diff --git a/static/app.js b/static/app.js
index 7fc8688..74f826b 100644
--- a/static/app.js
+++ b/static/app.js
@@ -667,6 +667,76 @@ document.addEventListener("submit", async (e) => {
 
 document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", () => { if (!document.hidden) refresh(); });
 
+// --- swipe the menu open and shut (phones) --------------------------------
+// A mostly-sideways swipe drags the drawer with the finger; letting go snaps
+// it open or shut by distance or speed. Vertical scrolling is left alone.
+// Move and end listeners go on the touched element itself: touch events keep
+// going to it even if a re-render detaches it mid-swipe, and then they no
+// longer bubble up to the document.
+
+(function swipeMenu() {
+  const phone = matchMedia("(max-width: 900px)");
+  let drag = null;
+
+  const reset = () => {
+    $("#side").style.transform = $("#side").style.transition = "";
+    $("#scrim").style.opacity = "";
+    $("#app").classList.remove("dragging");
+  };
+
+  document.addEventListener("touchstart", (e) => {
+    if (drag) release();
+    if (!phone.matches || e.touches.length !== 1 || !$("#modal").hidden || e.target.closest("input, textarea, select")) return;
+    const t = e.touches[0];
+    drag = { x: t.clientX, y: t.clientY, at: e.timeStamp, open: $("#app").classList.contains("open"), axis: null, dx: 0, target: e.target };
+    drag.target.addEventListener("touchmove", move, { passive: false });
+    drag.target.addEventListener("touchend", finish);
+    drag.target.addEventListener("touchcancel", finish);
+  }, { passive: true });
+
+  function release() {
+    drag.target.removeEventListener("touchmove", move);
+    drag.target.removeEventListener("touchend", finish);
+    drag.target.removeEventListener("touchcancel", finish);
+    if (drag.axis === "x") reset();
+    drag = null;
+  }
+
+  function move(e) {
+    if (!drag) return;
+    const t = e.touches[0];
+    const dx = t.clientX - drag.x, dy = t.clientY - drag.y;
+    if (!drag.axis) {
+      if (Math.hypot(dx, dy) < 10) return;
+      const sideways = Math.abs(dx) > Math.abs(dy) * 1.3 && (drag.open ? dx < 0 : dx > 0);
+      drag.axis = sideways ? "x" : "y";
+      if (!sideways) return;
+      drag.width = $("#side").offsetWidth;
+      $("#side").style.transition = "none";
+      $("#app").classList.add("dragging");
+    }
+    if (drag.axis !== "x") return;
+    e.preventDefault();
+    drag.dx = dx;
+    // 0 is fully open, -width fully shut.
+    const offset = Math.max(-drag.width, Math.min(0, drag.open ? dx : dx - drag.width));
+    $("#side").style.transform = `translateX(${offset}px)`;
+    $("#scrim").style.opacity = String(1 + offset / drag.width);
+  }
+
+  function finish(e) {
+    if (!drag) return;
+    const swiped = drag.axis === "x";
+    const speed = drag.dx / Math.max(1, e.timeStamp - drag.at);  // px per ms
+    const open = drag.open
+      ? !(drag.dx < -drag.width * 0.35 || speed < -0.4)
+      : drag.dx > drag.width * 0.35 || speed > 0.4;
+    // Hand back to the stylesheet; its transition carries on from here.
+    release();
+    if (swiped) setMenu(open);
+  }
+})();
+
 (async function boot() {
   try {
     C = await api("/api/content");
diff --git a/static/styles.css b/static/styles.css
index 48b6ba6..37468a8 100644
--- a/static/styles.css
+++ b/static/styles.css
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 }
 
 * { box-sizing: border-box; }
-html, body { margin: 0; height: 100%; }
+html, body { margin: 0; height: 100%; overscroll-behavior-x: none; }
 body {
   background: var(--bg);
   color: var(--text);
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ table.parts td:last-child { text-align: right; font-variant-numeric: tabular-num
     padding-bottom: calc(24px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom));
   }
   #app.open #side { transform: none; box-shadow: 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, .5); }
-  #app.open #scrim { display: block; position: fixed; inset: 0; z-index: 15; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .5); }
+  #app.open #scrim, #app.dragging #scrim { display: block; position: fixed; inset: 0; z-index: 15; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .5); }
   html.menu-open, html.menu-open body { overflow: hidden; }
   .menu-btn { display: block; }
   #top { padding: 8px max(16px, env(safe-area-inset-right)) 8px max(16px, env(safe-area-inset-left)); flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px; }