diff --git a/harnesses/gtauri/frontend/dist/index.html b/harnesses/gtauri/frontend/dist/index.html
index 18f5c6f..a6e97bd 100644
--- a/harnesses/gtauri/frontend/dist/index.html
+++ b/harnesses/gtauri/frontend/dist/index.html
@@ -383,8 +383,6 @@ function vApply() {
 
 let viewerId = null, vFullTimer = null, vFullDone = false, vFullSeq = 0;
 
-let slideFrom = null; // pending slide start offset for a swiped-in image
-
 /* Live swipe preview: while a horizontal drag is in flight at fit
    scale, the picture being swiped IN renders on the page strip
    (vimg2) and follows the finger — no blank side. Its grid thumb is
@@ -428,15 +426,7 @@ function fitViewer(w, h) {
   vimg.style.height = h + "px";
   vimg.style.visibility = "visible";
   vload.textContent = "";
-  if (slideFrom != null) {
-    // Incoming swiped image: start where the page strip puts it and
-    // slide home. The tween owns the transform from here on.
-    vTx = slideFrom; vTy = 0;
-    slideFrom = null;
-    tweenTo(0, 0, 150);
-    return;
-  }
-  if (tween) return; // settle/slide owns the transform right now
+  if (tween) return; // a settle/commit animation owns the transform
   vApply();
 }
 
@@ -457,16 +447,24 @@ function tryShow(id, url, isFull) {
   im.src = url;
 }
 
-function openViewer(id, fromX) {
+/// openViewer(id, keepVisible): keepVisible = the image was promoted
+/// by a swipe commit — vimg ALREADY shows its thumbnail, so don't
+/// hide it or re-request the thumb (only full-res is wanted).
+function openViewer(id, keepVisible) {
   viewerId = id;
-  navHide(); // the incoming image takes over from the preview
-  slideFrom = (fromX == null) ? null : fromX;
+  if (!keepVisible) navHide();
   vFullDone = false;
+  vFullSeq = 0;
   vScale = 1; vTx = 0; vTy = 0;
-  vload.textContent = "loading…";
-  vimg.style.visibility = "hidden";
-  // 1) INSTANT: the grid thumb (Rust mem cache, ~1 ms).
-  tryShow(id, "http://gallery.localhost/thumb/" + id, false);
+  if (keepVisible) {
+    vimg.style.visibility = "visible";
+    vload.textContent = "";
+  } else {
+    vload.textContent = "loading…";
+    vimg.style.visibility = "hidden";
+    // 1) INSTANT: the grid thumb (Rust mem cache, ~1 ms).
+    tryShow(id, "http://gallery.localhost/thumb/" + id, false);
+  }
   // 2) Full-res: Rust reads the file OFF the main thread; first request
   //    gets the placeholder, `full-ready` triggers the swap.
   tryShow(id, "http://gallery.localhost/full/" + id, true);
@@ -545,17 +543,52 @@ function tweenTo(tx, ty, ms, onDone) {
 }
 
 /// Go to the neighbor `delta` steps down the list (+1 = swipe left).
-/// The incoming image starts on the page strip where the drag left
-/// off and slides home.
+/// Both images stay on the page strip for the whole animation:
+/// the incoming one slides home while the outgoing one slides off
+/// screen; only then do the roles swap (returns false at the edges).
 function navigate(delta) {
+  if (tween && tween.commit) return false; // commit already in flight
   const i = ids.indexOf(viewerId);
   const ni = i + delta;
-  if (i < 0 || ni < 0 || ni >= ids.length) return;
-  const from = vTx + delta * innerWidth;
-  openViewer(ids[ni], from);
+  if (i < 0 || ni < 0 || ni >= ids.length) return false;
+  commitTo(ni, delta);
+  return true;
+}
+
+/// Commit a swipe: animate vTx to the outgoing offset (the incoming
+/// preview tracks at vTx + delta*W and lands exactly on 0), then swap
+/// the elements' roles. The commit tween is locked: input is ignored
+/// until it finishes (~200 ms).
+function commitTo(ni, delta) {
+  navSet(ids[ni], delta); // the incoming (no-op if the drag showed it)
+  const out = -delta * innerWidth;
+  const x0 = vTx, t0 = performance.now(), ms = 200;
+  const step = (now) => {
+    const t = Math.min(1, (now - t0) / ms);
+    const e = t * t * (3 - 2 * t); // smoothstep: pick up, land soft
+    vTx = x0 + (out - x0) * e;
+    vTy = 0;
+    applyTransform();
+    navLayout();
+    if (t < 1) {
+      tween = { raf: requestAnimationFrame(step), commit: true };
+    } else {
+      // vimg2 (incoming) is exactly at 0: it becomes primary.
+      const id = ids[ni];
+      vimg.src = vimg2.src; // cached + decoded → paints immediately
+      vTx = 0;
+      applyTransform();
+      tween = null;
+      openViewer(id, true);
+      // Hide the outgoing preview only once the primary has the bytes.
+      vimg.onload = () => { if (viewerId === id) navHide(); };
+    }
+  };
+  tween = { raf: requestAnimationFrame(step), commit: true };
 }
 
 viewer.addEventListener("pointerdown", (e) => {
+  if (tween && tween.commit) return; // a swipe commit is in flight
   viewer.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
   if (tween) { cancelAnimationFrame(tween.raf); tween = null; }
   pts.set(e.pointerId, { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY });
@@ -640,15 +673,22 @@ const endPt = (e) => {
   if (pts.size === 0 && g && g.mode === "swipe") {
     const dx = e.clientX - g.x0;
     const w = innerWidth;
-    if (dx < -w * 0.25 || g.vx < -0.35) navigate(+1);
-    else if (dx > w * 0.25 || g.vx > 0.35) navigate(-1);
-    else tweenTo(0, 0, 120, navHide); // not far enough: snap back
+    // Commit past the threshold; at the library edges navigate
+    // refuses (nothing to commit to) and we snap back instead.
+    if (dx < -w * 0.25 || g.vx < -0.35) {
+      if (!navigate(+1)) tweenTo(0, 0, 120, navHide);
+    } else if (dx > w * 0.25 || g.vx > 0.35) {
+      if (!navigate(-1)) tweenTo(0, 0, 120, navHide);
+    } else {
+      tweenTo(0, 0, 120, navHide); // not far enough: snap back
+    }
   }
   gesture = null;
 };
 viewer.addEventListener("pointerup", endPt);
 viewer.addEventListener("pointercancel", endPt);
 viewer.addEventListener("dblclick", () => {
+  if (tween && tween.commit) return;
   vScale = fitScale();
   vTx = 0; vTy = 0; vApply();
 });