diff --git a/src/Carousel/Carousel.svelte b/src/Carousel/Carousel.svelte
index 72954fc..69beef8 100644
--- a/src/Carousel/Carousel.svelte
+++ b/src/Carousel/Carousel.svelte
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@
   import Dots from '../Dots/Dots.svelte'
   import Arrow from '../Arrow/Arrow.svelte'
   import { NEXT, PREV } from '../direction'
+  import { swipeable } from '../swipeable'
+  import {
+    addResizeEventListener,
+    removeResizeEventListener
+  } from '../utils/event'
+
+  const directionFnDescription = {
+    [NEXT]: showNextPage,
+    [PREV]: showPrevPage
+  }
 
   /**
    * Enable Next/Prev arrows
@@ -37,6 +47,7 @@
    * Transition speed (ms)
    */
   export let speed = 500
+  let _speed = speed
 
   /**
    * Enables auto play of slides
@@ -61,8 +72,8 @@
   let currentPageIndex = 0 
   let pagesCount = 0
   let pageWidth = 0
-  let offset
-  let pageWindow
+  let offset = 0
+  let pageWindowElement
   let pagesElement
 
   const unsubscribe = store.subscribe(value => {
@@ -71,7 +82,7 @@
 
   function applySlideSizes() {
     const children = pagesElement ? pagesElement.children : []
-    pageWidth = pageWindow.clientWidth
+    pageWidth = pageWindowElement.clientWidth
 
     const slidesCount = children.length
     pagesCount = getPagesCount({ slidesCount, slidesToShow })
@@ -87,14 +98,10 @@
   }
 
   function applyAutoplay() {
-    const autoplayDirectionFnDescription = {
-      [NEXT]: showNextPage,
-      [PREV]: showPrevPage
-    }
     let interval
     if (autoplay) {
       interval = setInterval(() => {
-        autoplayDirectionFnDescription[autoplayDirection]()
+        directionFnDescription[autoplayDirection]()
       }, autoplaySpeed)
     }
     return {
@@ -105,14 +112,15 @@
   }
   
   onMount(() => {
-    store.init(initialPageIndex)
     applySlideSizes()
+    store.init(initialPageIndex)
+    applyOffset()
 
     const { teardownAutoplay } = applyAutoplay()
 
-    window.addEventListener('resize', applySlideSizes)
+    addResizeEventListener(applySlideSizes)
     return () => {
-      window.removeEventListener('resize', applySlideSizes)
+      removeResizeEventListener(applySlideSizes)
       teardownAutoplay()
     }
   })
@@ -141,6 +149,21 @@
     store.next({ infinite, pagesCount })
     applyOffset()
   }
+
+  function handleSwipeStart() {
+    _speed = 0
+  }
+  function handleThreshold(event) {
+    _speed = speed
+    directionFnDescription[event.detail.direction]()
+  }
+  function handleSwipeMove(event) {
+    offset += event.detail.dx
+  }
+  function handleSwipeEnd() {
+    _speed = speed
+    showPage(currentPageIndex)
+  }
 </script>
 
 <div class="main-container">
@@ -154,17 +177,22 @@
     {/if}
     <div
       class="content-container"
-      bind:this={pageWindow}
+      bind:this={pageWindowElement}
     >
       <div
+        use:swipeable="{{ thresholdProvider: () => pageWidth/3 }}"
+        on:start={handleSwipeStart}
+        on:move={handleSwipeMove}
+        on:end={handleSwipeEnd}
+        on:threshold={handleThreshold}
         style="
           transform: translateX({offset}px);
-          transition-duration: {speed}ms;
+          transition-duration: {_speed}ms;
         "
         bind:this={pagesElement}
       >
         <slot></slot>
-      </div>
+      </div>    
     </div>
     {#if arrows}
       <slot name="next" {showNextPage}>
diff --git a/src/Carousel/CarouselView.svelte b/src/Carousel/CarouselView.svelte
index fc57a52..bb29ba3 100644
--- a/src/Carousel/CarouselView.svelte
+++ b/src/Carousel/CarouselView.svelte
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
     justify-content: center;
+    user-select: none;
   }
   .color-container > p {
     font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
diff --git a/src/swipeable.js b/src/swipeable.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e32b74e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/swipeable.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { NEXT, PREV } from './direction'
+import {
+  addStartEventListener,
+  removeStartEventListener,
+  addMoveEventListener,
+  removeMoveEventListener,
+  addEndEventListener,
+  removeEndEventListener,
+  createDispatcher
+} from './utils/event'
+
+function getCoords(event) {
+  if (event instanceof TouchEvent) {
+    const touch = event.touches[0]
+    return {
+      x: touch ? touch.clientX : 0,
+      y: touch ? touch.clientY : 0
+    }
+  }
+  return {
+    x: event.clientX,
+    y: event.clientY
+  }
+}
+
+// TODO: rename to slidable
+export function swipeable(node, { thresholdProvider }) {
+  const dispatch = createDispatcher(node)
+  let x
+  let y
+  let moved = 0
+
+  function handleMousedown(event) {
+    moved = 0
+    const coords = getCoords(event)
+    x = coords.x
+    y = coords.y
+    dispatch('start', { x, y })
+    addMoveEventListener(window, handleMousemove)
+    addEndEventListener(window, handleMouseup)
+  }
+
+  function handleMousemove(event) {
+    const coords = getCoords(event)
+    const dx = coords.x - x
+    const dy = coords.y - y
+    x = coords.x
+    y = coords.y
+    dispatch('move', { x, y, dx, dy })
+
+    if (dx !== 0 && Math.sign(dx) !== Math.sign(moved)) {
+      moved = 0
+    }
+    moved += dx
+    if (Math.abs(moved) > thresholdProvider()) {
+      dispatch('threshold', { direction: moved > 0 ? PREV : NEXT })
+      removeEndEventListener(window, handleMouseup)
+      removeMoveEventListener(window, handleMousemove)
+    } 
+  }
+
+  function handleMouseup(event) {
+    const coords = getCoords(event)
+    x = coords.x
+    y = coords.y
+    dispatch('end', { x, y })
+    removeEndEventListener(window, handleMouseup)
+    removeMoveEventListener(window, handleMousemove)
+  }
+
+  addStartEventListener(node, handleMousedown)
+  return {
+    destroy() {
+      removeStartEventListener(node, handleMousedown)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/event.js b/src/utils/event.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b488c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/event.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// start event
+export function addStartEventListener(source, cb) {
+  source.addEventListener('mousedown', cb)
+  source.addEventListener('touchstart', cb)
+}
+export function removeStartEventListener(source, cb) {
+  source.removeEventListener('mousedown', cb)
+  source.removeEventListener('touchstart', cb)
+}
+
+// end event
+export function addEndEventListener(source, cb) {
+  source.addEventListener('mouseup', cb)
+  source.addEventListener('touchend', cb)
+}
+export function removeEndEventListener(source, cb) {
+  source.removeEventListener('mouseup', cb)
+  source.removeEventListener('touchend', cb)
+}
+
+// move event
+export function addMoveEventListener(source, cb) {
+  source.addEventListener('mousemove', cb)
+  source.addEventListener('touchmove', cb)
+}
+export function removeMoveEventListener(source, cb) {
+  source.removeEventListener('mousemove', cb)
+  source.removeEventListener('touchmove', cb)
+}
+
+// resize event
+export function addResizeEventListener(cb) {
+  window.addEventListener('resize', cb)
+}
+export function removeResizeEventListener(cb) {
+  window.removeEventListener('resize', cb)
+}
+
+export function createDispatcher(source) {
+  function dispatch(event, data) {
+    source.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(event, {
+      detail: data
+    }))
+  }
+  return dispatch
+}
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