Back gesture on touchpad Windows 10

[TheMese]

TheMese last edited by

I just switched from Chrome to Opera GX and literally the only reason why I'm going back to Chrome is because I can't use my 'back gesture' from my laptop while surfing.
All the cool features Opera has and it doesn't have one of the most used and requested yet. This should be something built-in Chromium shouldn't it?

[fluidz]

fluidz last edited by

bruh.

we have every other feature known to man in this browser

bruh

[Babby970]

Babby970 last edited by

i don't understand, opera enabled that feature for a brief period then disabled it and is the only browser without that gesture! if oepra values it's users opinion, they should enable it immediately or im moving to another browser.

[kevin770]

kevin770 last edited by

Just replying again to hopefully get a response from the developers. Just switched from chrome to opera today but this is a real dealbreaker on windows.

[kevin770]

kevin770 @christophehad last edited by

@christophehad Thanks, this actually works better than expected. Still weird that Opera doesnt just implement what is industry standard at this point.

[PranavTamma]

PranavTamma @christophehad last edited by

@christophehad thanks bruv. ur a goat

[Pavarotti]

Pavarotti @christophehad last edited by

@christophehad Thank you so much, this is a perfect solution

[OperaTrackpadGestures]

OperaTrackpadGestures last edited by

Going back to chrome until this gets fixed. Also congratulations on the 3 year anniversary!

[thomasaldridge]

thomasaldridge last edited by

Opera supports Chromium extensions, so you should be able to install a gesture-based one as I have. I sadly don't remember which one I'm using, but the simple two-finger back and forth gesture option does exist on both my Mac and Windows versions of Opera after downloading an extension for it.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @thomasaldridge last edited by

@thomasaldridge If you goto the URL opera://extensions when you have a chance, it'll tell you the name of the extension.

[weirdnemo]

weirdnemo @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 can you tell the name of extention?

[thomasaldridge]

thomasaldridge @weirdnemo last edited by

@weirdnemo Sorry for my delay, this extension is simply called "swipe-back" and is available on the Chrome Web Store since Opera is a Chromium-based browser. Here is the link below! It works greatly for me on all my Windows computers, enabling both previous and next swipe functionality like Chrome. Hope this helps you!
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/swipe-back/mkkcgajcpakpfjgikmekgnihlbhliodo

[thomasaldridge]

thomasaldridge @OperaTrackpadGestures last edited by

@operatrackpadgestures I shared an extension that offers a fix below:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/swipe-back/mkkcgajcpakpfjgikmekgnihlbhliodo
Hope this helps!

[DeimosFTW]

DeimosFTW @alongarc last edited by

@alongarc yes even I am really used to it and its really useful.

[DeimosFTW]

DeimosFTW @fluidz last edited by

@fluidz Did you find any , If yes please enlight us too.

[DeimosFTW]

DeimosFTW @thomasaldridge last edited by

@thomasaldridge Bro it isn't working for me I don't know why.

[IvanRosN]

IvanRosN last edited by

It would be nice to be able to have gestures for laptops and touchpads in Opera, for example, when, with two fingers, you drag left to right to go backwards or right to left to go forwards.

[IvanRosN]

IvanRosN last edited by

It would be nice to be able to have gestures for laptops and touchpads in Opera, for example, when, with two fingers, you drag left to right to go backwards or right to left to go forwards.

[IvanRosN]

IvanRosN @AakifAhamed last edited by

@aakifahamed Yes, indeed, there is this possibility, but it is much more convenient for laptops to use the touchpad since you use it for scrolling. With a simple gesture we could go backwards.

[strojcina123]

strojcina123 last edited by

If you have the chance to change your Windows 10 trackpad gestures you should do that. It's the easiest way to change the back gestures.

I'm on windows 11, and it works very well, the only difference is that you have to use 3 fingers instead of 2.

On win11 you have to go to Settings --> Bluetooth and Devices --> Touchpad --> Advanced gestures --> change the 3 finger swype left and swype right gestures to "forward navigation" and "backward navigation"