Swipe actions: Step-by-step tutorial
Matt Perry
In this tutorial, we're going to build the Swipe actions example step-by-step.
This example is rated 4/5 difficulty, which means we assume you're already quite familiar with Motion (and JavaScript in general).
Here's a live demo of the example we're going to be creating:
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Introduction
The Swipe actions example shows how to implement an iOS-style swipe gesture interface where swiping an item left or right reveals contextual actions. This pattern is commonly used in mobile UIs for actions like archive, delete, or flag, providing a space-efficient alternative to having these actions permanently visible.
This tutorial explores several advanced Motion for React APIs:
useMotionValueto track the swipe positionuseTransformto derive styles from the swipe amountuseSpringto add realistic physics to the animationsanimateto manually trigger animationsuseMotionValueEventto trigger events when motion values change
