
Simple Gesture for Android by utubo
Available on Firefox for Android™Available on Firefox for Android™
Adds touch gestures for Android. (P.S. "Quick Gestures" is great addon. I hope it be updated.)
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About this extension
<b>✨Feature</b>
<ul>
Adds touch gestures for Android.
</ul>
<b>📨Latest News</b>
<ul>
✨New: Support 2 or more fingers.
</ul>
<b>⚠️Note</b>
<ul>
<li>This is an add-on for Android.
You can install this on Windows tablets, but I have not tested it on Windows or other operating systems.</li>
<li>Addons cannot work in https://*.mozilla.org etc.</li>
<li>Tab gestures don't work because Firefox's API has many issues.</li>
</ul>
<b>👆The default gestures</b>
(D=Down, U=Up, R=Right, L=Left)
<ul>
<li>D-L: Forward</li>
<li>D-R: Back</li>
<li>D-R-U: Refresh</li>
<li>R-D: Scroll to the top</li>
<li>R-U: Scroll to the bottom</li>
<li>L-D-R: Close tab</li>
<li>L-D-R-U-R: Open settings pages</li>
</ul>
<b>🔧Examples of custom gesture</b>
<ul>
https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/wiki/Custom-gesture-examples
</ul>
<b>💡Tips</b>
<ul>
<li>
If this does not work on some AMP pages, install <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/ja/firefox/addon/amp2html/">Redirect AMP to HTML</a> to solve the problem. (<a href="https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/issues/66">issue #66</a>)
</li>
<li>
Firefox for Android does not have about:home 😢.
https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/issues/21
</li>
<li>
Other tips
https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/wiki/Tips
</li>
</ul>
<b>🔐Permissions</b>
<ul>
<li>Access recently closed tabs -> for restore closed tabs</li>
<li>Access browser tabs -> for gestures to control tabs</li>
<li>Access your data for all websites -> for to work on any websites</li>
<li>Block content on any page -> PC site mode(User-Agent)</li>
<li>Clipboard -> for custom gestues</li>
</ul>
<b>🐞Known Issues</b>
<ul>
<li>This doesn't work on <frame> tags.</li>
<li>If you try to open a new tab in private-mode, that link will be stored in the browser's history. (Firefox has <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1870978">a bug</a>) [<a href="https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/issues/85">#85</a>]
<li>If the settings page does not work on Orion browser, plz use <a href="https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/releases/tag/v3.21">v3.21</a>. [<a
href="https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/issues/97">#97</a>]</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/issues">GitHub Issues</a></li>
</ul>
<b>🏚️ For old firefox</b>
<ul>
<li>
If the gestures do not work when scrolling or zooming in on a page,
open "about:config" in Firefox and set "dom.visualviewport.enabled" to "ture".
</li>
<li>
For version 56
The last supported version is
https://addons.mozilla.org/android/downloads/file/3966890/simple_gesture-2.24.xpi
In this version, you can jump to the setting page by accessing https://example.com/simple-gesture/setting/ .
</li>
</ul>
<b>🎂Thx</b>
<ul>
<li>takachan(This add-on respects "Quick Gestures" add-on.)</li>
<li>CennoxX(German translation)</li>
<li>OhSoGood(Double-tap idea)</li>
<li>xiaoyuhaoge, Dynamith(Hint for Restore Closd Tab)</li>
<li>UNTRIVAL(Hit for Kiwi)</li>
<li>UNTRIVAL(Hit for show the next gestures)</li>
<li>and more...</li>
</ul>
<b>💌p.s</b>
<ul>
Thanks for the reviews !⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
</ul>
<ul>
Adds touch gestures for Android.
</ul>
<b>📨Latest News</b>
<ul>
✨New: Support 2 or more fingers.
</ul>
<b>⚠️Note</b>
<ul>
<li>This is an add-on for Android.
You can install this on Windows tablets, but I have not tested it on Windows or other operating systems.</li>
<li>Addons cannot work in https://*.mozilla.org etc.</li>
<li>Tab gestures don't work because Firefox's API has many issues.</li>
</ul>
<b>👆The default gestures</b>
(D=Down, U=Up, R=Right, L=Left)
<ul>
<li>D-L: Forward</li>
<li>D-R: Back</li>
<li>D-R-U: Refresh</li>
<li>R-D: Scroll to the top</li>
<li>R-U: Scroll to the bottom</li>
<li>L-D-R: Close tab</li>
<li>L-D-R-U-R: Open settings pages</li>
</ul>
<b>🔧Examples of custom gesture</b>
<ul>
https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/wiki/Custom-gesture-examples
</ul>
<b>💡Tips</b>
<ul>
<li>
If this does not work on some AMP pages, install <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/ja/firefox/addon/amp2html/">Redirect AMP to HTML</a> to solve the problem. (<a href="https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/issues/66">issue #66</a>)
</li>
<li>
Firefox for Android does not have about:home 😢.
https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/issues/21
</li>
<li>
Other tips
https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/wiki/Tips
</li>
</ul>
<b>🔐Permissions</b>
<ul>
<li>Access recently closed tabs -> for restore closed tabs</li>
<li>Access browser tabs -> for gestures to control tabs</li>
<li>Access your data for all websites -> for to work on any websites</li>
<li>Block content on any page -> PC site mode(User-Agent)</li>
<li>Clipboard -> for custom gestues</li>
</ul>
<b>🐞Known Issues</b>
<ul>
<li>This doesn't work on <frame> tags.</li>
<li>If you try to open a new tab in private-mode, that link will be stored in the browser's history. (Firefox has <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1870978">a bug</a>) [<a href="https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/issues/85">#85</a>]
<li>If the settings page does not work on Orion browser, plz use <a href="https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/releases/tag/v3.21">v3.21</a>. [<a
href="https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/issues/97">#97</a>]</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/issues">GitHub Issues</a></li>
</ul>
<b>🏚️ For old firefox</b>
<ul>
<li>
If the gestures do not work when scrolling or zooming in on a page,
open "about:config" in Firefox and set "dom.visualviewport.enabled" to "ture".
</li>
<li>
For version 56
The last supported version is
https://addons.mozilla.org/android/downloads/file/3966890/simple_gesture-2.24.xpi
In this version, you can jump to the setting page by accessing https://example.com/simple-gesture/setting/ .
</li>
</ul>
<b>🎂Thx</b>
<ul>
<li>takachan(This add-on respects "Quick Gestures" add-on.)</li>
<li>CennoxX(German translation)</li>
<li>OhSoGood(Double-tap idea)</li>
<li>xiaoyuhaoge, Dynamith(Hint for Restore Closd Tab)</li>
<li>UNTRIVAL(Hit for Kiwi)</li>
<li>UNTRIVAL(Hit for show the next gestures)</li>
<li>and more...</li>
</ul>
<b>💌p.s</b>
<ul>
Thanks for the reviews !⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
</ul>
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This add-on needs to:
- Block content on any page
- Access recently closed tabs
- Access browser tabs
- Access your data for all websites
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- Get data from the clipboard
- Input data to the clipboard
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- Version
- 3.27.4
- Size
- 49.59 KB
- Last updated
- 6 days ago (Feb 25, 2025)
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- Mozilla Public License 2.0
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✨️New: Support 2 or more fingers.
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