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Swipe down to Open Search

Feature Request

The ability to pull down on your favorite apps to open Search, instead of opening the Notification Drawer. This feature could be a set of two drop down action buttons in the settings: A drop down option for the function of a Swipe Down, and A drop down option for the function of a Swipe Up.

Personally, this would massively improve productivity, as pulling down from the top, my thumbs are already placed at the keyboard level ready to type and enter an app. In the current implementation, I find myself having to pull up twice to induce the search, which leaves my thumb raised from my device and away from the keyboard. I'm well aware that this is a very min-max way of thinking about this feature, but I believe it would genuinely improve my productivity in a meaningful way.

Thank you Niagara Devs!

Category
Productivity
Posted by lukeworralldesign ·
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  • Aadhithan P

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    Apr 28

    would be nice feature if they add it as i have lots of favourite apps

  • Sandeep Patil

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    Jan 12

    No, please, this will be very inconvenient for others.

    We need notification panel when swipe down from anywhere on the screen, if it is based individual app notification area then swipe down results will be inconsistent and will hamper productivity.

    We can already swipe right and left for accessing individual app notifications so that is a great feature.

    Also, swipe up for search works smoothly like iOS spotlight so please don’t make them change that, swipe up for search is default for Samsung devices and now i Niagara it works even faster somehow, so they have already improved existing feature.

    Please don’t mind if my language seems rude somehow. Thanks.

  • Haris Muhammed

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    Sep 30, 2025

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    Merged request

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    5 votes

    Swipe down

    I would like to request more options for customizing the homescreen gestures. Specifically, I'd like the ability to:

    • Set the "swipe down" gesture to open the search function.

    • Disable the default action where "swipe down" opens the status bar/notification center.