diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic-navigation.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic-navigation.js.es6
index 688d49b03ca..6e41bacfff8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic-navigation.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic-navigation.js.es6
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { observes } from "ember-addons/ember-computed-decorators";
 import showModal from "discourse/lib/show-modal";
+import PanEvents from "discourse/mixins/pan-events";
 
-export default Ember.Component.extend({
+export default Ember.Component.extend(PanEvents, {
   composerOpen: null,
   info: null,
+  isPanning: false,
 
   init() {
     this._super();
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
   _collapseFullscreen() {
     if (this.get("info.topicProgressExpanded")) {
       $(".timeline-fullscreen").removeClass("show");
-      setTimeout(() => {
+      Ember.run.later(() => {
         this.set("info.topicProgressExpanded", false);
         this._checkSize();
       }, 500);
@@ -109,6 +111,59 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
     }
   },
 
+  _panOpenClose(offset, velocity, direction) {
+
+    const $timelineContainer = $(".timeline-container");
+    const maxOffset = parseInt($timelineContainer.css("height"));
+    direction === "close" ? offset += velocity : offset -= velocity;
+
+    $timelineContainer.css("bottom", -offset);
+    if(offset > maxOffset) {
+      this._collapseFullscreen();
+    }
+    else if(offset <= 0) {
+      $timelineContainer.css("bottom", "");
+    }
+    else {
+      Ember.run.later(() => this._panOpenClose(offset, velocity, direction), 20);
+    }
+  },
+
+  _shouldPanClose(e) {
+    return (e.deltaY > 200 && e.velocityY > -0.15) || e.velocityY > 0.15;
+  },
+
+  panStart(e) {
+    const center = e.center;
+    const $centeredElement = $(document.elementFromPoint(center.x, center.y));
+    if ($centeredElement.parents(".timeline-scrollarea-wrapper").length) {
+      this.set("isPanning", false);
+    }
+    else {
+      this.set("isPanning", true);
+    }
+  },
+
+  panEnd(e) {
+    if(!this.get("isPanning")) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.set("isPanning", false);
+    if(this._shouldPanClose(e)) {
+      this._panOpenClose(e.deltaY, 40, "close");
+    }
+    else {
+      this._panOpenClose(e.deltaY, 40, "open");
+    }
+  },
+
+  panMove(e) {
+    if(!this.get("isPanning")) {
+      return;
+    }
+    $(".timeline-container").css("bottom", Math.min(0, -e.deltaY));
+  },
+
   didInsertElement() {
     this._super();
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/mixins/pan-events.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/mixins/pan-events.js.es6
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0acf6d03a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/mixins/pan-events.js.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import {
+  on,
+  default as computed
+} from "ember-addons/ember-computed-decorators";
+
+export default Ember.Mixin.create({
+
+  //velocity is pixels per ms
+
+  _panState: null,
+
+  didInsertElement() {
+    this.$().on("pointerdown", (e) => this._panStart(e))
+      .on("pointermove", (e) => this._panMove(e))
+      .on("pointerup", (e) => this._panMove(e))
+      .on("pointercancel", (e) => this._panMove(e));
+  },
+
+  willDestroyElement() {
+    this.$().off("pointerdown")
+      .off("pointerup")
+      .off("pointermove")
+      .off("pointercancel");
+  },
+
+  _calculateNewPanState(oldState, e) {
+    if(e.type == "pointerup" || e.type == "pointercancel") {
+      return oldState;
+    }
+    const newTimestamp = new Date().getTime();
+    const timeDiffSeconds = (newTimestamp - oldState.timestamp);
+    //calculate delta x, y, distance from START location
+    const deltaX = Math.round(e.clientX) - oldState.startLocation.x;
+    const deltaY = Math.round(e.clientY) - oldState.startLocation.y;
+    const distance = Math.round(Math.sqrt(Math.pow(deltaX, 2) + Math.pow(deltaY, 2)));
+
+    //calculate velocity from previous event center location
+    const eventDeltaX = e.clientX - oldState.center.x;
+    const eventDeltaY = e.clientY - oldState.center.y;
+    const velocityX = eventDeltaX / timeDiffSeconds;
+    const velocityY = eventDeltaY / timeDiffSeconds;
+    const deltaDistance = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(eventDeltaX, 2) + Math.pow(eventDeltaY, 2));
+    const velocity = deltaDistance / timeDiffSeconds;
+
+    return {
+      startLocation: oldState.startLocation,
+      center: {x: Math.round(e.clientX), y: Math.round(e.clientY)},
+      velocity,
+      velocityX,
+      velocityY,
+      deltaX,
+      deltaY,
+      distance,
+      start: false,
+      timestamp: newTimestamp
+    };
+  },
+
+  _panStart(e) {
+    const newState = {
+      center: {x: Math.round(e.clientX), y: Math.round(e.clientY)},
+      startLocation: {x: Math.round(e.clientX), y: Math.round(e.clientY)},
+      velocity: 0,
+      velocityX: 0,
+      velocityY: 0,
+      deltaX: 0,
+      deltaY: 0,
+      distance: 0,
+      start: true,
+      timestamp: new Date().getTime()
+    };
+    this.set("_panState", newState);
+  },
+
+  _panMove(e) {
+    const previousState = this.get("_panState");
+    const newState = this._calculateNewPanState(previousState, e);
+    this.set("_panState", newState);
+    if(previousState.start && "panStart" in this) {
+      this.panStart(newState);
+    }
+    else if((e.type == "pointerup" || e.type == "pointercancel") && "panEnd" in this) {
+      this.panEnd(newState);
+    }
+    else if(e.type == "pointermove" && "panMove" in this) {
+      this.panMove(newState);
+    }
+  },
+});