How to open image in new tab using a mouse gesture
Note that other gestures extensions might work as well, but these ones have
been tested and are known to work.
Chrome
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Install the Clean crxMouse Gestures extension (the regular one spies on you):
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clean-crxmouse-gestures/mjidkpedjlfnanainpdfnedkdlacidla/
Go into preferences, open the Super Drag tab and enable the "If the link
contains image,use Super Drag-image instead of drag-link" option. After that
you can just drag images left to open in a background tab or right to open in a
foreground tab.
Visual guide:
Firefox Quantum
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Install Foxy Gestures:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxy-gestures/
Go into preferences, open the User Scripts tab, accept the malware warning, set
whatever gesture you want and then copy and paste the "Open Image In New Tab"
script from here:
https://github.com/marklieberman/foxygestures/wiki/User-Scripts
Local copy of the script, in case the link dies:
./foxy_open_image_in_new_tab.js
Note that you can change the "active: true" line to "active: false" in order to
open in a background tab.
Visual guide:
Firefox Quantum
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Install Foxy Gestures:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxy-gestures/
Go into preferences, open the User Scripts tab, accept the malware warning, set
whatever gesture you want and then copy and paste the "Open Image In New Tab"
script from here:
https://github.com/marklieberman/foxygestures/wiki/User-Scripts
Local copy of the script, in case the link dies:
./foxy_open_image_in_new_tab.js
Note that you can change the "active: true" line to "active: false" in order to
open in a background tab.
Visual guide:
