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genericbeing

Replicating Chrome OS Tab Gestures on Mac OS and Windows

Troubleshooting

I am considering switching over to Mac OS after a long time with Chrome OS devices, but I'll miss all of the Chrome-focused gestures.

Is there any way to add 3 finger swipes to navigate between tabs and 3 finger taps to close them outside of Chrome OS? I found something called Better Touch Tool for Macs, but am wondering if there's anything simpler.

Side note: Is there any way to access Discover Feed on the desktop browser?

Posted Jul 4, 2021, 2:29 PM UTC

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Rhys-Malcolm•

Congratulations 🎉

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PhDtravel•

If you have a MacBook Pro/Air, yes. Most of the gestures you mentioned are there and more. If you’re talking about iMac, you should definitely get the Magic Trackpad. Apple is known to make the best touchpads. You’d be delighted to see how much more you can do with them

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genericbeingOPDell CB13 | Stable•

Is that buried deep in the settings or something? I'm using a MacBook Air now and can't seem to find that.

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ARandomBiGuySpin 713 (2W) | Beta Channel•

Itmight be the case that there are similar gestures for safari but not chrome.

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Cyardor•

These are the options for Mac OS https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204895 The three and four finger gestures can be slightly customized and if that is still not enough the mentioned BetterTouchTool should provide everything you could imagine but I would start with the onboard options since those are fantastic after you get used to them and after a while you can tweak a little with the tool.

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genericbeingOPDell CB13 | Stable•

Thanks! Yeah, I explored those, and added the 3 finger drag through accessibility, but it seems like I'll have to go to BTT for more.

Just thought I'd ask in this sub since I'm really looking to replicate the gestures that seems unique to Chrome OS (e.g. three finger tab on links to open in new tab, or on tabs to close them)

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Cyardor•

Well it is really just middle mouse button click. Works in many browsers and in Windows as well as MacOS. I don’t have a Mac available at the moment but I think that cmd + Click should do the trick if you do not have a middle button like with the Magic Mouse or Trackpad. If that is a keypress to much BetterTouchTools should be able to put that into a single gesture.

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