# Super Drag — Open Links by Drag Direction

> Drag a link up to open in background, drag down to open in foreground. Drag selected text to search it. Automatically disabled on web apps.

- Canonical: https://www.superchargebrowser.com/features/super-drag/
- Extension: navigation
- Published: 2026-03-13
- Updated: 2026-08-10
- Source: SuperchargeBrowser (https://www.superchargebrowser.com)

Super Drag adds directional intent to the most common browsing action: opening a link. Drag a link up and it opens in a background tab — your current page stays in focus. Drag it down and it opens in the foreground — you switch immediately. Drag selected text and it launches a search, with the same up/down logic: up for background, down for foreground. No keyboard modifiers, no right-click menus — just the direction of the drag.

## How It Works

Super Drag intercepts drag events on links and text selections. The extension determines the drag direction and executes the corresponding action:

- **Drag link upward** → opens in a new background tab (current tab retains focus)
- **Drag link downward** → opens in a new foreground tab (switches to the new tab)
- **Drag selected text upward** → opens a web search in a background tab
- **Drag selected text downward** → opens a web search in a foreground tab

The extension monitors the page to detect web apps that use drag-and-drop as part of their own functionality — Google Docs, Google Sheets, ChatGPT, and similar applications. On those pages, Super Drag deactivates itself automatically so it never interferes with the app's native drag behavior.

## Settings

| Option | Default | Description |
|--------|---------|-------------|
| Super Drag | Off | Enable or disable directional link dragging |

## When to Use This

**Reading long articles with many links:** Drag referenced links upward as you read to queue them in background tabs. When you finish the article, your queue is ready without any interruption to your reading flow.

**Research queuing:** On a search results page, drag multiple links upward to open them all in the background, then work through them at your own pace.

**Text lookup:** Select an unfamiliar term, drag it up to search in the background (stay reading) or down to jump to the search immediately.

**Complement to [Glance Peek](/features/glance-peek/):** Super Drag and Glance Peek cover opposite use cases. Use Super Drag when you want a real tab; use Glance Peek (Alt+Click) when you want a quick preview you'll likely dismiss. Together, they give you complete control over how every link opens.

## Privacy

Super Drag operates entirely within the browser. Link URLs opened via drag are handled by Chrome's standard tab-opening mechanisms. No URLs, search queries, or interaction patterns are sent to any server.

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Canonical URL: https://www.superchargebrowser.com/features/super-drag/