jQswipe

Add swipe (or rightSwipe) and leftSwipe events to jQuery. E.g, in the following example, swiping a task will reveal the link to remove it:

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="jqswipe.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<ul id="tasks">
        <li>Task 1 <a href="#tasks">remove</a></li>
        <li>Task 2 <a href="#tasks">remove</a></li>
        <li>Task 3 <a href="#tasks">remove</a></li>
</ul>

<script type="text/javascript">
        // On click of 'complete' links, their list item are hidden,
        // but hide them for now.
        $('#tasks li > a').click(function(){
                $(this).parent().hide();
        }).hide();

        // On swipe, show the link.
        $('#tasks li').bind('swipe', function(){
                $(this).children('a').show();
        });
</script>

By default, jQswipe only add a swipe (or leftSwipe) and a rightSwipe event, but You can add your own swipe event by defining a validate function to validate the progress of the swipe (on a touchmove event) and the final swipe (on the touchend event). E.g., how jQswipe add the leftSwipe:

jQswipe.register('leftSwipe', {
        validate: function() {
                var diffWithStart = this.diff(0, -1),
                        diffWithPrevious = this.diff(-2, -1),
                        STATE = $.jQswipe.STATE;

                // If the swipe has been cancelled in the past,
                // it cannot be valide any more.
                if (this.state === STATE.CANCELLED) {
                        return false;
                }

                // validate progression
                if (diffWithStart.y > this.maxWidth ||  // Should not be too hight
                        diffWithStart.y < -this.maxWidth || // or too low
                        diffWithPrevious.x > 0              // should not move back to the left
                ) {
                        this.cancel();
                        return false;
                }

                // Validate the comple swipe
                if (this.state === STATE.ENDED && diffWithStart.x > -(this.minLength)) {
                        return false;
                }

                return true;
        }
});

$.jQswipe.register, register an event type, e.g. rightSwipe, with some settings to extend the Swipe object properties which record a swipe on an element.