I have swipeleft/swiperight working well in my app but when the user does the

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Asked: June 1, 20262026-06-01T15:45:51+00:00 2026-06-01T15:45:51+00:00

I have swipeleft/swiperight working well in my app but when the user does the mousedown over an anchor tag, the swiping action is not triggered.

How can I make the swipe work even when the user does the mousedown on an anchor tag?

EDIT: It looks like this is only an issue in browsers on computers – tablets work fine.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-01T15:45:53+00:00

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You can swipe with the normal left button in any modern browser on the desktop.

Make sure you prevent the default action on the dragstart event on your div.

$("div").bind('dragstart', function(event) {event.preventDefault(); });

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