Disclosed are examples of manipulating documents in file management applications. In one example, a listing of at least one file can be encoded in a user interface of a client application for rendering in a touch screen display. A touch input can be received that designates a selected one of the files, where the touch input can be a gesture performed on the touch screen display. In response to a type of the gesture matching a predefined gesture type, a determination can be made whether at least one of the files is active in the client application and the user interface can be modified to include the at least one of the files and the selected one of the files in response to the at least one of the files.