About the Swipe Block
This interactive content block allows your audience to compare two images, such as a "then and now" perspective, or two express maps. The comparison between two express maps might involve showing a placemark set against a road map and a topographical map, or the same placemark zoomed in close and then set against against a "birds eye" view. You cannot mix an image and a map.
Using the Swipe Block
Visual Article Tutorial
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(Esri Tutorial) Add a swipe block to your storyThis web tutorial by Esri's StoryMaps team is built on ArcGIS StoryMaps. It explains how to create an express map-based swipe block and how to create an image-based swipe block. The part of the StoryMap that outlines those steps is built using the Sidecar content block.
Video Tutorial
This 3-1/2 minute video by StoryMaps.com demonstrates how to add the swipe content block to a StoryMap. Although this video tutorial uses the StoryMaps.com version of the platform (being retired on June 30, 2025) , it is also applicable to the ArcGIS StoryMaps platform.
Swipe Block Examples
CSUF Examples
Patrick Flanagan & WWI: Part I - Going to War
This story was created by CSUF Digital Scholarship Librarian Colleen Robledo Greene. The "Training & Deployment" section includes a "then and now" image-based swipe widget for Columbus Barracks, Ohio.