diff --git a/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/discussion-list-item.js b/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/discussion-list-item.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78d4bdc5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/discussion-list-item.js
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import Component from 'flarum/component';
+import avatar from 'flarum/helpers/avatar';
+import listItems from 'flarum/helpers/list-items';
+import highlight from 'flarum/helpers/highlight';
+import icon from 'flarum/helpers/icon';
+import humanTime from 'flarum/utils/human-time';
+import classList from 'flarum/utils/class-list';
+import ItemList from 'flarum/utils/item-list';
+import abbreviateNumber from 'flarum/utils/abbreviate-number';
+import DropdownButton from 'flarum/components/dropdown-button';
+import TerminalPost from 'flarum/components/terminal-post';
+import PostPreview from 'flarum/components/post-preview';
+import SubtreeRetainer from 'flarum/utils/subtree-retainer';
+import slidable from 'flarum/utils/slidable';
+
+export default class DiscussionListItem extends Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+
+    this.subtree = new SubtreeRetainer(
+      () => this.props.discussion.freshness,
+      () => app.session.user() && app.session.user().readTime()
+    );
+  }
+
+  view() {
+    var discussion = this.props.discussion;
+
+    var startUser = discussion.startUser();
+    var isUnread = discussion.isUnread();
+    var displayUnread = this.props.countType !== 'replies' && isUnread;
+    var jumpTo = Math.min(discussion.lastPostNumber(), (discussion.readNumber() || 0) + 1);
+    var relevantPosts = this.props.q ? discussion.relevantPosts() : '';
+    var controls = discussion.controls(this).toArray();
+    var isActive = m.route.param('id') === discussion.id();
+
+    return this.subtree.retain() || m('div.discussion-list-item', {config: this.onload.bind(this)}, [
+      controls.length ? DropdownButton.component({
+        items: controls,
+        className: 'contextual-controls',
+        buttonClass: 'btn btn-default btn-icon btn-sm btn-naked slidable-underneath slidable-underneath-right',
+        menuClass: 'pull-right'
+      }) : '',
+
+      m('a.slidable-underneath.slidable-underneath-left.elastic', {
+        className: discussion.isUnread() ? '' : 'disabled',
+        onclick: this.markAsRead.bind(this)
+      }, icon('check icon')),
+
+      m('div.slidable-slider.discussion-summary', {
+        className: classList({
+          unread: isUnread,
+          active: isActive
+        })
+      }, [
+
+        m((startUser ? 'a' : 'span')+'.author', {
+          href: startUser ? app.route.user(startUser) : undefined,
+          config: function(element, isInitialized, context) {
+            $(element).tooltip({ placement: 'right' });
+            m.route.apply(this, arguments);
+          },
+          title: 'Started by '+(startUser ? startUser.username() : '[deleted]')+' '+humanTime(discussion.startTime())
+        }, [
+          avatar(startUser, {title: ''})
+        ]),
+
+        m('ul.badges', listItems(discussion.badges().toArray())),
+
+        m('a.main', {href: app.route.discussion(discussion, jumpTo), config: m.route}, [
+          m('h3.title', highlight(discussion.title(), this.props.q)),
+          m('ul.info', listItems(this.infoItems().toArray()))
+        ]),
+
+        m('span.count', {onclick: this.markAsRead.bind(this)}, [
+          abbreviateNumber(discussion[displayUnread ? 'unreadCount' : 'repliesCount']()),
+          m('span.label', displayUnread ? 'unread' : 'replies')
+        ]),
+
+        (relevantPosts && relevantPosts.length)
+          ? m('div.relevant-posts', relevantPosts.map(post => PostPreview.component({post, highlight: this.props.q})))
+          : ''
+      ])
+    ]);
+  }
+
+  markAsRead() {
+    var discussion = this.props.discussion;
+
+    if (discussion.isUnread()) {
+      discussion.save({ readNumber: discussion.lastPostNumber() });
+      m.redraw();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+    Build an item list of info for a discussion listing. By default this is
+    just the first/last post indicator.
+
+    @return {ItemList}
+   */
+  infoItems() {
+    var items = new ItemList();
+
+    items.add('terminalPost',
+      TerminalPost.component({
+        discussion: this.props.discussion,
+        lastPost: this.props.terminalPostType !== 'start'
+      })
+    );
+
+    return items;
+  }
+
+  onload(element, isInitialized, context) {
+    if (isInitialized) return;
+
+    if (window.ontouchstart !== 'undefined') {
+      this.$().addClass('slidable');
+
+      var slidableInstance = slidable(element);
+
+      this.$('.contextual-controls').on('hidden.bs.dropdown', function() {
+        slidableInstance.reset();
+      });
+    }
+  }
+};
diff --git a/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/discussion-list.js b/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/discussion-list.js
index d6ba446f3..aef43d3ad 100644
--- a/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/discussion-list.js
+++ b/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/discussion-list.js
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
 import Component from 'flarum/component';
-import avatar from 'flarum/helpers/avatar';
-import listItems from 'flarum/helpers/list-items';
-import highlight from 'flarum/helpers/highlight';
-import humanTime from 'flarum/utils/human-time';
-import ItemList from 'flarum/utils/item-list';
-import abbreviateNumber from 'flarum/utils/abbreviate-number';
+import DiscussionListItem from 'flarum/components/discussion-list-item';
 import ActionButton from 'flarum/components/action-button';
-import DropdownButton from 'flarum/components/dropdown-button';
 import LoadingIndicator from 'flarum/components/loading-indicator';
-import TerminalPost from 'flarum/components/terminal-post';
-import PostPreview from 'flarum/components/post-preview';
-import SubtreeRetainer from 'flarum/utils/subtree-retainer';
 
 export default class DiscussionList extends Component {
   constructor(props) {
@@ -19,7 +10,6 @@ export default class DiscussionList extends Component {
     this.loading = m.prop(true);
     this.moreResults = m.prop(false);
     this.discussions = m.prop([]);
-    this.subtrees = [];
 
     this.refresh();
 
@@ -38,10 +28,6 @@ export default class DiscussionList extends Component {
     return params;
   }
 
-  willBeRedrawn() {
-    this.subtrees.map(subtree => subtree.invalidate());
-  }
-
   sortMap() {
     var map = {};
     if (this.props.params.q) {
@@ -96,32 +82,16 @@ export default class DiscussionList extends Component {
     this.loadResults(this.discussions().length).then((results) => this.parseResults(results));
   }
 
-  initSubtree(discussion) {
-    this.subtrees[discussion.id()] = new SubtreeRetainer(
-      () => discussion.freshness,
-      () => app.session.user() && app.session.user().readTime()
-    );
-  }
-
   parseResults(results) {
     m.startComputation();
     this.loading(false);
 
-    results.forEach(this.initSubtree.bind(this));
-
     [].push.apply(this.discussions(), results);
     this.moreResults(!!results.payload.links.next);
     m.endComputation();
     return results;
   }
 
-  markAsRead(discussion) {
-    if (discussion.isUnread()) {
-      discussion.save({ readNumber: discussion.lastPostNumber() });
-      m.redraw();
-    }
-  }
-
   removeDiscussion(discussion) {
     var index = this.discussions().indexOf(discussion);
     if (index !== -1) {
@@ -131,57 +101,21 @@ export default class DiscussionList extends Component {
 
   addDiscussion(discussion) {
     this.discussions().unshift(discussion);
-    this.initSubtree(discussion);
   }
 
   view() {
     return m('div.discussion-list', [
       m('ul', [
         this.discussions().map(discussion => {
-          var startUser = discussion.startUser();
-          var isUnread = discussion.isUnread();
-          var displayUnread = this.countType() !== 'replies' && isUnread;
-          var jumpTo = Math.min(discussion.lastPostNumber(), (discussion.readNumber() || 0) + 1);
-          var relevantPosts = this.props.params.q ? discussion.relevantPosts() : '';
-
-          var controls = discussion.controls(this).toArray();
-
-          var active = m.route.param('id') === discussion.id();
-
-          var subtree = this.subtrees[discussion.id()];
-          return m('li.discussion-summary'+(isUnread ? '.unread' : '')+(active ? '.active' : ''), {
+          return m('li', {
             key: discussion.id(),
             'data-id': discussion.id()
-          }, (subtree && subtree.retain()) || m('div', [
-            controls.length ? DropdownButton.component({
-              items: controls,
-              className: 'contextual-controls',
-              buttonClass: 'btn btn-default btn-icon btn-sm btn-naked',
-              menuClass: 'pull-right'
-            }) : '',
-            m((startUser ? 'a' : 'span')+'.author', {
-              href: startUser ? app.route('user', { username: startUser.username() }) : undefined,
-              config: function(element, isInitialized, context) {
-                $(element).tooltip({ placement: 'right' })
-                m.route.apply(this, arguments)
-              },
-              title: 'Started by '+(startUser ? startUser.username() : '[deleted]')+' '+humanTime(discussion.startTime())
-            }, [
-              avatar(startUser, {title: ''})
-            ]),
-            m('ul.badges', listItems(discussion.badges().toArray())),
-            m('a.main', {href: app.route('discussion.near', {id: discussion.id(), slug: discussion.slug(), near: jumpTo}), config: m.route}, [
-              m('h3.title', highlight(discussion.title(), this.props.params.q)),
-              m('ul.info', listItems(this.infoItems(discussion).toArray()))
-            ]),
-            m('span.count', {onclick: this.markAsRead.bind(this, discussion)}, [
-              abbreviateNumber(discussion[displayUnread ? 'unreadCount' : 'repliesCount']()),
-              m('span.label', displayUnread ? 'unread' : 'replies')
-            ]),
-            (relevantPosts && relevantPosts.length)
-              ? m('div.relevant-posts', relevantPosts.map(post => PostPreview.component({post, highlight: this.props.params.q})))
-              : ''
-          ]))
+          }, DiscussionListItem.component({
+            discussion,
+            q: this.props.params.q,
+            countType: this.countType(),
+            terminalPostType: this.terminalPostType()
+          }));
         })
       ]),
       this.loading()
@@ -193,23 +127,4 @@ export default class DiscussionList extends Component {
         })) : '')
     ]);
   }
-
-  /**
-    Build an item list of info for a discussion listing. By default this is
-    just the first/last post indicator.
-
-    @return {ItemList}
-   */
-  infoItems(discussion) {
-    var items = new ItemList();
-
-    items.add('terminalPost',
-      TerminalPost.component({
-        discussion,
-        lastPost: this.terminalPostType() !== 'start'
-      })
-    );
-
-    return items;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/discussion-page.js b/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/discussion-page.js
index 30f3be46a..845df884e 100644
--- a/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/discussion-page.js
+++ b/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/discussion-page.js
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ export default class DiscussionPage extends mixin(Component, evented) {
     this.refresh();
 
     if (app.cache.discussionList) {
-      if (!(app.current instanceof DiscussionPage)) {
-        app.cache.discussionList.subtrees.map(subtree => subtree.invalidate());
-      } else {
+      if (app.current instanceof DiscussionPage) {
         m.redraw.strategy('diff'); // otherwise pane redraws (killing retained subtrees) and mouseenter event is triggered so it doesn't hide
       }
       app.pane.enable();
diff --git a/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/index-page.js b/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/index-page.js
index fb9c03e58..feb44b914 100644
--- a/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/index-page.js
+++ b/framework/core/js/forum/src/components/index-page.js
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ export default class IndexPage extends Component {
     var params = this.params();
 
     if (app.cache.discussionList) {
-      // The discussion list component is stored in the app's cache so that it
-      // can persist across interfaces. Since we will soon be redrawing the
-      // discussion list from scratch, we need to invalidate the component's
-      // subtree cache to ensure that it re-constructs the view.
-      app.cache.discussionList.willBeRedrawn();
-
       // Compare the requested parameters (sort, search query) to the ones that
       // are currently present in the cached discussion list. If they differ, we
       // will clear the cache and set up a new discussion list component with
diff --git a/framework/core/js/forum/src/utils/slidable.js b/framework/core/js/forum/src/utils/slidable.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..362d206c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/js/forum/src/utils/slidable.js
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+export default function slidable(element) {
+  var $slidable = $(element);
+
+  var startX;
+  var startY;
+  var couldBeSliding = false;
+  var isSliding = false;
+  var threshold = 50;
+  var pos = 0;
+
+  var underneathLeft;
+  var underneathRight;
+
+  var animatePos = function(pos, options) {
+    options = options || {};
+    options.duration = options.duration || 'fast';
+    options.step = function(pos) {
+      $(this).css('transform', 'translate('+pos+'px, 0)');
+    };
+
+    $slidable.find('.slidable-slider').animate({'background-position-x': pos}, options);
+  };
+
+  var reset = function() {
+    animatePos(0, {
+      complete: function() {
+        $slidable.removeClass('sliding');
+        underneathLeft.hide();
+        underneathRight.hide();
+        isSliding = false;
+      }
+    });
+  };
+
+  $slidable.find('.slidable-slider')
+    .on('touchstart', function(e) {
+      underneathLeft = $slidable.find('.slidable-underneath-left:not(.disabled)');
+      underneathRight = $slidable.find('.slidable-underneath-right:not(.disabled)');
+
+      startX = e.originalEvent.targetTouches[0].clientX;
+      startY = e.originalEvent.targetTouches[0].clientY;
+
+      couldBeSliding = true;
+      console.log('GO')
+    })
+
+    .on('touchmove', function(e) {
+      var newX = e.originalEvent.targetTouches[0].clientX;
+      var newY = e.originalEvent.targetTouches[0].clientY;
+
+      if (couldBeSliding && Math.abs(newX - startX) > Math.abs(newY - startY)) {
+        isSliding = true;
+      }
+      couldBeSliding = false;
+
+      if (isSliding) {
+        pos = newX - startX;
+
+        if (underneathLeft.length)  {
+          if (pos > 0 && underneathLeft.hasClass('elastic')) {
+            pos -= pos * 0.5;
+          }
+          underneathLeft.toggle(pos > 0);
+          underneathLeft.find('.icon').css('transform', 'scale('+Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (Math.abs(pos) - 25) / threshold))+')');
+        } else {
+          pos = Math.min(0, pos);
+        }
+
+        if (underneathRight.length)  {
+          if (pos < 0 && underneathRight.hasClass('elastic')) {
+            pos -= pos * 0.5;
+          }
+          underneathRight.toggle(pos < 0);
+          underneathRight.find('.icon').css('transform', 'scale('+Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (Math.abs(pos) - 25) / threshold))+')');
+        } else {
+          pos = Math.max(0, pos);
+        }
+
+        $(this).css('transform', 'translate('+pos+'px, 0)');
+        $(this).css('background-position-x', pos+'px');
+
+        $slidable.toggleClass('sliding', !!pos);
+
+        e.preventDefault();
+      }
+    })
+
+    .on('touchend', function(e) {
+      if (underneathRight.length && pos < -threshold) {
+        underneathRight.click();
+        underneathRight.hasClass('elastic') ? reset() : animatePos(-$slidable.width());
+      } else if (underneathLeft.length && pos > threshold) {
+        underneathLeft.click();
+        underneathLeft.hasClass('elastic') ? reset() : animatePos(-$slidable.width());
+      } else {
+        reset();
+      }
+      couldBeSliding = false;
+    });
+
+  return {reset};
+};
diff --git a/framework/core/js/lib/component.js b/framework/core/js/lib/component.js
index 8a2d75048..741f55ef4 100644
--- a/framework/core/js/lib/component.js
+++ b/framework/core/js/lib/component.js
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@ export default class Component {
     return selector ? $(this.element()).find(selector) : $(this.element());
   }
 
-  onload(element) {
-    this.element(element);
-  }
-
-  config() {
-
-  }
-
   /**
 
    */
@@ -38,13 +30,12 @@ export default class Component {
       component.props = props;
       var vdom = component.view();
       vdom.attrs = vdom.attrs || {};
-      if (!vdom.attrs.config) {
-        vdom.attrs.config = function() {
-          var args = [].slice.apply(arguments);
-          if (!args[1]) {
-            component.onload.apply(component, args);
-          }
-          component.config.apply(component, args);
+      var oldConfig = vdom.attrs.config;
+      vdom.attrs.config = function() {
+        var args = [].slice.apply(arguments);
+        component.element(args[0]);
+        if (oldConfig) {
+          oldConfig.apply(component, args);
         }
       }
       return vdom;
diff --git a/framework/core/js/lib/components/dropdown-button.js b/framework/core/js/lib/components/dropdown-button.js
index 94afe36e4..7aacba82d 100644
--- a/framework/core/js/lib/components/dropdown-button.js
+++ b/framework/core/js/lib/components/dropdown-button.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default class DropdownButton extends Component {
         'data-toggle': 'dropdown',
         onclick: this.props.buttonClick
       }, this.props.buttonContent || [
-        icon((this.props.icon || 'ellipsis-v')+' icon-glyph'),
+        icon((this.props.icon || 'ellipsis-v')+' icon-glyph icon'),
         m('span.label', this.props.label || 'Controls'),
         icon('caret-down icon-caret')
       ]),
diff --git a/framework/core/less/forum/index.less b/framework/core/less/forum/index.less
index 652c6992c..98cc135cc 100644
--- a/framework/core/less/forum/index.less
+++ b/framework/core/less/forum/index.less
@@ -83,16 +83,18 @@
       & .hero, & .index-nav, & .index-toolbar {
         display: none;
       }
-      & .discussion-list > ul > li {
+      & .discussion-list-item {
         margin: 0;
-        padding-left: 57px + 15px;
-        padding-right: 65px + 15px;
+        padding: 0;
 
         &.active {
           background: @fl-body-control-bg;
         }
       }
       & .discussion-summary {
+        padding-left: 57px + 15px;
+        padding-right: 65px + 15px;
+
         & .title {
           font-size: 14px;
         }
@@ -148,19 +150,6 @@
 @media @phone {
   .discussion-list {
     margin: 0 -15px;
-
-    & > ul > li {
-      & .contextual-controls {
-        display: none;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-@media @tablet, @desktop, @desktop-hd {
-  .discussion-list > ul > li {
-    margin-right: -25px;
-    padding-right: 65px + 25px;
   }
 }
 
@@ -171,15 +160,6 @@
     color: @fl-body-muted-color;
     text-decoration: none;
   }
-  & .contextual-controls {
-    visibility: hidden;
-    position: absolute;
-    right: 0;
-    top: 13px;
-  }
-  &:hover .contextual-controls, & .contextual-controls.open {
-    visibility: visible;
-  }
   & .author {
     float: left;
     margin-top: 16px;
@@ -308,12 +288,16 @@
       color: @fl-body-control-color;
       border-radius: @border-radius-base;
       font-size: 12px;
-      padding: 1px 6px;
+      padding: 2px 6px;
 
       .unread& {
         background: @fl-body-primary-color;
         color: #fff;
         font-weight: bold;
+
+        &:active {
+          opacity: 0.5;
+        }
       }
 
       & .label {
@@ -323,7 +307,79 @@
   }
 }
 
+.slidable {
+  position: relative;
+
+  & .contextual-controls {
+    display: block;
+    position: static;
+  }
+
+  & .slidable-underneath {
+    display: none;
+    background: @fl-secondary-color !important;
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 0;
+    top: 0;
+    bottom: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    width: auto;
+    height: auto;
+    z-index: 0;
+    color: #fff !important;
+    border: 0;
+    border-radius: 0;
+    .box-shadow(none);
+    padding: 20px 0;
+    text-align: right;
+
+    &.slidable-underneath-left {
+      text-align: left;
+    }
+
+    & .icon {
+      width: 50px;
+      text-align: center;
+      font-size: 20px;
+    }
+  }
+  & .slidable-slider {
+    .transition(~"box-shadow 0.2s, border-radius 0.2s");
+
+    .sliding& {
+      position: relative;
+      background: #fff;
+      z-index: 2;
+      border-radius: 2px;
+      .box-shadow(0 2px 6px @fl-shadow-color);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 @media @tablet, @desktop, @desktop-hd {
+  .slidable-underneath {
+    display: none;
+  }
+  .discussion-list-item {
+    position: relative;
+    margin-right: -25px;
+    padding-right: 25px;
+
+    & .contextual-controls {
+      visibility: hidden;
+      position: absolute;
+      right: 0;
+      top: 8px;
+      z-index: 1;
+
+      & .dropdown-toggle {
+        display: block;
+      }
+    }
+    &:hover .contextual-controls, & .contextual-controls.open {
+      visibility: visible;
+    }
+  }
   .discussion-summary {
     padding-left: 57px;
     padding-right: 65px;