Hello! I recently developed a .mucow file so our designers can easily add the "tap to toggle navigation" functionality to their Muse files. You just File > Place the .mucow file into your Muse project.There's more info on this thread: Easy Way to Add the Gestures API to Muse I hope it'll help!

It sounds like the entire HTML article is treated as an interactive area in which gestures are enabled. See the last two sections in this article about handling gestures:Create HTML articles for AEM Mobile