diff --git a/apps/widhid/wid.js b/apps/widhid/wid.js
index 92a1e2483..38af50995 100644
--- a/apps/widhid/wid.js
+++ b/apps/widhid/wid.js
@@ -10,9 +10,23 @@
     var dragging = false;
     var activeTimeout;
     var waitForRelease = true;
+    var menuShown = 0;
+    var origShowMenu = E.showMenu;
+    E.showMenu = (function (menu) {
+        menuShown++;
+        var origSetUI = Bangle.setUI;
+        Bangle.setUI = (function (mode, cb) {
+            menuShown--;
+            Bangle.setUI = origSetUI;
+            return origSetUI(mode, cb);
+        });
+        return origShowMenu(menu);
+    });
     var onSwipe = (function (_lr, ud) {
         if (Bangle.CLKINFO_FOCUS)
             return;
+        if (menuShown)
+            return;
         if (!activeTimeout && ud > 0) {
             listen();
             Bangle.buzz(20);
diff --git a/apps/widhid/wid.ts b/apps/widhid/wid.ts
index a02e4f1aa..bd031c1cc 100644
--- a/apps/widhid/wid.ts
+++ b/apps/widhid/wid.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,33 @@
 	let dragging = false;
 	let activeTimeout: number | undefined;
 	let waitForRelease = true;
+	let menuShown = 0;
+
+	// If the user shows a menu, we want to temporarily disable ourselves
+	// We can detect showing of a menu by overriding E.showMenu
+	// to detect hiding of a menu, we hook setUI, since all menus
+	// either show other menus, load() or (eventually) call it
+	// (I hope)
+	//
+	// Alternatively we could watch for when Bangle.dragHandler and
+	// Bangle.swipeHandler get removed from Bangle["#on<event>"]
+	const origShowMenu = E.showMenu;
+	E.showMenu = ((menu: Menu): MenuInstance => {
+		menuShown++;
+
+		const origSetUI = Bangle.setUI;
+		Bangle.setUI = ((mode: unknown, cb: () => void) => {
+			menuShown--;
+			Bangle.setUI = origSetUI;
+			return origSetUI(mode as any, cb);
+		}) as any;
+
+		return origShowMenu(menu);
+	}) as any;
 
 	const onSwipe = ((_lr, ud) => {
 		if((Bangle as BangleExt).CLKINFO_FOCUS) return;
+		if(menuShown) return;
 
 		if(!activeTimeout && ud! > 0){
 			listen();