Swiping is too sensitive about direction
asked 2014-01-03 02:12:23 +0200
When I swipe down to close an application or to lock the screen I've noticed that the gesture is very sensitive on direction. Unless you make the swipe only very close to orthogonal to the screen border it is not accepted as a "close" swipe. Instead it's regarded as a downward drag movement and only the pulley menu is activated, the content is scrolled or, if the home screen is active, move to the lock screen, even though the movement comes from outside of the screen.
Edit: Since there seems to be a problem with reproducibility I wanted to find out why it happened to me on a regular basis. It seems to be dependent on the straightness of the movement more than direction. Using my index finger I do a fairly straight swipe and then I can do that almost diagonally and my Jolla still regards it as a close swipe, but if I use my thumb (which I do most of the times) the movement is more like a small arc and even if I start perpendicular to the screen border it still isn't handled as a close swipe most of the times.
Edit2: Did a small video showing the issue. http://youtu.be/5-4SDLcK0_M
As reported by @lomo in https://together.jolla.com/question/13256/fine-tune-swipe-gesture-for-pulley-menu/ it seems that a side swipe has the same issue. Changing heading to reflect that.
I've started to see this again on my Xperia X since the SfOS 3 upgrade. Not only slight deviation from orthogonal, but also straight down swipes. Feels like a poll frequency issue or similar.
Haven't experienced anything like that.. Just tried those swipes and I can make them nearly horizontally but making sure I start from the outside of the screen and they always get recognized correctly.
foss4ever ( 2014-01-03 02:45:43 +0200 )edit@jjaone: I did some more tests and added extended description to when it might happen.
Mohjive ( 2014-01-03 10:27:42 +0200 )editI use the swipe down very often to lock my screen, never experienced anything like you describe. Usually use my thumb for this too. Now I tried to reproduce and it was really hard not to make it a swipe down. Even when I swiped in a zigzag motion it was still registered as swipe down.
jjo.sch ( 2014-01-03 10:40:08 +0200 )editI can easily reproduce this on my device. In my case the critical angle is something like 30 degrees of vertical. When swiping in an 45 degree angle I can only get the pulley even when starting the motion far outside the screen.
galfthan ( 2014-01-03 10:57:20 +0200 )editI do not think the shape has much to do with it. Perfectly straight motion (along an ruler) also produces this.
I can also reproduce this.
torcida ( 2014-01-03 12:43:36 +0200 )edit