Maui Gestures

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Pointer gesture
• Gesture recognizer
• TapGestureRecognizer
• SwipeGestureRecognizer

Example prompts

• “tap gesture”
• “swipe gesture”
• “pan gesture”
• “/maui-gestures”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1One SwipeGestureRecognizer per direction
2. 2PointerGestureRecognizer for hover, not TapGestureRecognizer
3. 3AllowDrop="True" on drop targets — it defaults to false
4. 4Normalize pan deltas on Android (relative to previous event, not start)
5. 5Prefer commands over events for MVVM
6. 6Use TapGestureRecognizer instead of deprecated ClickGestureRecognizer (.NET 10)
7. 7Don't rely on PointerMoved for touch-based UI — hover doesn't track

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 79bb4bf. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are xml).

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Maui Gestures loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 155 tokens; SKILL.md has 323 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~155

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.2k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~3.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from davidortinau/maui-skills at commit 79bb4bf, republished under its MIT licence (© davidortinau). 323 words, ~1,191 tokens.

name

maui-gestures

description

Guidance for implementing tap, swipe, pan, pinch, drag-and-drop, and pointer gesture recognizers in .NET MAUI applications. Covers XAML and C# usage, combining gestures, and platform differences. USE FOR: "tap gesture", "swipe gesture", "pan gesture", "pinch gesture", "drag and drop", "pointer gesture", "gesture recognizer", "TapGestureRecognizer", "SwipeGestureRecognizer", "PanGestureRecognizer", "combine gestures". DO NOT USE FOR: animations triggered by gestures (use maui-animations), CollectionView swipe actions (use maui-collectionview), or custom drawing interaction (use maui-graphics-drawing).

<!-- ❌ Only fires for Left — Right is ignored -->
<SwipeGestureRecognizer Direction="Left,Right" Swiped="OnSwiped" />

<!-- ✅ Separate recognizer per direction -->
<SwipeGestureRecognizer Direction="Left" Swiped="OnSwiped" />
<SwipeGestureRecognizer Direction="Right" Swiped="OnSwiped" />

<!-- ❌ Drop never fires — AllowDrop defaults to false -->
<StackLayout>
  <StackLayout.GestureRecognizers>
    <DropGestureRecognizer Drop="OnDrop" />
  </StackLayout.GestureRecognizers>
</StackLayout>

<!-- ✅ Explicitly enable drops -->
<StackLayout>
  <StackLayout.GestureRecognizers>
    <DropGestureRecognizer AllowDrop="True" Drop="OnDrop" />
  </StackLayout.GestureRecognizers>
</StackLayout>

<!-- ❌ No hover tracking — user must tap to trigger -->
<Border>
  <Border.GestureRecognizers>
    <TapGestureRecognizer Command="{Binding HoverCommand}" />
  </Border.GestureRecognizers>
</Border>

<!-- ✅ Proper hover detection + visual state -->
<Border>
  <Border.GestureRecognizers>
    <PointerGestureRecognizer PointerEnteredCommand="{Binding HoverInCommand}"
                              PointerExitedCommand="{Binding HoverOutCommand}" />
  </Border.GestureRecognizers>
</Border>

<!-- ✅ Bindable command — testable -->
<TapGestureRecognizer Command="{Binding TapCommand}" />

<!-- ⚠️ Event handler — requires code-behind, harder to unit-test -->
<TapGestureRecognizer Tapped="OnTapped" />

© davidortinau, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in plugins/maui-skills/skills/maui-gestures of davidortinau/maui-skills.

• SKILL.md
• references/gestures-api.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 79bb4bf