If swiping right closes a thread, swiping left should bring me back

Title. I accidentally close threads halfway down the comments and can't get back to where I was. I'd rather have the gesture disabled if it's too much work to hold my spot (I'm on Android, where back is built into the OS unlike iOS)

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8 Comments

LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one · 13 pts · 3y (2 replies)

This always deceives me as well. I don't like using gestures for things anyway, so truth be told I'd really like a setting to just disable it, but I agree with you if it is enabled then it should work in both directions.

shuzuko@midwest.social · 7 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Yes, please let us disable gestures entirely. I get so frustrated with them, especially as it seems exceptionally touchy - if I'm scrolling down and my finger drifts diagonally even the slightest bit, poof. I'm no longer happily reading comments, I'm now irritatedly trying to get back to where I was.

LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one · 0 pts · 3y

This goes for any app tbh

I don't think I've ever deliberately used a gesture. It's always "Oh no, what on earth have I done, and how can I undo this?"

koper@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 3y

Swiping left should reveal the community sidebar in my opinion. In the web interface the sidebar is also on the right side and it's the same behavior that various R*ddit clients had. The current way of accessing the sidebar is awkward.

jayknight@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 3y

Or at least it's you click back into the post your at the same place in the comments that you were.

testAccount@lemmy.one · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

There is a PR in works for that and that one allows you to disable it too.

Toast@lemmy.film · 1 pts · 3y

Thank Jerboa!

flux@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

I think I could easily enjoy the gesture, however it's way too easy to trigger. It's like a one centimeter movement on a tablet. E.g. the Android app switcher needs a much bigger movement to trigger app closing.