How to disable swipe right gesture programatically on Chrome?

Question

I am developing a web app, and the user can switch between elements in a carousel by swiping left or swiping right. It works well on mobile devices, however Chrome on touch-enabled Windows devices overrides the swipe right gesture with a "go back" command. Is there any way to disable this?

Answer 1

I happend to come across your question with the same problem. The problem is that you need hook up the touch events so the browser knows not to use swipe-back functionallity.

$(document).on("pointerdown", function (event) {

});
$(document).on("pointermove", function (event) {

});
$(document).on("pointerup", function (event) {

});