Deleting albums should not be done via gesture

[ISibboI]

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• Yes

The bug

Deleting an album is a permanent thing in immich. On Android, it is very easy to accidentally swipe an album to the left while trying to scroll down in the album list. Then there is only one button press separating me from forever losing an album. In my opinion, swipe gestures should not be used for anything permanent, and especially not for something as big as deleting an album, where hours or days of work may have gone into selecting the most fitting images out of thousands of candidates. Hide such dangerous UI operations behind many button presses.

The OS that Immich Server is running on

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Version of Immich Server

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Version of Immich Mobile App

1.142.0

Platform with the issue

• Server
• Web
• Mobile

Device make and model

OnePlus Nord 2 5G

Your docker-compose.yml content

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Your .env content

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Reproduction steps

1. Create tweny albums
2. Scroll through the album list on the Android mobile app with your right thumb

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Additional information

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[Noahpls]

I very much agree with this! I've seen apps make such gestures configurable and I would love to see the same thing here. I'm using a side-of-screen-swipe gesture for my Android back button and it regularly triggers the swipe action in apps at the same time.

And like you said I think deleting an album is not something anyone is doing that often and that casually. For me it could be a button that shows up after a long press, or simply make someone open the album first.

[Zaxxin-LLP]

Personally I'm fine with it being a swipe; however, the delete button just so happens to be right around or above your finger while swiping.

Its really easy to accidentally press the button on accident whilst casually swiping :'3

In that case, it would be useful to have an option to enable a timer of some sorts where the delete button is hidden. Its a common feature and it'll be useful for immich too, and I'd imagine easier to implement.

[YarosMallorca]

There is a modal for confirmation now, maybe there wasn't one before?
It's not as easy to delete accidentally anymore

[jjliggett]

Hi @ISibboI and @Noahpls! I agree with both of you. Since albums are generally intended for long-term organization and sharing of photos, I think this feature should be an opt-in. I think the swipe to delete feature could have some merit for users who have temporary albums, but for many users, this feature could accidentally trigger when swiping diagonally. In my opinion, opening an album first is a sufficient way to delete albums when it isn't something you do often.

I've opened a pull request to make this feature opt-in:

• feat: make swipe to delete albums opt-in #28240