Google Chrome: Use the Third Mouse Button (Wheel)

Contributor Icon Contributed by shamanstears Date Icon September 11, 2008  
Tag Icon Tagged: Google

The 3rd button on your mouse (better known as the wheel) provides some nice functionality on Google’s Chrome browser. While they seem simplistic in nature, they can be real time savers.


To open a link in a new tab - place cursor on link and click the mouse wheel.

To open a bookmark in a new tab - place cursor on link and click the mouse wheel.

To close a link - place cursor anywhere on tab and click the mouse wheel (beats having to hit the close button).

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  • neetesh
    Actually, This is working for Firefox Also
    ;)
    Thanks for the info.
  • Tim
    I recently bought a new mouse and it works great, except for now the middle mouse button does NOTHING but scroll, and its really annoying because I have a habit of using the middle mouse button to do everything... it still works in IE and Mozilla, but not for Chrome...
  • adrian
    I have the same problem.
    and I hardly use chrome because of this problem only.
    if the middle mouse button works I'll use chrome forever.
  • randy
    problem is it doesnt have the function restore recent closed tab by using middle mouse button
    firefox has that
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