Hand Tool is a free Chrome extension developed by Marani that enhances your scrolling experience on web pages. With Hand Tool, you can use your mouse or stylus to grab and pan web pages, making it easier to navigate through content.

To activate the extension, simply refresh the tab after installation. The default panning behavior varies depending on your operating system. For Windows users, press and drag the right mouse button to pan. Ubuntu users can press and drag the middle mouse button, while Mac users should press and hold the Ctrl key and move the pointer to pan. Stylus users can customize their experience by setting up a button on their stylus as the Ctrl key for panning.

Hand Tool also provides an options page where you can adjust and preview settings. The extension's settings sync across tabs, ensuring a consistent scrolling experience. To quickly turn the extension on or off, you can pin the extension icon and click on it to toggle its functionality.

With Hand Tool, scrolling web pages becomes as seamless as using a PDF reader, the Photoshop Hand Tool, or panning on Google Maps. It's like having the Grab-and-Drag extension on Firefox, but specifically designed for Chrome.

Please note that Hand Tool may not work optimally with laptop touchpads that do not support convenient panning by gesture. Additionally, it no longer works with Chrome's PDF reader due to a recent update that runs the reader within a hidden internal extension window.

Overall, Hand Tool is a convenient and versatile extension that enhances your scrolling experience in Chrome. Give it a try and enjoy smoother navigation on web pages.