# Allow swipe up/down actions to close images on mobile
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [October 14, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923 "2022-10-14T14:08:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923/1 "2022-10-14T14:08:07Z")
When you have a big phone it gets frustrating to have to have to reach up to the close button to close out an image
When you swipe up/down, compared to most mobile apps it should close out to the image instead of scrolling farther.
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923/2 "2022-10-14T15:13:30Z")
Out of curiosity which big phone are you using?
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### Author:  [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923/3 "2022-10-14T15:14:17Z")
A 12 pro max with the minimum text size. It’s nice to have a big screen but a bit of a pain to reach some higher up buttons
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923/4 "2022-10-14T15:14:59Z")
Check this out:
> **[Reach the top of the iPhone screen with one hand](https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-reachability-iph145eba8e9/ios)**
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> Use Reachability to lower the top half of the iPhone screen and make it more easily accessible with one hand.
I use my phone almost exclusively with one hand, Reachability is a game changer for that 🤯
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### Author:  [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923/5 "2022-10-14T15:15:51Z")
Thanks. I still think it’s a good idea to have a gesture I’m used to using on most all other apps.
And also seriously, that’s nice to have.
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923/6 "2022-10-14T15:16:55Z")
I’m not suggesting the above isn’t useful, the approaches aren’t mutually exclusive. Being able to reach the top of every app on a large phone is pretty useful too 😃
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### Author:  [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923/7 "2022-10-14T19:46:27Z")
Hello,
Yeah swipe gestures are pretty cool but I think that would be a huge change because the whole lightbox system should change. Magnific Popup, the current one is not support swipe gestures. I created a topic about it… [Use PhotoSwipe instead Magnific Popup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-photoswipe-instead-magnific-popup/164550)
But you may also interested of the Custom Lightbox theme component. 🙂
> [@Custom Lightbox - modern, swipe gestures, fullscreen mode and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-lightbox/225797):
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> eyeglassesPreview [Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Don/custom-lightbox)hammer_and_wrenchRepository [GitHub - VaperinaDEV/discourse-custom-lightbox](https://github.com/VaperinaDEV/discourse-custom-lightbox)questionInstall Guide [How to install a theme or theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-install-a-theme-or-theme-component/63682)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Hello wave This theme component is modify the magnific popup (lightbox/gallery) to make it more user friendly especially on mobile.
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923/8 "2022-10-14T20:52:43Z")
I’ve used PhotoSwipe on several WordPress websites and it was my best image viewing experience both on desktop and mobile so far. If Discourse’s image viewer was to change, I’d be in favor of this one (or similar). 👍
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### Author:  [@Karl\_Reza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karl_Reza)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923/9 "2022-10-15T09:33:57Z")
I like the lightbox of Telegram app. tap to open image, double tap to zoom, double tap to shrink back to original size and swipe down (or up) to exit lightbox.