Swipe (Edge Swipe) in QML

To pull in a side menu on touch devices, I'd like to react to a (preferably single finger) slide gesture starting from outside of the screen. Google's material style seems to call this an "Edge swipe"

I have looked into SwipeView QML Type, but this seems to be targeted for entirely different needs. Customizing the SwipeDelegate appears to be used with "normal" in-screen swipes.

Any starting point or documentation hint would be very welcome!

UPDATE: I've found this meanwhile, seems to be a good way to do it. I have added an "edgeSwipe(string fromDirection)" signal and updated onReleased this way:

Code:

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onReleased: {
        switch (drag.axis) {
        case Drag.XAndYAxis:
            canceled(mouse)
            break
        case Drag.XAxis:
            if (detectEdgeSwipe && origin.x <= 5) {
                edgeSwipe("fromLeft")
            } else if (detectEdgeSwipe && origin.x >= parent.parent.width-5){
                edgeSwipe("fromRight")
            } else {
                swipe(mouse.x - origin.x < 0 ? "left" : "right")
            }
            break
        case Drag.YAxis:
            if (detectEdgeSwipe && origin.y <= 5) {
                edgeSwipe("fromTop")
            } else if (detectEdgeSwipe && origin.y >= parent.parent.height-5) {
                edgeSwipe("fromBottom")
            } else {
                swipe(mouse.y - origin.y < 0 ? "up" : "down")
            }
            break
        }
    }

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The problem is, that swipes that originate from outside the screen are not being registered at all. Any ideas?

I have done something like that in the past before swipeview was available, something like this should work:

Code:

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import QtQuick 2.4
 
Rectangle {
    id: root
    width: 400
    height: 380
    color: "yellow"
 
    Rectangle {
        id: panel
        width: parent.width * 0.8
        height: parent.height * 0.8
        radius: 20
        color: "orange"
        MouseArea {
            id: mouseArea
            anchors.fill: parent
            drag.target: panel
            drag.minimumY: 0
            drag.maximumY: 0
            drag.minimumX: -panel.width
            drag.maximumX: 0
            onReleased: {
                //if the panel is swiped more than 30% it will hide
                //else it will go back to the original position
                //this makes a pretty nice effect :)
                if (panel.x < -panel.width * 0.3) {
                    //we need to make sure that a state change happens to
                    //fire the transition animation
                    root.state = "show"
                    root.state = "hide"
                }
                else {
                    root.state = "hide"
                    root.state = "show"
                }
            }
        }
        onXChanged: {
            console.log(x)
        }
    }
 
    Rectangle {
        id: button
        width: 45
        height: width
        radius: 5
        color: "lightblue"
        anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
        anchors.left: parent.left
        MouseArea {
            anchors.fill: parent
            onClicked: {
                root.state = root.state === "show" ? "hide" : "show"
            }
        }
    }
 
    state: "show"
    states: [
        State {
            name: "hide"
            PropertyChanges { target: panel; x: -panel.width }
        },
        State {
            name: "show"
            PropertyChanges { target: panel; x: 0 }
        }
    ]
 
    transitions: Transition {
        NumberAnimation {
            target: panel
            property: "x"
            duration: 1000
            easing.type: Easing.OutCubic
        }
    }
}

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So, something like Drawer ?