to computer desktop

The best way to learn more about dragging and dropping is simply to play around and discover all the possibilities. Most combinations of drag and drop will produce the most natural, anticipated result.

Tip: Opera toolbars that support drag and drop can be restored to their defaults via the Customize toolbars dialog.

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