Why can't you swipe notifications in the top right off the screen anymore?

[johnnnw]

For whatever it's worth, you should double-check that "Swipe between pages" is enabled, under Trackpad preferences | More Gestures, in System Preferences.

I've been using Safari more in Yosemite, but I found the Swipe feature annoying, so I disabled it.
But this "Swipe between pages" option also disables the ability to dismiss notifications by swiping.

Just thought I'd suggest it, in case you ran into the same problem.
-CPD

YOU ARE A GENIUS.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Problem solved by this guy. Why the heck does that setting break the ability to swipe notifications? Doesn't seem related.

Either way, I'm so glad you mentioned this because I would have never thought to do that because it seemed unrelated.

 

[phobox]

Just thought I'd add that this functionality seems broken in DP7, regardless of settings in System Pref, I cannot swipe away notifications with my magic mouse. Worked fine in DP6 and PB1&2. Anyone else seeing this?

 

[GreyOS]

Just thought I'd add that this functionality seems broken in DP7, regardless of settings in System Pref, I cannot swipe away notifications with my magic mouse. Worked fine in DP6 and PB1&2. Anyone else seeing this?

Yep, I'm seeing this bug on DP7 (MBA 2011 trackpad). Setting is enabled in System Prefs.

 

[GreyOS]

seems to be fixed in dp 8 for me.

 

[donthompson]

For whatever it's worth, you should double-check that "Swipe between pages" is enabled, under Trackpad preferences | More Gestures, in System Preferences.

I've been using Safari more in Yosemite, but I found the Swipe feature annoying, so I disabled it.
But this "Swipe between pages" option also disables the ability to dismiss notifications by swiping.

Just thought I'd suggest it, in case you ran into the same problem.
-CPD

This one had it right. Thanks for the post! Random setting that shouldn't be attached to the notifications windows, but that solved it.

Thanks!