A slide lactching system for latching a sliding door panel to a door frame includes a jamb strike, a latch assembly, and a handle set The jamb strike is connected to the door frame. The latch assembly is connected to the sliding door panel, and has a latch member having a latch hook portion configured to engage the jamb strike. The latch hook portion is movable between a latched position and an unlatched position. The handle set is mounted to the sliding door panel. The handle set is drivably coupled to the latch assembly. The handle set is configured to facilitate both of a moving of the latch hook portion of the latch assembly to the unlatched position, and a sliding of the sliding door panel in a first direction in a continuous motion applied to the handle set by a user.