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How to use gestures to quickly navigate through web pages and around Firefox on your mobile device.

[[Template:fenixmigration]] Many of the gestures you already use to navigate around your Android device can be used in Firefox. {note}Firefox for Android has a special feature that enables zooming on websites. See [[Force enable zoom in Firefox Preview]] for more information.{/note} __TOC__ =Switch tabs by swiping the address bar= [[Template:android81]] You can quickly move between your open tabs by swiping left and right on the address bar. = Zoom In and Out = To zoom in and out on the page you are viewing, you can double tap the screen or use a pinching motion. To learn more about how you can use gestures to zoom, head on over to [[Zoom in and out of websites on Firefox for mobile]]. = Long Tap for More Options = A long tap--touching and holding on the screen--will trigger the context menu for what is tapped on. * Links: Open in a new tab, copy, share, or add it to your bookmarks. * Images: Copy, share, or save the image to your device. * Bookmark links: Open in a new tab, share, edit how it appears in your list, remove it, or add it to your homescreen. * History links: Open in a new tab, share, remove, or add it to your homescreen. * Text: Long tap on text to select that word; you can then use the orange indicators on either side of the word to highlight more text if you like. Long tap on the highlighted text to copy, share, or to select all the text on the page. {for m28} * Web Address: Share, subscribe or add a page to your Home Screen. If a site has its own search that follows [http://www.opensearch.org/Home OpenSearch standards], you'll have the option to add that site as a search engine. This allows you to search within that site directly from your search bar. {/for}