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guizin0012
Jul 22, 2026

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Answered by jeallz Jul 22, 2026

It sounds like the swipe gesture is still enabled in Swipebox, so when you pinch to zoom or move your finger across the image, the plugin interprets it as a swipe and switches to the next or previous image.

This behavior is usually controlled by the JavaScript, not the CSS. The swipebox.css file only affects the appearance, while the swipe functionality is implemented in jquery.swipebox.min.js.

Before modifying the minified file, I would recommend checking whether your version of Swipebox provides an option to disable touch navigation or swipe gestures during initialization. If such an option exists, that's the preferred solution.

If your version doesn't support it, you may need to either:

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