Example detecting swipes in 1 axis

You can apply this to any page element, a text box for instance. In this example we use the canvas, but you don’t have to.

In your .xaml file

        <Canvas x:Name="OurCanvas" Width="800" Height="1513"
                ManipulationMode="TranslateX, TranslateInertia, System"
                ManipulationDelta="SwipeToScroll_ManipulationDelta"
                ManipulationCompleted="SwipeToScroll_ManipulationCompleted"
                >

In your .cs code

		private void SwipeToScroll_ManipulationDelta(object sender, ManipulationDeltaRoutedEventArgs e)
		{
			if (e.IsInertial)
			{
				var SwipedDistance = e.Cumulative.Translation.X;

				//Check for min swipe distance
				if (Math.Abs(SwipedDistance ) <= 10)
					return;

				if (SwipedDistance  > 0)
				{
					//Scroll to top
					PageScrollViewer.ChangeView(0, 0, 1);       //horizontalOffset, verticalOffset, zoomFactor
				}
				else
				{
					//Scroll to bottom
					PageScrollViewer.ChangeView(0, PageScrollViewer.ScrollableHeight, 1);
				}
			}
		}

		private void SwipeToScroll_ManipulationCompleted(object sender, ManipulationCompletedRoutedEventArgs e)
		{
			//Remove this event if you don't want it...
		}