# Gestures/swiping too insensitive **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [February 13, 2023, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/gestures-swiping-too-insensitive/27413 "2023-02-13T09:19:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johlars](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/johlars/32/2487_2.png) [@johlars](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/johlars)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/gestures-swiping-too-insensitive/27413/1 "2023-02-13T09:19:38Z")
I am having a hard time triggering gestures since the latest updates. I’m not sure which of 2.0.89 or 2.0.88 caused this, but I’m guessing the latter. Basically I have to swipe multiple, sometimes up to ten, times to trigger the actions. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/gestures-swiping-too-insensitive/27413/2 "2023-02-13T09:43:48Z")
Which direction is the gesture, and is it possible your card is scrolling when you try to activate the gesture? ---
**Author:** ![Darkstalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Darkstalker](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Darkstalker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/gestures-swiping-too-insensitive/27413/3 "2023-02-13T10:53:20Z")
I’m having the same problem. I swipe from left to right to bury cards, but now that’s much more difficult to do. @dae Cards are not scrolling when swiping like this. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/gestures-swiping-too-insensitive/27413/4 "2023-02-13T10:55:58Z")
Hmm, a left-to-right swipe triggers reliably for me. Are your cards ones that take up more than one screen and can be scrolled? I’m wondering whether a minute scroll up or down is what is causing the problem. Also please note that you no longer need to begin the swipe from the far edge - you can start it anywhere on the screen. ---
**Author:** ![Darkstalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Darkstalker](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Darkstalker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/gestures-swiping-too-insensitive/27413/5 "2023-02-13T11:10:30Z")
It happens even on cards that take up only one screen. Now that you’ve mentioned it, I paid a little more attention when swiping: It does look like that a very small scroll up or down is triggered. But this happens often when swiping even with a small angle applied. Maybe this got a little more sensitive after the last update. P.S: I didn’t realize that now one can swipe anywhere on the screen, so thank you. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/gestures-swiping-too-insensitive/27413/6 "2023-02-13T11:18:29Z")
@johlars are your swipes left/right as well? Perhaps the solution here is to ignore up/down movement for horizontal swipes. ---
**Author:** ![johlars](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/johlars/32/2487_2.png) [@johlars](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/johlars)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/gestures-swiping-too-insensitive/27413/7 "2023-02-14T08:48:24Z")
Yes it seems like what’s happening is that I scroll down (even if the whole card fits on the screen) when trying to swipe sideways. If I try to be extremely careful swiping it seems like the chances of it working increase. Swiping up or down (as a gesture) actually doesn’t work at all, no matter how many times I try. It just tries to scroll, even if the card fits and there is no scroll bar. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/gestures-swiping-too-insensitive/27413/8 "2023-02-16T09:23:05Z")
An up/down gesture should work provided you’re already at the bottom/top of the scroll range - scrolling takes precedence there. I’ve added the left/right issue to the todo list to look into. ---
**Author:** ![johlars](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/johlars/32/2487_2.png) [@johlars](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/johlars)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/gestures-swiping-too-insensitive/27413/9 "2023-02-16T15:24:13Z")
Right, of course, that makes sense (but also makes up and down gestures pretty much useless). I have to say that I preferred the old behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Aku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@Aku](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Aku)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/gestures-swiping-too-insensitive/27413/10 "2023-02-16T15:46:44Z")
Hi there. I am having the same problem with left/right swipes. I was using them a lot before but with the new behavior I need 2-3 tries until it works. Additionally, up/down swipes don’t work at all for me, no matter where I am on the card or how much text there is on the card. I hope this change will be reverted. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/gestures-swiping-too-insensitive/27413/11 "2023-02-17T13:57:07Z")
Some fixes for this are coming in 2.0.90, which will likely be sent to Apple tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/gestures-swiping-too-insensitive/27413/12 "2023-03-19T13:57:12Z")
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