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title: "Using complex gestures in a SwiftUI ScrollView"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/using-complex-gestures-in-a-swiftui-scrollview-dc9zpo5nz
source_url: https://danielsaidi.com/blog/2022/11/16/using-complex-gestures-in-a-scroll-view
type: article
source: "Daniel Saidi"
published: 2026-07-05T07:14:01.792Z
updated: 2026-07-05T07:19:11.096Z
tags: ["ios", "swift", "swiftui"]
reading_time: 12
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# Using complex gestures in a SwiftUI ScrollView

**[Daniel Saidi](https://daily.dev/sources/danielsaidi)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

SwiftUI gestures like long press and drag conflict with ScrollView scrolling. The post explores why this happens and proposes a workaround using ButtonStyle, which can detect press/release states without blocking scroll gestures. A custom ScrollViewGestureButton is built step-by-step, supporting press, release, double tap, long press, and drag gestures. An update notes that iOS 18 simplifies this by allowing simultaneous gestures natively, and an open-source GestureButton library is available with the updated approach.

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