# Swipe

Swipes are common interaction patterns used in mobile devices to perform specific actions or access additional functionalities such as **navigation, refreshing screens, opening up contextual menus, drag-and-drop** and so on.

Sofy allows you to register a swipe while automating your tests. They are easy to perform and work just like how they would on a real mobile device.

Here's how you can perform a Swipe action in Sofy

1. Acquire a device from the **Device Lab** and open up your app. For demonstration purposes, here we will use the in-built Google Maps app

2. To perform a **Swipe** action, click on a point on the mobile app & **drag** in the left, right, up or down direction

3. You will see that the Swipe action gets recorded in your test & similar to what is shown below, the area on the Map changes:

4. This Swipe action is also visible in the **Offline Test Edit** mode where the **label "Swipe"** is appended underneath the particular swiping step: