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Material Design 3: Gestures

Documents common gesture meanings, including long press for accessing additional functionality, swipe for navigation and completing actions, and list-item gestures that reveal actions or selection.

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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports

Pattern Supported decision Required contract Claim note
Long press Choose long press when the design problem is a sustained-contact gesture and its threshold, feedback, cancellation, and equivalent action path. Long press starts only from a target that intentionally supports sustained contact. Supports long press as a common gesture for additional functionality and list-item selection.
Swipe action Choose swipe action when the design problem is a horizontal item-level gesture that reveals or commits row-scoped commands. Swipe action starts only from the intended row and horizontal axis; vertical scroll and pull-to-refresh win when movement is primarily vertical. Supports swipe as a recognized gesture for completing actions and revealing list-item actions.

Evidence Role

This source is treated as platform-guideline evidence. Use it to validate the decision rules above, not as a visual style reference.

Publisher: Google Material Design. Last checked: .