# If you swipe right, you cannot go backwards

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/if-you-swipe-right-you-cannot-go-backwards/31342>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [September 3, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/if-you-swipe-right-you-cannot-go-backwards/31342 "2021-09-03T21:56:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![\_ffwpu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/_ffwpu/32/16380_2.png) [@\_ffwpu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/_ffwpu)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/if-you-swipe-right-you-cannot-go-backwards/31342/1 "2021-09-03T21:56:35Z")

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It is an app that selects a logo by a majority vote. You can swipe left and right to select likes or favorites, but there are two problems.

1. If you swipe right, you cannot go backwards.
2. If the private is public, please do not sign in if you bookmark it. (It is cumbersome)

[https://thoughtful-dust-4091.glideapp.io/](https://thoughtful-dust-4091.glideapp.io/)

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/if-you-swipe-right-you-cannot-go-backwards/31342/2 "2021-09-03T22:22:04Z")

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Swipe looks for the card that has the oldest swipe date. It does not work to swipe forwards and backwards.

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**Author:** ![\_ffwpu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/_ffwpu/32/16380_2.png) [@\_ffwpu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/_ffwpu)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/if-you-swipe-right-you-cannot-go-backwards/31342/3 "2021-09-03T22:35:55Z")

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I’m sorry, but I don’t understand. Can’t you show it as an image or video sample?

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/if-you-swipe-right-you-cannot-go-backwards/31342/4 "2021-09-03T22:50:14Z")

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Read through this and see if it makes sense. Swipe does not work how many people think it would work.

> **[Swipe Layout](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/design-and-structure/layouts/swipe-layout)**

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/if-you-swipe-right-you-cannot-go-backwards/31342/5 "2021-09-03T23:12:54Z")

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As Jeff said, there seems to be a misunderstanding regarding how swiping works right from the moment it is released.

It is not intended to be a layout where you goes through a list linearly (back and forward). It is intended to show one card at a time on the screen and apply two actions tied to the left swipe and right swipe actions.

> [@Swipe layout is now in Production!](https://community.glideapps.com/t/swipe-layout-is-now-in-production/21474/85):
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> That is a totally different interface from a card stack. I am not arguing that interfaces that horizontally swipe back and forth between a series of items do not exist, or are unfamiliar to children, or should not exist in Glide. I am explaining that the Swipe interface is a different metaphor, and does not work that way.