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Feature Request for Toggle to Disable Swipe Gesture
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At first, I didn't imagine why would I download an app for Wikipedia exactly, but it turned out to be really awesome! I even gave it a five star rating on Play Store.
There's only one issue that would prevent the app from being perfect: There's no toggle for turning off swipe for content.
I personally use the toolbar content's button, and I navigate through a lot of articles containing tables and figures that require constant swiping, in which the swipe gesture is annoying and in the way.
If only you could fix this tiny issue (or add this toggle), this app would really be perfect!

Event Timeline

Hi @ARamadan-WMF

Please send the feedback to the user that:

  1. Does the swipe gesture relate to the table of contents on the article page? When you do a right-to-left swipe you will see the table of the contents.
  2. Does the swipe gesture relate to the "Go back" action on the article page? When you do a left-to-right swipe you will be navigated to the previous screen/page.
  3. If this issue relates to any of the articles, please share it with us so we can test the issue.

Done, and I will update the ticket with his answers when received.

Here are the answers:

  • Yes, and that's what I want to have a toggle for (and not disable entirely).
  • No, and I don't see how that is working (I even didn't check if there's a "Go back" action/gesture on the homescreen before you brought my attention to it. I always use the system-wide back gesture to go back.)
JTannerWMF moved this task from Needs Triage to Garage on the Wikipedia-Android-App board.

This issue is intensely annoying and really interferes with using the app when tables are involved. I would really like to see this addressed.