[iOS] Reduce sensitivity of swipe to open sidebar gesture

Use case or problem

The sidebars in the iOS app trigger way too easily. In two scenarios in particular:

  1. During text selection, especially if you do the tap on word & swipe to expand selection gesture instead of a slower drag the selection pins method.
  2. When scrolling through notes, particularly with slightly diagonal movements.

Despite the documentation stating these gestures work “from the edge of the screen,” the sidebars can currently be triggered by swiping anywhere on the note surface, meaning you can open the right sidebar by swiping left at the very left edge, and vice versa.

Proposed Solution

  1. Outright reduce the sensitivity, or
  2. Add a sensitivity adjustment setting, or
  3. Provide option to disable swipe gestures–for one sidebar or both. (The right sidebar can currently be opened without swiping if you long press on the triple dot icon in the top right.)

This would improve the accuracy of both text selection and scrolling interactions on iOS.

Current workaround (optional)

Be very cautious when selecting text to prevent false triggers.

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