Control Your Gmail With Simple Mouse Gestures

By Damien / / Internet

Some people prefers the keyboard shortcuts, while some prefer to do everything with the mouse. If you belong to the latter, you will find the new “mouse gestures” features in Gmail extremely useful.

Mouse gestures is one of the 13 new features in the newly launched Gmail Lab. It allows you to use your mouse to navigate through your mails.

To activate the “mouse gestures” feature, go to “Settings -> Labs”. Scroll down to the “mouse gestures” section and check “Enabled”. Save the changes and you are set to go.

To navigate through the mails, simply right-click and do the following:

Mouse Gestures Action
Right-click and move the mouse right
  • In conversation view, go to the next mail.
  • In Inbox, load the next 100 mails.
Right-click and move the mouse left
  • In conversation view, go to the previous mail.
  • In Inbox, load the previous 100 mails.
Right-click and move the mouse up
  • Return to inbox, only applicable in conversation view
Damien Damien

Damien Oh started writing tech articles since 2007 and has over 10 years of experience in the tech industry. He is proficient in Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iOS, and worked as a part time WordPress Developer. He is currently the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Make Tech Easier.

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  1. How about refresh? Composing? labeling? Sounds interesting but not practical. I would use the function if I’m on tablet PC maybe. One must have touchscreen to use it. Else clicking is much easier.

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