A Notepad++ plugin that adds mouse gesture support to the editor.
Hold the right mouse button and drag in a direction to trigger actions — no keyboard required.
| Gesture | Action |
|---|---|
| ← Left | Previous tab |
| → Right | Next tab |
| ↑ Up | Go to top of document |
| ↓ Down | Go to bottom of document |
| ↓→ Down + Right | Close current tab |
| ↓← Down + Left | Cut |
| ↑← Up + Left | Copy |
| →↓ Right + Down | Paste |
| ←→ Left + Right | Undo |
| →← Right + Left | Redo |
A red trail is drawn on screen while the gesture is in progress.
- Notepad++ 7.6 or later (64-bit)
- Windows 10 or later
- Download
MouseGes.dllfrom the Releases page. - Copy it to:
C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\MouseGes\MouseGes.dll - Restart Notepad++.
The plugin appears under Plugins → MouseGestures → About.
- Visual Studio 2022 (with "Desktop development with C++" workload)
git clone https://github.com/drvoss/NotepadPP_MouseGesture.git
cd NotepadPP_MouseGesture
Open MouseGes.sln in Visual Studio and build in Release | x64 configuration.
The post-build event automatically copies the DLL to
C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\MouseGes\ (requires UAC approval).
MIT License — see LICENSE for details.