diff --git a/app/mainwindow.h b/app/mainwindow.h
--- a/app/mainwindow.h
+++ b/app/mainwindow.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 class QUrl;
 
+class QMouseEvent;
+
 namespace Gwenview
 {
 
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@
     void saveProperties(KConfigGroup&) override;
     void readProperties(const KConfigGroup&) override;
     bool eventFilter(QObject *, QEvent *) override;
+    void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *) override;
+    void mouseDoubleClickEvent(QMouseEvent *) override;
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void setActiveViewModeAction(QAction* action);
@@ -137,6 +141,8 @@
     void saveConfig();
     void configureShortcuts();
 
+    void mouseButtonNavigate(QMouseEvent *);
+
     void folderViewUrlChanged(const QUrl &url);
 };
 
diff --git a/app/mainwindow.cpp b/app/mainwindow.cpp
--- a/app/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/app/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QMenuBar>
 #include <QUrl>
+#include <QMouseEvent>
 #ifdef Q_OS_OSX
 #include <QFileOpenEvent>
 #endif
@@ -1654,6 +1655,37 @@
     return false;
 }
 
+void MainWindow::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
+{
+    mouseButtonNavigate(event);
+    KXmlGuiWindow::mousePressEvent(event);
+}
+
+void MainWindow::mouseDoubleClickEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
+{
+    mouseButtonNavigate(event);
+    KXmlGuiWindow::mouseDoubleClickEvent(event);
+}
+
+void MainWindow::mouseButtonNavigate(QMouseEvent *event)
+{
+    switch(event->button()) {
+    case Qt::ForwardButton:
+        if (d->mGoToNextAction->isEnabled()) {
+            d->mGoToNextAction->trigger();
+            return;
+        }
+        break;
+    case Qt::BackButton:
+        if (d->mGoToPreviousAction->isEnabled()) {
+            d->mGoToPreviousAction->trigger();
+            return;
+        }
+        break;
+    default: ;
+    }
+}
+
 void MainWindow::setDistractionFreeMode(bool value)
 {
     d->mFullScreenContent->setDistractionFreeMode(value);