diff --git a/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/Internal/EnumHelper.cs b/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/Internal/EnumHelper.cs
index 6ffbb0d..79f872d 100644
--- a/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/Internal/EnumHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/Internal/EnumHelper.cs
@@ -178,25 +178,44 @@ or HtmxFetchMode.Cors
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Parses a string into a <see cref="HtmxSwap" /> value.
+    /// Parses the swap style at the start of a swap expression into a <see cref="HtmxSwap" /> value.
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="expression">The string to parse.</param>
+    /// <param name="expression">The swap expression to parse.</param>
     /// <returns>
     /// The parsed <see cref="HtmxSwap" /> value if successful;
     /// otherwise, <see langword="null" />.
     /// </returns>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Like HTMX, ignores leading whitespace, treats any whitespace as the separator
+    /// before swap modifiers, and compares the style case-sensitively.
+    /// Only the values returned by <see cref="GetSwapValue(HtmxSwap)" /> are recognized.
+    /// </remarks>
     public static HtmxSwap? ParseHtmxSwap(string? expression)
     {
-        expression ??= "";
+        var s = expression.AsSpan().TrimStart();
 
-        var index = expression.IndexOf(' ');
-        if (index < 0)
-            index = expression.Length;
+        var index = 0;
+        while ((uint)index < (uint)s.Length && !char.IsWhiteSpace(s[index]))
+            index++;
 
-        var s = expression.AsSpan(0, index);
-        if (Enum.TryParse<HtmxSwap>(s, ignoreCase: true, out var value))
-            return value;
+        if ((uint)index < (uint)s.Length)
+            s = s[..index];
 
-        return null;
+        return s switch
+        {
+            "innerHTML" => HtmxSwap.InnerHtml,
+            "outerHTML" => HtmxSwap.OuterHtml,
+            "innerMorph" => HtmxSwap.InnerMorph,
+            "outerMorph" => HtmxSwap.OuterMorph,
+            "outerSync" => HtmxSwap.OuterSync,
+            "textContent" => HtmxSwap.TextContent,
+            "beforebegin" => HtmxSwap.BeforeBegin,
+            "afterbegin" => HtmxSwap.AfterBegin,
+            "beforeend" => HtmxSwap.BeforeEnd,
+            "afterend" => HtmxSwap.AfterEnd,
+            "delete" => HtmxSwap.Delete,
+            "none" => HtmxSwap.None,
+            _ => null
+        };
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit.Tests/HtmxResponseHeadersTests.cs b/tests/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit.Tests/HtmxResponseHeadersTests.cs
index 9948c1d..95c4779 100644
--- a/tests/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit.Tests/HtmxResponseHeadersTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit.Tests/HtmxResponseHeadersTests.cs
@@ -60,13 +60,15 @@ public void Reswap_IsNull_WhenHeaderAbsent()
         Assert.That(headers.Reswap, Is.Null);
     }
 
-    [Test]
-    public void Reswap_IsNull_WhenHeaderUnknown()
+    [TestCase("bogus")]
+    [TestCase("OuterHTML")]
+    [TestCase("1")]
+    public void Reswap_IsNull_WhenHeaderUnknown(string value)
     {
         var context = TestHelper.CreateHttpContext();
         var headers = context.Response.GetHtmxHeaders();
 
-        context.Response.Headers[HtmxResponseHeaderNames.Reswap] = "bogus";
+        context.Response.Headers[HtmxResponseHeaderNames.Reswap] = value;
 
         Assert.That(headers.Reswap, Is.Null);
     }
diff --git a/tests/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit.Tests/Internal/EnumHelperTests.cs b/tests/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit.Tests/Internal/EnumHelperTests.cs
index 3e1ee4a..e85d56f 100644
--- a/tests/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit.Tests/Internal/EnumHelperTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit.Tests/Internal/EnumHelperTests.cs
@@ -42,21 +42,41 @@ public void GetSwapValue_ReturnsNull_ForNullValue()
     public void ParseHtmxSwap_ParsesValue(string expression, HtmxSwap expected) =>
         Assert.That(EnumHelper.ParseHtmxSwap(expression), Is.EqualTo(expected));
 
-    [Test]
-    public void ParseHtmxSwap_IgnoresModifiers() =>
-        Assert.That(EnumHelper.ParseHtmxSwap("innerHTML show:#content"), Is.EqualTo(HtmxSwap.InnerHtml));
+    [TestCase("innerHTML show:#content", HtmxSwap.InnerHtml)]
+    [TestCase("outerHTML\tsettle:200ms", HtmxSwap.OuterHtml)]
+    [TestCase("beforeend\n  swap:1s", HtmxSwap.BeforeEnd)]
+    public void ParseHtmxSwap_IgnoresModifiers(string expression, HtmxSwap expected) =>
+        Assert.That(EnumHelper.ParseHtmxSwap(expression), Is.EqualTo(expected));
 
-    [Test]
-    public void ParseHtmxSwap_IsCaseInsensitive() =>
-        Assert.That(EnumHelper.ParseHtmxSwap("OuterHTML"), Is.EqualTo(HtmxSwap.OuterHtml));
+    [TestCase(" outerHTML", HtmxSwap.OuterHtml)]
+    [TestCase("\t outerHTML show:top", HtmxSwap.OuterHtml)]
+    public void ParseHtmxSwap_IgnoresLeadingWhitespace(string expression, HtmxSwap expected) =>
+        Assert.That(EnumHelper.ParseHtmxSwap(expression), Is.EqualTo(expected));
 
-    [Test]
-    public void ParseHtmxSwap_ReturnsNull_ForUnknownValue() =>
-        Assert.That(EnumHelper.ParseHtmxSwap("bogus"), Is.Null);
+    [TestCase("OuterHTML")]
+    [TestCase("outerhtml")]
+    [TestCase("InnerHtml")]
+    [TestCase("BEFOREEND")]
+    public void ParseHtmxSwap_IsCaseSensitive(string expression) =>
+        Assert.That(EnumHelper.ParseHtmxSwap(expression), Is.Null);
 
-    [Test]
-    public void ParseHtmxSwap_ReturnsNull_ForNullExpression() =>
-        Assert.That(EnumHelper.ParseHtmxSwap(null), Is.Null);
+    [TestCase("bogus")]
+    [TestCase("1")]
+    [TestCase("42")]
+    [TestCase("-1")]
+    [TestCase("innerHTML,outerHTML")]
+    [TestCase("before")]
+    [TestCase("append")]
+    public void ParseHtmxSwap_ReturnsNull_ForUnknownValue(string expression) =>
+        Assert.That(EnumHelper.ParseHtmxSwap(expression), Is.Null);
+
+    [TestCase(null)]
+    [TestCase("")]
+    [TestCase("   ")]
+    [TestCase("show:top")]
+    [TestCase("swap:1s settle:200ms")]
+    public void ParseHtmxSwap_ReturnsNull_WithoutStyle(string? expression) =>
+        Assert.That(EnumHelper.ParseHtmxSwap(expression), Is.Null);
 
     [TestCase(HttpVerb.Get, "get")]
     [TestCase(HttpVerb.Head, "head")]