Mouse gestures

Enable gestures

By default, mouse gesture support is disabled in the Yandex Browser settings. To use mouse gestures:

  1. Click SettingsTools.
  2. In the Mouse Gestures section, activate the Enable option.

Mouse gestures

Hold down the right mouse button to perform gestures. Then release the button after you complete the gesture.

Alert

If you are using a one-button mouse in macOS, you need to perform all gestures by holding down the Ctrl key and the mouse button.

Mouse gestures

History

Go back to the previous page

History

Go to the next page

Tabs

Restore the last closed tab

Tabs

Close tab

Miscellaneous

Refresh page

Miscellaneous

Open the Tableau and put the cursor in the SmartBox

Button combinations

Button combination

History

Go back to the previous page



Right-click. Holding it, click the left button.

History

Go to the next page



Press the left mouse button. Holding it down, press the right button.


Mouse wheel

Zoom

Increase page zoom

Press Ctrl and scroll the mouse wheel forward.

Zoom

Decrease page zoom

Press Ctrl and scroll the mouse wheel back.

Disable gestures

  1. Click SettingsTools.
  2. In the Mouse Gestures section, leave the Enable option inactive.

Note

You can't disable mouse gestures that are part of the operating system:

  • Zoom gestures.
  • Swiping left and right in macOS.

To disable swiping on macOS, click  → System Preferences → Trackpad → More Gestures and enable the Swipe between pages option.

Gesture settings

You can disable specific gestures or hotkeys.

  1. Click  → Settings → Tools.

  2. In the Mouse gestures section, click Mouse gesture settings.

  3. Disable the unwanted options.

Mouse cursor freezes when gaming online

When you're playing certain games in Yandex Browser, your cursor may freeze when you press the mouse buttons. If this happens, try disabling mouse gestures:

  1. Click SettingsTools.
  2. In the Mouse Gestures section, leave the Enable option inactive.

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