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Simple Gesture for Android by utubo

Adds touch gestures for Android. (P.S. "Quick Gestures" is great addon. I hope it be updated.)

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✨Feature
Adds touch gestures for Android.

📨Latest News
In the new Firefox, swiping left or right now switches tabs.
Unfortunately, it seems add-ons can't control this behavior.
😢

🙏Join test
If you are willing to help test the Beta version

⚠️Note
  • 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.
  • Addons cannot work in https://*.mozilla.org etc.
  • Tab gestures don't work because Firefox's API has many issues.

👆The default gesture
D=Down, U=Up, R=Right, L=Left
e.g.) R-U means ⤴️.
  • D-L: Forward
  • D-R: Back
  • D-R-U: Refresh
  • R-D: Scroll to the top
  • R-U: Scroll to the bottom
  • L-D-R: Close tab
  • L-D-R-U-R: Open settings pages

🔧Custom gestures
https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/discussions/categories/customgestures

💡Tips
  • You can double-tap with these steps.
    1:Touch a finger.
    2:Keep the first finger and double-tap with another finger.
  • If this does not work on some AMP pages, install Redirect AMP to HTML to solve the problem. (#66)
  • Firefox for Android does not have about:home 😢.
    https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/issues/21
  • Other tips
    https://github.com/utubo/firefox-simple_gesture/wiki/Tips

🔐Permissions
  • Access recently closed tabs -> for restore closed tabs
  • Access browser tabs -> for gestures to control tabs
  • Access your data for all websites -> for to work on any websites
  • Block content on any page -> PC site mode(User-Agent)
  • Clipboard -> for custom gestues

🐞Known Issues
  • This doesn't work on <frame> tags.
  • If you try to open a new tab in private-mode, that link will be stored in the browser's history. (Firefox has a bug) #85
  • Add-on cannot access the following information.Therefore, some tab operations may not work properly.
    Suspended tabs
    The tab order
  • GitHub Issues
  • Some web APIs require a direct user interaction (such as a tap or click) to work properly. For example, navigator.share(), window.open(), and navigator.vibrate() can only be called as a result of a real user gesture.If the user moves their finger before releasing, these APIs may fail to work due to browser security restrictions to prevent unwanted popups or actions.

🏚️ For old firefox
  • 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".
  • 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/ .

🎂Thx
  • takachan(This add-on respects "Quick Gestures" add-on.)
  • CennoxX(German translation)
  • OhSoGood(Double-tap idea)
  • xiaoyuhaoge, Dynamith(Hint for Restore Closd Tab)
  • UNTRIVAL(Hint for Kiwi)
  • Wei-Winter(Hint for show the next gestures)
  • fuckgfw00(Many hint for prev/next tab)

and more...

💌p.s
Thanks for the reviews !⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Permissions and data

Required permissions:

  • Block content on any page
  • Access recently closed tabs
  • Access browser tabs
  • Access your data for all web sites

Optional permissions:

  • Get data from the clipboard
  • Input data to the clipboard

Data collection:

  • The developer says this extension doesn't require data collection.
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Version
5.1.6
Size
59.72 kB
Last updated
3 months ago (28 Mar 2026)
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