---
title: "systemGestures"
description: "The [systemGestures] insets represent the area of a window where system gestures have priority
and may consume some or all touch input, e.g. due to the system bar occupying it, or it being
reserved for touch-only gestures."
type: "property"
---

<div class='type'>Property</div>


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<div class='sourceset sourceset-common'>Common</div>


```kotlin
expect val WindowInsets.Companion.systemGestures: WindowInsets
```


The `systemGestures` insets represent the area of a window where system gestures have priority
and may consume some or all touch input, e.g. due to the system bar occupying it, or it being
reserved for touch-only gestures.



<div class='sourceset sourceset-android'>Android</div>


```kotlin
actual val WindowInsets.Companion.systemGestures: WindowInsets
```


For the `WindowInsetsCompat.Type.systemGestures`.