CompassMenu Mild Mouse Gesture

Install

What is this?

The CompassMenu is a extension replacing the right-click menu of Firefox with a doughnut-shaped menu.

Usage

Press the right button

The menu opens

Drag

An item is selected

Release the button

The command is executed

Showing the conventional right-click menu

Press the shift key and the right button

Using the secondary menu

Press the right button

The menu opens

Press the Alt key

The menu is altered

Drag

An item is selected

Release the button

The command is executed

Using the secondary menu (in another way)

Press the right button

The menu opens

Press the left button

The menu is altered

Drag

An item is selected

Release only the right button

The command is executed

Install

Go to Firefox Add-ons and press “Add to Firefox” button to install the extension. Restarting Firefox is not required, though you may need to reload opened pages.

Development

The source code of the CompassMenu is on GitHub. Please send me bug reports or pull requests via GitHub.

History

Date Event
September 15, 2019 The CompassMenu 3.2.2 is released. Fixes page layout interference.
July 13, 2019 The CompassMenu 3.2.1 is released. Now compatible with Firefox 68.
November 3, 2018 The CompassMenu 3.2.0 is released. “Search Web” command respects your search engine setting. Now compatible with Firefox 63.
December 3, 2017 The CompassMenu 3.1.0 is released. Revived “View Page Source” command. Now compatible with Firefox 47.
October 14, 2017 The CompassMenu 3.0.1 is released. Bug fix.
October 1, 2017 The CompassMenu 3.0.0 is released. Now compatible with Firefox 56. Ported to WebExtensions APIs. Currently, only limited features are available due to limitation of WebExtensions APIs. We will update the extension as more APIs are provided.
April 26, 2016 The CompassMenu 2.0.7 is released. Now compatible with Firefox 46.
March 8, 2016 Now compatible with Firefox 45.
January 23, 2016 The CompassMenu 2.0.6 is released. Now compatible with Firefox 44.
December 15, 2015 Now compatible with Firefox 43.
November 14, 2015 The CompassMenu 2.0.5 is released. Supports pages with Content-Security-Policy response header.
September 21, 2015 The CompassMenu 2.0.4 is released. Supports multiprocess Firefox (e10s, only Firefox 42 and later).
October 11, 2015 Now compatible with Firefox 40.
July 2, 2015 Now compatible with Firefox 39.
May 12, 2015 Now compatible with Firefox 38.
March 31, 2015 Now compatible with Firefox 37.
February 24, 2015 Now compatible with Firefox 36.
January 13, 2015 Now compatible with Firefox 35.
December 1, 2014 Now compatible with Firefox 34.
October 13, 2014 Now compatible with Firefox 33.
September 2, 2014 Now compatible with Firefox 32.
July 23, 2014 The CompassMenu 2.0.3 is released. Now works in the Private Browsing mode. Compatible with Firefox 31.
June 10, 2014 Now compatible with Firefox 30.
April 29, 2014 Now compatible with Firefox 29.
March 18, 2014 Now compatible with Firefox 28.
February 5, 2014 Now compatible with Firefox 27.
December 10, 2013 Now compatible with Firefox 26.
October 29, 2013 Now compatible with Firefox 25.
September 17, 2013 Now compatible with Firefox 24.
August 7, 2013 Now compatible with Firefox 23.
June 26, 2013 Now compatible with Firefox 22.
May 15, 2013 Now compatible with Firefox 21.
April 27, 2013 The CompassMenu 2.0.2 is released. Fixed bugs on XHTML pages.
March 23, 2013 Now compatible with Firefox 20.
February 14, 2013 The CompassMenu 2.0.1 is released. Fixed bugs. Now compatible with Firefox 19.
December 13, 2012

The CompassMenu 2.0.0 is released.

  • Fixed a bug emitting warnings on HTTPS pages.
  • Lowered precedence of the CompassMenu so that custom menus of web pages are used.
  • Tweaked menu behavior.
  • Fixed bugs.
October 6, 2012 The CompassMenu 1.0.0 is released.
August 28, 2012 The Firefox 15 is released. RadialContext stop working at the end.
June 30, 2004 Jens Tinz released the RadialContext.