diff --git a/app/browsemainpage.h b/app/browsemainpage.h
--- a/app/browsemainpage.h
+++ b/app/browsemainpage.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 
 protected:
     bool eventFilter(QObject* watched, QEvent* event) override;
+    void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent*) override;
 
 private:
     BrowseMainPagePrivate* const d;
diff --git a/app/browsemainpage.cpp b/app/browsemainpage.cpp
--- a/app/browsemainpage.cpp
+++ b/app/browsemainpage.cpp
@@ -397,6 +397,17 @@
     return QWidget::eventFilter(watched, event);
 }
 
+void BrowseMainPage::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
+{
+    switch (event->button()) {
+    case Qt::ForwardButton:
+    case Qt::BackButton:
+        return;
+    default:
+        QWidget::mousePressEvent(event);
+    }
+}
+
 ThumbnailView* BrowseMainPage::thumbnailView() const
 {
     return d->mThumbnailView;
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);
@@ -139,6 +143,8 @@
     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
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QMenuBar>
 #include <QUrl>
+#include <QMouseEvent>
 #ifdef Q_OS_OSX
 #include <QFileOpenEvent>
 #endif
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@
         mBrowseMainPage = new BrowseMainPage(parent, q->actionCollection(), mGvCore);
 
         mThumbnailView = mBrowseMainPage->thumbnailView();
+        mThumbnailView->viewport()->installEventFilter(q);
         mThumbnailView->setSelectionModel(mContextManager->selectionModel());
         mUrlNavigator = mBrowseMainPage->urlNavigator();
 
@@ -1669,9 +1671,49 @@
         return true;
     }
 #endif
+    if (obj == d->mThumbnailView->viewport()) {
+        switch(event->type()) {
+        case QEvent::MouseButtonPress:
+        case QEvent::MouseButtonDblClick:
+            mouseButtonNavigate(static_cast<QMouseEvent*>(event));
+            break;
+        default: ;
+        }
+    }
     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);