# Add Gesture Shortcuts to Plex Mobile Player

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-gesture-shortcuts-to-plex-mobile-player/495173
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Tags:** android-mobile-legacy, ios-legacy
**Created:** [November 23, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-gesture-shortcuts-to-plex-mobile-player/495173 "2019-11-23T02:18:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Jacob2me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@Jacob2me](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Jacob2me)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-gesture-shortcuts-to-plex-mobile-player/495173/1 "2019-11-23T02:18:24Z")

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Simple gesture shortcuts while playing a video could be very handy. Infuse and VLC both have these and are very convenient to use. What those both offer is two finger tap to pause, swipe right or left to fast forward/rewind, slide up and down on the right side to adjust volume, and slide up and down on the left side to adjust brightness. All of these are extremely convenient because they make everything easier to get too.

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### Author: ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-gesture-shortcuts-to-plex-mobile-player/495173/2 "2021-06-03T18:23:13Z")

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Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate

> [@Mobile Clients - Gesture support during video playback // MOD: e.g. play/pause, volume, brightness, skip](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-gesture-support-during-video-playback/72359):
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> Please consider adding gesture support when playing a movie on the device or using the iphone/ipad as a remote. &nbsp; I often find myself struggling to hit the play/pause buttons when in a hurry. &nbsp; I've seen gestures successfully implemented in a number of other ios app. This is what I was thinking for Plex: &nbsp; Gestures would work anywhere on the screen, either on top the playing video, or over the cover art when using device as a remote. Old controls would still work as is. Keep it simple, wi…

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### Author: ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-gesture-shortcuts-to-plex-mobile-player/495173/3 "2021-06-10T00:22:20Z")

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