jQuery Plugin For iOS-like Swipe To Delete - swipeTo

swipeTo is a small jQuery plugin to emulate iOS swipe to delete functionality which displays a group of action buttons as the visitor swipe on a list view. Works only on touch devices which support swipe events.

How to use it:

1. Include Font Awesome 4 for the action button icons.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

2. Create a list of items with action buttons.

<div class="list">

  <div class="item"> 
    <a href="#" class="item-swipe">Item 1</a>
    <div class="item-back">
      <button class="action first btn-delete" type="button">
        <i class="fa fa-trash-o"></i>
      </button>
      <button class="action second btn-check" type="button">
        <i class="fa fa-check"></i>
      </button>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="item"> 
    <a href="#" class="item-swipe">Item 2</a>
    <div class="item-back">
      <button class="action first btn-delete" type="button">
        <i class="fa fa-trash-o"></i>
      </button>
      <button class="action second btn-check" type="button">
        <i class="fa fa-check"></i>
      </button>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="item"> 
    <a href="#" class="item-swipe">Item 3</a>
    <div class="item-back">
      <button class="action first btn-delete" type="button">
        <i class="fa fa-trash-o"></i>
      </button>
      <button class="action second btn-check" type="button">
        <i class="fa fa-check"></i>
      </button>
    </div>
  </div>

  ...

</div>

3. The sample CSS styles for the list view.

.list {
  width: 100%;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.list .item {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E1E1;
  position: relative;
  height: 40px;
}

.list .item .item-swipe {
  background: #ffffff;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  padding: 10px;
  z-index: 1;
}

.list .item a.item-swipe {
  display: block;
  height: 100%;
  position: relative;
  text-decoration: inherit;
  color: #333;
}

.list .item a.item-swipe:active { color: inherit; }

.list .item .item-swipe.open { background: #333; }

.list .item .item-swipe.open:before {
  content: "\f00d";
  font-family: FontAwesome;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: normal;
  text-decoration: inherit;
  color: #fff;
  position: absolute;
  right: 10px;
}

.list .item .item-back {
  background: #E1E1E1;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  padding: 10px;
  text-align: right;
}

.list .item .item-back .action {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  right: 0;
  width: 50px;
  border: inherit;
  outline: inherit;
  color: #fff;
  padding: 0;
  font-size: 22px;
}

.list .item .item-back .action.first { right: 0; }

.list .item .item-back .action.second { right: 50px; }

.list .item .item-swipe.swiped {
  -webkit-transition: all .1s linear;
  -ms-transition: all .1s linear;
  -moz-transition: all .1s linear;
  -o-transition: all .1s linear;
  transition: all .1s linear;
}

.btn-delete { background: firebrick; }

.btn-check { background: green; }

4. Include jQuery library and the jQuery swipeTo plugin at the bottom of the web page.

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="swipeTo.js"></script>

5. Enable the swipe to delete functionality on the list view.

$(function() {
  $('.item-swipe').swipeTo({

    //default options
    minSwipe: 100,
    angle: 10,
    binder: true,
    wrapScroll: 'body',

    //callback functions
    swipeStart: function() {
      console.log('start');
    },
    swipeMove: function() {
      console.log('move');
    },
    swipeEnd: function() {
      console.log('end');
    },
  }); 
  deleteItem();
})

// function to delete items
var deleteItem = function() {
  var deleteItemFnc = $('body').on('click tap', '.btn-delete', function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var that = $(this);
    that.parent().parent().fadeOut('500');
  })
}

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This awesome jQuery plugin is developed by Ipno84. For more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.