# Detecting a Swipe Up or Swipe Down

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/detecting-a-swipe-up-or-swipe-down/2247325>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** beginner\
**Created:** [January 29, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/detecting-a-swipe-up-or-swipe-down/2247325 "2023-01-29T17:31:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![spaffel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/spaffel/32/146596_2.png) [@spaffel](https://community.thunkable.com/u/spaffel)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/detecting-a-swipe-up-or-swipe-down/2247325/1 "2023-01-29T17:31:21Z")

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Hello I am trying to detect if the user is swiping up or down. Is this somehow possible?

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/detecting-a-swipe-up-or-swipe-down/2247325/2 "2023-01-29T19:57:20Z")

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Not with Thunkable components. But possibly with JavaScript.

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**Author:** ![spaffel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/spaffel/32/146596_2.png) [@spaffel](https://community.thunkable.com/u/spaffel)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/detecting-a-swipe-up-or-swipe-down/2247325/3 "2023-01-29T20:54:05Z")

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Thanks!

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/detecting-a-swipe-up-or-swipe-down/2247325/4 "2023-01-29T21:45:46Z")

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Please consider adding a comment to this feature request:

> <https://github.com/thunkable/thunkable-issues/issues/1055>
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> \*\*Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.\*\*
> I'd like to …be able to determine the direction/angle of a swipe on a mobile device.
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> \*\*Describe the solution you'd like\*\*
> There should be an event block that says "When \[swipe\] is \[up/down/left/right\] do". This should be a standard block (not tied to the Canvas although perhaps there could be a Canvas equivalent; I don't want to have to add a Canvas to my project every time I want to detect a swipe).
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> \*\*Describe alternatives you've considered\*\*
> Some really tricky finagling of Canvas pointer locations....
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> \*\*Which platform are you asking for?\*\*
> Thunkable X
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> \*\*Additional context\*\*

The more comments they receive, the more likely they are to add this feature.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/detecting-a-swipe-up-or-swipe-down/2247325/5 "2023-04-29T21:46:28Z")

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