QuickDrag Firefox Extension

QuickDrag is a Firefox/SeaMonkey extension that extends the function of the drag-and-drop mouse gesture so that it can be used to load URLs, do a web search of selected text on a page, or save an image on a page—all with a simple drag-and-drop.

QuickDrag was inspired by the defunct Super DragAndGo extension.

Select some text on a webpage and then drag-and-drop it anywhere to search for the text in a new tab using the Firefox search box's currently-selected search engine.

Select something on a webpage that looks like a URL and then drag-and-drop it anywhere to open the URL in a new tab.

Drag an image on a webpage and drop it anywhere to save the image.

Open a dragged link in a new tab: By default, when you drag-and-drop a text link, QuickDrag will search for the text of that link instead of opening the link in a new tab (which is what Super DragAndGo did). This is because you can already open links in a new tab by just middle-clicking on them. But if you prefer the old SD&G behavior and would like QuickDrag to open a text link instead of searching, you can check the "Open clickable links in new tabs instead of searching or saving" option in QuickDrag's settings.

Open an image in a new tab: If you hold down the Ctrl key when you drag-and-drop an image, it will open the image in a new tab. If you want to do this without having to hold down the Ctrl key, you can uncheck the "Use drag-and-drop to download images" option in QuickDrag's settings.

Open tabs in the foreground or background: You can select whether tabs opened by QuickDrag are opened in a foreground tab or background tab in QuickDrag's settings. You can also temporarily reverse this behavior for a particular drag-and-drop if you hold down the Shift key when dropping.

Saving URLs: To save a URL instead of opening it in a new tab, hold down the Alt key when dropping. This is analogous to the browser's built-in behavior of saving links using Alt+Click.

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• de-DE (translator: "erglo")
• fr-FR (translator: "nico@nc")
• ja-JP (translator: "jtinside")
• nl-NL (translator: "Gert-Paul")
• pl-PL (translator: Leszek "teo" Życzkowski)
• pt-BR (translator: Humberto Sartini)
• ru-RU (translator: "Merlyel")
• sr-RS (translator: Касперски)
• tr-TR (translator: H. Ateş)
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• vi-VN (translator: Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng)
• zh-CN (translator: "xmoke")
• zh-TW (translator: "bootleq")

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