diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/media_container.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/media_container.jsx
index 88091f6013..bdf56c8185 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/media_container.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/media_container.jsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import ModalRoot from 'flavours/glitch/components/modal_root';
 import { Poll } from 'flavours/glitch/components/poll';
 import { Audio } from 'flavours/glitch/features/audio';
 import Card from 'flavours/glitch/features/status/components/card';
-import MediaModal from 'flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/media_modal';
+import { MediaModal } from 'flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/media_modal';
 import { Video } from 'flavours/glitch/features/video';
 import { IntlProvider } from 'flavours/glitch/locales';
 import { createPollFromServerJSON } from 'flavours/glitch/models/poll';
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/media_modal.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/media_modal.jsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f59892d83..0000000000
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/media_modal.jsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,295 +0,0 @@
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-
-import { defineMessages, injectIntl } from 'react-intl';
-
-import classNames from 'classnames';
-
-import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
-import ImmutablePureComponent from 'react-immutable-pure-component';
-
-import ReactSwipeableViews from 'react-swipeable-views';
-
-import ChevronLeftIcon from '@/material-icons/400-24px/chevron_left.svg?react';
-import ChevronRightIcon from '@/material-icons/400-24px/chevron_right.svg?react';
-import CloseIcon from '@/material-icons/400-24px/close.svg?react';
-import FitScreenIcon from '@/material-icons/400-24px/fit_screen.svg?react';
-import ActualSizeIcon from '@/svg-icons/actual_size.svg?react';
-import { getAverageFromBlurhash } from 'flavours/glitch/blurhash';
-import { GIFV } from 'flavours/glitch/components/gifv';
-import { Icon }  from 'flavours/glitch/components/icon';
-import { IconButton } from 'flavours/glitch/components/icon_button';
-import { Footer } from 'flavours/glitch/features/picture_in_picture/components/footer';
-import { Video } from 'flavours/glitch/features/video';
-import { disableSwiping } from 'flavours/glitch/initial_state';
-
-import { ZoomableImage } from './zoomable_image';
-
-const messages = defineMessages({
-  close: { id: 'lightbox.close', defaultMessage: 'Close' },
-  previous: { id: 'lightbox.previous', defaultMessage: 'Previous' },
-  next: { id: 'lightbox.next', defaultMessage: 'Next' },
-  zoomIn: { id: 'lightbox.zoom_in', defaultMessage: 'Zoom to actual size' },
-  zoomOut: { id: 'lightbox.zoom_out', defaultMessage: 'Zoom to fit' },
-});
-
-class MediaModal extends ImmutablePureComponent {
-
-  static propTypes = {
-    media: ImmutablePropTypes.list.isRequired,
-    statusId: PropTypes.string,
-    lang: PropTypes.string,
-    index: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
-    onClose: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    intl: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-    onChangeBackgroundColor: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    currentTime: PropTypes.number,
-    autoPlay: PropTypes.bool,
-    volume: PropTypes.number,
-  };
-
-  state = {
-    index: null,
-    navigationHidden: false,
-    zoomedIn: false,
-  };
-
-  handleZoomClick = () => {
-    this.setState(prevState => ({
-      zoomedIn: !prevState.zoomedIn,
-    }));
-  };
-
-  handleZoomChange = (zoomedIn) => {
-    this.setState({
-      zoomedIn,
-    });
-  };
-
-  handleSwipe = (index) => {
-    this.setState({
-      index: index % this.props.media.size,
-      zoomedIn: false,
-    });
-  };
-
-  handleTransitionEnd = () => {
-    this.setState({
-      zoomedIn: false,
-    });
-  };
-
-  handleNextClick = () => {
-    this.setState({
-      index: (this.getIndex() + 1) % this.props.media.size,
-      zoomedIn: false,
-    });
-  };
-
-  handlePrevClick = () => {
-    this.setState({
-      index: (this.props.media.size + this.getIndex() - 1) % this.props.media.size,
-      zoomedIn: false,
-    });
-  };
-
-  handleChangeIndex = (e) => {
-    const index = Number(e.currentTarget.getAttribute('data-index'));
-
-    this.setState({
-      index: index % this.props.media.size,
-      zoomedIn: false,
-    });
-  };
-
-  handleKeyDown = (e) => {
-    switch(e.key) {
-    case 'ArrowLeft':
-      this.handlePrevClick();
-      e.preventDefault();
-      e.stopPropagation();
-      break;
-    case 'ArrowRight':
-      this.handleNextClick();
-      e.preventDefault();
-      e.stopPropagation();
-      break;
-    }
-  };
-
-  componentDidMount () {
-    window.addEventListener('keydown', this.handleKeyDown, false);
-
-    this._sendBackgroundColor();
-  }
-
-  componentDidUpdate (prevProps, prevState) {
-    if (prevState.index !== this.state.index) {
-      this._sendBackgroundColor();
-    }
-  }
-
-  _sendBackgroundColor () {
-    const { media, onChangeBackgroundColor } = this.props;
-    const index = this.getIndex();
-    const blurhash = media.getIn([index, 'blurhash']);
-
-    if (blurhash) {
-      const backgroundColor = getAverageFromBlurhash(blurhash);
-      onChangeBackgroundColor(backgroundColor);
-    }
-  }
-
-  componentWillUnmount () {
-    window.removeEventListener('keydown', this.handleKeyDown);
-
-    this.props.onChangeBackgroundColor(null);
-  }
-
-  getIndex () {
-    return this.state.index !== null ? this.state.index : this.props.index;
-  }
-
-  handleToggleNavigation = () => {
-    this.setState(prevState => ({
-      navigationHidden: !prevState.navigationHidden,
-    }));
-  };
-
-  setRef = c => {
-    this.setState({
-      viewportWidth: c?.clientWidth,
-      viewportHeight: c?.clientHeight,
-    });
-  };
-
-  render () {
-    const { media, statusId, lang, intl, onClose } = this.props;
-    const { navigationHidden, zoomedIn, viewportWidth, viewportHeight } = this.state;
-
-    const index = this.getIndex();
-
-    const leftNav  = media.size > 1 && <button tabIndex={0} className='media-modal__nav media-modal__nav--prev' onClick={this.handlePrevClick} aria-label={intl.formatMessage(messages.previous)}><Icon id='chevron-left' icon={ChevronLeftIcon} /></button>;
-    const rightNav = media.size > 1 && <button tabIndex={0} className='media-modal__nav  media-modal__nav--next' onClick={this.handleNextClick} aria-label={intl.formatMessage(messages.next)}><Icon id='chevron-right' icon={ChevronRightIcon} /></button>;
-
-    const content = media.map((image, idx) => {
-      const width  = image.getIn(['meta', 'original', 'width']) || null;
-      const height = image.getIn(['meta', 'original', 'height']) || null;
-      const description = image.getIn(['translation', 'description']) || image.get('description');
-
-      if (image.get('type') === 'image') {
-        return (
-          <ZoomableImage
-            src={image.get('url')}
-            blurhash={image.get('blurhash')}
-            width={width}
-            height={height}
-            alt={description}
-            lang={lang}
-            key={image.get('url')}
-            onClick={this.handleToggleNavigation}
-            onDoubleClick={this.handleZoomClick}
-            onClose={onClose}
-            onZoomChange={this.handleZoomChange}
-            zoomedIn={zoomedIn && idx === index}
-          />
-        );
-      } else if (image.get('type') === 'video') {
-        const { currentTime, autoPlay, volume } = this.props;
-
-        return (
-          <Video
-            preview={image.get('preview_url')}
-            blurhash={image.get('blurhash')}
-            src={image.get('url')}
-            frameRate={image.getIn(['meta', 'original', 'frame_rate'])}
-            startTime={currentTime || 0}
-            startPlaying={autoPlay || false}
-            startVolume={volume || 1}
-            onCloseVideo={onClose}
-            detailed
-            alt={description}
-            lang={lang}
-            key={image.get('url')}
-          />
-        );
-      } else if (image.get('type') === 'gifv') {
-        return (
-          <GIFV
-            src={image.get('url')}
-            key={image.get('url')}
-            alt={description}
-            lang={lang}
-            onClick={this.toggleNavigation}
-          />
-        );
-      }
-
-      return null;
-    }).toArray();
-
-    // you can't use 100vh, because the viewport height is taller
-    // than the visible part of the document in some mobile
-    // browsers when it's address bar is visible.
-    // https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/12/url-bar-resizing
-    const swipeableViewsStyle = {
-      width: '100%',
-      height: '100%',
-    };
-
-    const containerStyle = {
-      alignItems: 'center', // center vertically
-    };
-
-    const navigationClassName = classNames('media-modal__navigation', {
-      'media-modal__navigation--hidden': navigationHidden,
-    });
-
-    let pagination;
-
-    if (media.size > 1) {
-      pagination = media.map((item, i) => (
-        <button key={i} className={classNames('media-modal__page-dot', { active: i === index })} data-index={i} onClick={this.handleChangeIndex}>
-          {i + 1}
-        </button>
-      ));
-    }
-
-    const currentMedia = media.get(index);
-    const zoomable = currentMedia.get('type') === 'image' && (currentMedia.getIn(['meta', 'original', 'width']) > viewportWidth || currentMedia.getIn(['meta', 'original', 'height']) > viewportHeight);
-
-    return (
-      <div className='modal-root__modal media-modal' ref={this.setRef}>
-        <div className='media-modal__closer' role='presentation' onClick={onClose}>
-          <ReactSwipeableViews
-            style={swipeableViewsStyle}
-            containerStyle={containerStyle}
-            onChangeIndex={this.handleSwipe}
-            onTransitionEnd={this.handleTransitionEnd}
-            index={index}
-            disabled={disableSwiping || zoomedIn}
-          >
-            {content}
-          </ReactSwipeableViews>
-        </div>
-
-        <div className={navigationClassName}>
-          <div className='media-modal__buttons'>
-            {zoomable && <IconButton title={intl.formatMessage(zoomedIn ? messages.zoomOut : messages.zoomIn)} iconComponent={zoomedIn ? FitScreenIcon : ActualSizeIcon} onClick={this.handleZoomClick} />}
-            <IconButton title={intl.formatMessage(messages.close)} icon='times' iconComponent={CloseIcon} onClick={onClose} />
-          </div>
-
-          {leftNav}
-          {rightNav}
-
-          <div className='media-modal__overlay'>
-            {pagination && <ul className='media-modal__pagination'>{pagination}</ul>}
-            {statusId && <Footer statusId={statusId} withOpenButton onClose={onClose} />}
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-
-}
-
-export default injectIntl(MediaModal);
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/media_modal.tsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/media_modal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8cdeeab94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/media_modal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,363 @@
+import { forwardRef, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import type { RefCallback, FC } from 'react';
+
+import { defineMessages, useIntl } from 'react-intl';
+
+import classNames from 'classnames';
+
+import type { List as ImmutableList } from 'immutable';
+
+import { animated, useSpring } from '@react-spring/web';
+import { useDrag } from '@use-gesture/react';
+
+import type { MediaAttachment } from '@/flavours/glitch/models/status';
+import ChevronLeftIcon from '@/material-icons/400-24px/chevron_left.svg?react';
+import ChevronRightIcon from '@/material-icons/400-24px/chevron_right.svg?react';
+import CloseIcon from '@/material-icons/400-24px/close.svg?react';
+import FitScreenIcon from '@/material-icons/400-24px/fit_screen.svg?react';
+import ActualSizeIcon from '@/svg-icons/actual_size.svg?react';
+import type { RGB } from 'flavours/glitch/blurhash';
+import { getAverageFromBlurhash } from 'flavours/glitch/blurhash';
+import { GIFV } from 'flavours/glitch/components/gifv';
+import { Icon } from 'flavours/glitch/components/icon';
+import { IconButton } from 'flavours/glitch/components/icon_button';
+import { Footer } from 'flavours/glitch/features/picture_in_picture/components/footer';
+import { Video } from 'flavours/glitch/features/video';
+
+import { ZoomableImage } from './zoomable_image';
+
+const messages = defineMessages({
+  close: { id: 'lightbox.close', defaultMessage: 'Close' },
+  previous: { id: 'lightbox.previous', defaultMessage: 'Previous' },
+  next: { id: 'lightbox.next', defaultMessage: 'Next' },
+  zoomIn: { id: 'lightbox.zoom_in', defaultMessage: 'Zoom to actual size' },
+  zoomOut: { id: 'lightbox.zoom_out', defaultMessage: 'Zoom to fit' },
+});
+
+interface MediaModalProps {
+  media: ImmutableList<MediaAttachment>;
+  statusId?: string;
+  lang?: string;
+  index: number;
+  onClose: () => void;
+  onChangeBackgroundColor: (color: RGB | null) => void;
+  currentTime?: number;
+  autoPlay?: boolean;
+  volume?: number;
+}
+
+export const MediaModal: FC<MediaModalProps> = forwardRef<
+  HTMLDivElement,
+  MediaModalProps
+>(
+  (
+    {
+      media,
+      onClose,
+      index: startIndex,
+      lang,
+      currentTime,
+      autoPlay,
+      volume,
+      statusId,
+      onChangeBackgroundColor,
+    },
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars -- _ref is required to keep the ref forwarding working
+    _ref,
+  ) => {
+    const [index, setIndex] = useState(startIndex);
+    const currentMedia = media.get(index);
+
+    const handleChangeIndex = useCallback(
+      (newIndex: number) => {
+        if (newIndex < 0) {
+          newIndex = media.size + newIndex;
+        }
+        setIndex(newIndex % media.size);
+        setZoomedIn(false);
+      },
+      [media.size],
+    );
+    const handlePrevClick = useCallback(() => {
+      handleChangeIndex(index - 1);
+    }, [handleChangeIndex, index]);
+    const handleNextClick = useCallback(() => {
+      handleChangeIndex(index + 1);
+    }, [handleChangeIndex, index]);
+
+    const handleKeyDown = useCallback(
+      (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
+        if (event.key === 'ArrowLeft') {
+          handlePrevClick();
+          event.preventDefault();
+          event.stopPropagation();
+        } else if (event.key === 'ArrowRight') {
+          handleNextClick();
+          event.preventDefault();
+          event.stopPropagation();
+        }
+      },
+      [handleNextClick, handlePrevClick],
+    );
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+      window.addEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown, false);
+
+      return () => {
+        window.removeEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown);
+      };
+    }, [handleKeyDown]);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+      const blurhash = currentMedia?.get('blurhash') as string | undefined;
+      if (blurhash) {
+        const backgroundColor = getAverageFromBlurhash(blurhash);
+        if (backgroundColor) {
+          onChangeBackgroundColor(backgroundColor);
+        }
+      }
+    }, [currentMedia, onChangeBackgroundColor]);
+
+    const [viewportDimensions, setViewportDimensions] = useState<{
+      width: number;
+      height: number;
+    }>({ width: 0, height: 0 });
+    const handleRef: RefCallback<HTMLDivElement> = useCallback((ele) => {
+      if (ele?.clientWidth && ele.clientHeight) {
+        setViewportDimensions({
+          width: ele.clientWidth,
+          height: ele.clientHeight,
+        });
+      }
+    }, []);
+
+    const [zoomedIn, setZoomedIn] = useState(false);
+    const zoomable =
+      currentMedia?.get('type') === 'image' &&
+      ((currentMedia.getIn(['meta', 'original', 'width']) as number) >
+        viewportDimensions.width ||
+        (currentMedia.getIn(['meta', 'original', 'height']) as number) >
+          viewportDimensions.height);
+    const handleZoomClick = useCallback(() => {
+      setZoomedIn((prev) => !prev);
+    }, []);
+
+    const wrapperStyles = useSpring({
+      x: `-${index * 100}%`,
+    });
+    const bind = useDrag(
+      ({ swipe: [swipeX] }) => {
+        if (swipeX === 0) return;
+        handleChangeIndex(index + swipeX * -1); // Invert swipe as swiping left loads the next slide.
+      },
+      { pointer: { capture: false } },
+    );
+
+    const [navigationHidden, setNavigationHidden] = useState(false);
+    const handleToggleNavigation = useCallback(() => {
+      setNavigationHidden((prev) => !prev);
+    }, []);
+
+    const content = useMemo(
+      () =>
+        media.map((item, idx) => {
+          const url = item.get('url') as string;
+          const blurhash = item.get('blurhash') as string;
+          const width = item.getIn(['meta', 'original', 'width'], 0) as number;
+          const height = item.getIn(
+            ['meta', 'original', 'height'],
+            0,
+          ) as number;
+          const description = item.getIn(
+            ['translation', 'description'],
+            item.get('description'),
+          ) as string;
+          if (item.get('type') === 'image') {
+            return (
+              <ZoomableImage
+                src={url}
+                blurhash={blurhash}
+                width={width}
+                height={height}
+                alt={description}
+                lang={lang}
+                key={url}
+                onClick={handleToggleNavigation}
+                onDoubleClick={handleZoomClick}
+                onClose={onClose}
+                onZoomChange={setZoomedIn}
+                zoomedIn={zoomedIn && idx === index}
+              />
+            );
+          } else if (item.get('type') === 'video') {
+            return (
+              <Video
+                preview={item.get('preview_url') as string | undefined}
+                blurhash={blurhash}
+                src={url}
+                frameRate={
+                  item.getIn(['meta', 'original', 'frame_rate']) as
+                    | string
+                    | undefined
+                }
+                aspectRatio={`${width} / ${height}`}
+                startTime={currentTime ?? 0}
+                startPlaying={autoPlay ?? false}
+                startVolume={volume ?? 1}
+                onCloseVideo={onClose}
+                detailed
+                alt={description}
+                lang={lang}
+                key={url}
+              />
+            );
+          } else if (item.get('type') === 'gifv') {
+            return (
+              <GIFV
+                src={url}
+                key={url}
+                alt={description}
+                lang={lang}
+                onClick={handleToggleNavigation}
+              />
+            );
+          }
+
+          return null;
+        }),
+      [
+        autoPlay,
+        currentTime,
+        handleToggleNavigation,
+        handleZoomClick,
+        index,
+        lang,
+        media,
+        onClose,
+        volume,
+        zoomedIn,
+      ],
+    );
+
+    const intl = useIntl();
+
+    const leftNav = media.size > 1 && (
+      <button
+        tabIndex={0}
+        className='media-modal__nav media-modal__nav--prev'
+        onClick={handlePrevClick}
+        aria-label={intl.formatMessage(messages.previous)}
+      >
+        <Icon id='chevron-left' icon={ChevronLeftIcon} />
+      </button>
+    );
+    const rightNav = media.size > 1 && (
+      <button
+        tabIndex={0}
+        className='media-modal__nav  media-modal__nav--next'
+        onClick={handleNextClick}
+        aria-label={intl.formatMessage(messages.next)}
+      >
+        <Icon id='chevron-right' icon={ChevronRightIcon} />
+      </button>
+    );
+
+    return (
+      <div
+        {...bind()}
+        className='modal-root__modal media-modal'
+        ref={handleRef}
+      >
+        <animated.div
+          style={wrapperStyles}
+          className='media-modal__closer'
+          role='presentation'
+          onClick={onClose}
+        >
+          {content}
+        </animated.div>
+
+        <div
+          className={classNames('media-modal__navigation', {
+            'media-modal__navigation--hidden': navigationHidden,
+          })}
+        >
+          <div className='media-modal__buttons'>
+            {zoomable && (
+              <IconButton
+                title={intl.formatMessage(
+                  zoomedIn ? messages.zoomOut : messages.zoomIn,
+                )}
+                icon=''
+                iconComponent={zoomedIn ? FitScreenIcon : ActualSizeIcon}
+                onClick={handleZoomClick}
+              />
+            )}
+            <IconButton
+              title={intl.formatMessage(messages.close)}
+              icon='times'
+              iconComponent={CloseIcon}
+              onClick={onClose}
+            />
+          </div>
+
+          {leftNav}
+          {rightNav}
+
+          <div className='media-modal__overlay'>
+            <MediaPagination
+              itemsCount={media.size}
+              index={index}
+              onChangeIndex={handleChangeIndex}
+            />
+            {statusId && (
+              <Footer statusId={statusId} withOpenButton onClose={onClose} />
+            )}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  },
+);
+MediaModal.displayName = 'MediaModal';
+
+interface MediaPaginationProps {
+  itemsCount: number;
+  index: number;
+  onChangeIndex: (newIndex: number) => void;
+}
+
+const MediaPagination: FC<MediaPaginationProps> = ({
+  itemsCount,
+  index,
+  onChangeIndex,
+}) => {
+  const handleChangeIndex = useCallback(
+    (curIndex: number) => {
+      return () => {
+        onChangeIndex(curIndex);
+      };
+    },
+    [onChangeIndex],
+  );
+
+  if (itemsCount <= 1) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <ul className='media-modal__pagination'>
+      {Array.from({ length: itemsCount }).map((_, i) => (
+        <button
+          key={i}
+          className={classNames('media-modal__page-dot', {
+            active: i === index,
+          })}
+          onClick={handleChangeIndex(i)}
+        >
+          {i + 1}
+        </button>
+      ))}
+    </ul>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/modal_root.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/modal_root.jsx
index 4f2e63fb0d..6f9da911a7 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/modal_root.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/modal_root.jsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import DeprecatedSettingsModal from './deprecated_settings_modal';
 import DoodleModal from './doodle_modal';
 import { FavouriteModal } from './favourite_modal';
 import { ImageModal } from './image_modal';
-import MediaModal from './media_modal';
+import { MediaModal } from './media_modal';
 import { ModalPlaceholder } from './modal_placeholder';
 import VideoModal from './video_modal';
 import { VisibilityModal } from './visibility_modal';
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components.scss
index 7ee36e2c3a..3fdc4dfcf0 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components.scss
@@ -2750,6 +2750,7 @@ a.account__display-name {
     outline-offset: -1px;
     border-radius: 8px;
     touch-action: none;
+    user-select: none;
   }
 
   &--zoomed-in {
@@ -6333,6 +6334,7 @@ a.status-card {
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
   position: relative;
+  touch-action: pan-y;
 
   &__buttons {
     position: absolute;
@@ -6368,11 +6370,17 @@ a.status-card {
 }
 
 .media-modal__closer {
+  display: flex;
   position: absolute;
   top: 0;
   inset-inline-start: 0;
   inset-inline-end: 0;
   bottom: 0;
+
+  > div {
+    flex-shrink: 0;
+    overflow: auto;
+  }
 }
 
 .media-modal__navigation {