Paperwhite Gestures

Hello all,

I'm not much of a coder and have no idea where to start, however would it be possible to add gestures the Touch Gestures to the Paperwhite?
On my touch if I swipe up or down it jumps to the next chapter in that direction.
This feature is missing from my paperwhite I have to bring up the menu, select GoTo and select the chapter from the drop down.
Personally I feel this is a step backwards in functionality and would love to have it back.

Thanks for reading.