According to the latest report, the Microsoft Edge policy support document shows that the company will soon be adding mouse gestures in Edge 112. The current version of Edge Canary doesn’t have this feature, but the policy support document briefly introduces this new feature.
The official support documents as follows:
MouseGestureEnabled
Mouse gestures enabled
Supported versions:
On Windows since version 112 or higher
Describe
This policy allows you to configure mouse gesture functionality in Microsoft Edge. This feature provides users with an easy way to complete tasks such as scrolling forward or backward, opening new tabs, refreshing pages, and more. Instead of clicking buttons or using keyboard shortcuts, they can accomplish tasks by holding down the right mouse button to draw certain patterns on a web page.
If you enable this policy or do not configure it, you can use the mouse gestures feature on Microsoft Edge to start using this feature. If you disable this policy, the mouse gestures feature will not work in Microsoft Edge.
Supported functions:
- Can be forced: yes
- Can recommend: no
- Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
Type of data:
- Boolean
Windows information and settings
Group Policy (ADMX) Information
- GP unique name: MouseGestureEnabled
- GP name: Enable mouse gestures
- GP Path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/
- GP path (recommended): Not applicable
- GP ADMX filename: MSEdge.admx
Windows registry settings
- Path (mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
- Path (recommended): N/A
- Value name: MouseGestureEnabled
- Value Type: REG_DWORD