# Using the mouse in Opera

## Basic mouse usage

The following basic mouse operations can be utilized in Opera:

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

Click (click left button)

- Click on link in a Web page
- Click on bookmark in Hotlist to select

Right-click (click right button)

- Click on link in a Web page for menu
- Click on Contact in Hotlist for menu
- Click on user interface to change layout

Double-click (left button)

- Look up a word in a Web page
- Open a bookmark in the Hotlist

Middle-click

- Open link in a new window
- Open clipboard URI

Click, then move mouse

- Drag address label to Personal bar
- Drag address label to Bookmarks in Hotlist
- Drag address label to Window bar

Press `Ctrl` and click

- Select multiple bookmarks in Hotlist

Press `Shift` and click

- Open a link in a new window

Press `Shift` and double-click

- Open a bookmark in a new window

Press `Ctrl` + `Shift` and click

- Open a link in the background

Press `Ctrl` + `Shift` and double-click

- Open a bookmark in the background

Generally, `Shift` means "open in new window" and `Ctrl` + `Shift` means "open in background". Right-clicking something usually opens a menu with multiple choices for the item in question.

## Mouse gestures

Opera's amazing mouse gestures lets you do frequently performed browse operations with small, quick mouse movements. For example, pressing and holding `Ctrl` on your keyboard and rolling the wheel on your mouse will zoom the page. Try it now!

Some operations can be done with several different gestures. Try them both and see which one you like better.

### Window gestures

1. Click and hold right mouse button
2. Move the mouse in the indicated directions
3. Release the right mouse button

Reload | Up, then down
Restore or maximize window | Up, then right
Minimize | Down, then left
Create a new browser window | Down
Duplicate window | Down, then up

Close window

- Down, then right
- Right-left-right

### Navigation gestures

These gestures are maybe the most popular ones. They go to the previous and next pages in the page history.

Previous page in history

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

Next page in history

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

Go to parent directory | Up, then left
Create new, empty browser window | Double-click in workspace
Go to pre-set home page | Double-click in empty window

### Wheel gestures

These gestures require that you have a mouse with a wheel on it.

Scroll up and down | Roll the wheel back and forth
Jump from one window to the next | Press right mouse button, roll wheel
Zoom in and out | Press `Ctrl` key down, roll wheel
Move back and forth in page history | Press `Shift` key down, roll wheel

If your mouse has three buttons but not a wheel, clicking the middle button has the same effect as clicking the wheel.

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