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Pinky UI

mobile

Swipe to Reply

Swiping a message bubble right reveals a reply glyph that rubber-bands to a bounded distance and commits past threshold.

  • mobile
  • messaging
  • swipe
  • reply
  • gesture
Related pattern

A small corner button carries the same reply action for keyboard and screen-reader users, since the swipe itself has no equivalent.

Live preview

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Swipe the bubble right, or use the corner button.

Quick usage

usage
import { SwipeToReply } from "@pinky-ui/systems";

<SwipeToReply onReply={() => startReply(message)}><MessageBubble>{message.text}</MessageBubble></SwipeToReply>

Install

Add @pinky-ui/systems as a dependency, or use the CLI to copy this component's source directly into your project — no dependency to manage, fully editable.

shell
npm install @pinky-ui/systems

Prefer to run the whole repository locally instead?

repository
git clone https://github.com/florash/Pinky-UI.git
cd Pinky-UI
npm install
npm run dev

Accessibility

  • Every gesture has a labelled button or keyboard path, and primary controls meet a 44px touch target.
  • State remains readable without relying on colour or motion.

Performance

  • Interaction state is local and bounded; gesture updates do not require a page-wide render loop.
  • Timers and listeners are cleaned up on unmount.

Reduced motion

The same state change resolves immediately; travel, scale and spring motion are removed without removing the interaction.

When to use

  • Touch-first product surfaces where the next action should stay close to the hand.

When not to use

  • Desktop-only workflows or interactions whose gesture would hide the only available action.