Running adw launcher ex on rooted nook and for the life of me I cant figure out how to fix this. My icon spacing is too far apart. I can only get 4 icons across horizontally. I know there is a fix for this because I see alot of people with icons that are fairly close together. Thanx!
Preferences>homescreen Settings>Number Rows/Columns
malachi1313 said:
Running adw launcher ex on rooted nook and for the life of me I cant figure out how to fix this. My icon spacing is too far apart. I can only get 4 icons across horizontally. I know there is a fix for this because I see alot of people with icons that are fairly close together. Thanx!
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Hit menu on the ADW EX Launcher screen. Select ADWSettings --> UI Settings --> Screen Preferences --> Desktop Columns. From there you can adjust the number of columns on the Launcher.
FYI: I use 6 Columns and 6 Rows on my NOOKcolor and it looks great.
Push the menu button and then adwsettings. Then click on ui settings and then screen preferences.
To decrease the icon spacing, increase the destop columns and desktop rows.
Edit: Dang. Double ninja'd...
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Thanx folks!!
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So I went ahead and got Go Launcher Ex. Is there anyway at all to remove the damn dock? Thanks!
okmijnlp said:
So I went ahead and got Go Launcher Ex. Is there anyway at all to remove the damn dock? Thanks!
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do you mean the dock on the home screen?
I don't know how to actually remove it, but you could set the background to transparent and remove all icons.
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yoqxi said:
I don't know how to actually remove it, but you could set the background to transparent and remove all icons.
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goto prefrences, then select theme settings. select dock background , and select the option hide background.
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you'll have that + + + + + label for adding another icons...
you COULD in theory create a blank PNG or jpeg or whatever.. save it in your gallery (or wherever.. )
Long press on one of the Plus signs.
Select "Replace"
Select "Custom Icon"
then select your blank png (blank.png attached to post
et voila
I have added a blank.zip to the post
just unzip the blank.zip and there will be a blank.png inside....copy to your phone..... find it in the gallery.. and i can confirm it works
example screeenshot of it in action
(i have left dock background in place just to prove it is working,, but easy to disable)
show/hide dockbar
if you dont need the whole dockbar on your homescreens you can also configure to show or hide it with a gesture.
go to "settings" -> "function-settings" -> "buttons and gestures" -> "action for wiping down" -> "show/hide dockbar"
(i hope this are the names of the menus in english because i have the german version)
now when you wipe your finger down on any homescreen the dockbar shows or hides itself.
thats the settings i prefer but do as you like!
regards
Hello, is there any way to remove dock and use its space for widgets?
artemjevas said:
Hello, is there any way to remove dock and use its space for widgets?
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No you can't.
1. Wrong section
2. Dumb question
3. Lazy user
when you tap the + icon, some options pop up where you can select "blank" and + icon will disappear
clonednull said:
if you dont need the whole dockbar on your homescreens you can also configure to show or hide it with a gesture.
go to "settings" -> "function-settings" -> "buttons and gestures" -> "action for wiping down" -> "show/hide dockbar"
(i hope this are the names of the menus in english because i have the german version)
now when you wipe your finger down on any homescreen the dockbar shows or hides itself.
thats the settings i prefer but do as you like!
regards
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This is the best way. However the homescreen real estate is not expanded to reach the bottom of the screen, unlike most other launchers. For this reason I switching back to ADW, although Go's transition fx are amazing
Bit of a bump here, can i not replace the dock with say Arrow Dock? It's completely different so is it possible?
This is arrowdock:
Taken form the post your home screen thread.
go launcher EX hide dock bar [solved]
Pfeffernuss said:
No you can't.
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Actually you can.
Set glide action to hide dock bar, return to home screen and 'glide to hide',reset glide action to whatever. Now when home, no dock bar. Voila!
uppon2 said:
1. Wrong section
2. Dumb question
3. Lazy user
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wrong section yes but not a stupid question nor a lazy user. its an option in adw that i wish go launcher had. i would switch to adw for this option alone but i'm having other more serious issue with adw. the point of this is to use the space so my widget extends to the bottom of the screen. it just looks a lot cleaner instead of empty space at the bottom where the dock would be.
supernugget said:
Actually you can.
Set glide action to hide dock bar, return to home screen and 'glide to hide',reset glide action to whatever. Now when home, no dock bar. Voila!
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I think the earlier question was removing the dock bar and using the real estate to place widgets, which you really can't. Hiding the dock bar? Yes of course. Using the space for widgets? No can do.
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I think the earlier question was removing the dock bar and using the real estate to place widgets, which you really can't. Hiding the dock bar? Yes of course. Using the space for widgets? No can do.
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You can use the space for widgets, the trick is that you have to go to a larger grid size, place the widget at the bottom, and then change the grid size to be one notch smaller.
I did this so that my twitter widget is stretched to the very end of the screen, and the same thing for the jorte calendar on another screen.
It's easy
Using the additional screen area at the bottom can be done, but only for resizable items (widgets). Here's how. Increase your vertical grid capacity by one. I run a 5x4, so I would switch to a 6x4. Use a gesture feature to hide the dock bar. Any widget that was on the bottom of your previous grid will now be one row up from the bottom. RESIZE the widget to occupy the bottom row (do not move it). For a 1x1widget, you would be turning it into a 2x1 widget. Now, go back into your preferences ---> screen settings. Revert back to your original grid layout and return to your home screen. The bottom widgets should occupy the full lower area.
There are three problems with doing this.
1) Any time you show the dock bar, the widgets will not adjust, meaning that the dock will cover part of the widget(s).
2) If you long press any of the lower widgets, it will detect the missing grid row and relocate the widget. In the event this happens, you must repeat the process all over again. This means no moving or resizing widgets once they're in place.
3) The spacing between the lower widgets and anything directly above them is increased due to the widget occupying a larger vertical area. This creates a less uniform look. Note that this only applies to widgets that do not stretch when resized (fixed widget size).
How this helps.
This thread is awesome, now I can finally make some MIUI like interface.
I've tried Go Launcher EX, but I hated the small dock icons. I'm using Samsung Galaxy Nexus, is there a Launcher that:
1 Don't alter the ICS dock icon size, or that have an option to resize the dock icons?
2 That support swipe gesture in the dock? (Swipe upwards to open shortcut)
3 Where it is easy to swap icons?
Which Launcher can do this?
With ADW Launcher you can easily change icons and you can resize the dock icons in the settings. I'm not sure if the free version has dock gestures but it does have gesture support.
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Latest Go launcher EX has option to resize dock icons too.
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Latest Go launcher EX has option to resize dock icons too.
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No? I've installed the latest Go Launcher EX and can not find that option, where is it?
The "Icon size" setting only changs the icon size of all icons...
changing icon size to large instead of a custom size seems to also change dock icon sizes in go launcher.
ADW seems to be the only launcher I've used that has the ability to tweak dock icon sizes and numbers properly.
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changing icon size to large instead of a custom size seems to also change dock icon sizes in go launcher.
ADW seems to be the only launcher I've used that has the ability to tweak dock icon sizes and numbers properly.
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However, Go Launcher latest updates did claim that resizing the dock was doable, so let's hope it's possible for Go Launcher soon.
i managed to make all the dock icons the same same by unchecking Icon Base (show/hide icon base) under pref -> visual styes -> icons
Rankiz said:
I've tried Go Launcher EX, but I hated the small dock icons. I'm using Samsung Galaxy Nexus, is there a Launcher that:
1 Don't alter the ICS dock icon size, or that have an option to resize the dock icons?
2 That support swipe gesture in the dock? (Swipe upwards to open shortcut)
3 Where it is easy to swap icons?
Which Launcher can do this?
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I went to preferences->visual->icons and changed the size to small, the icons were normal size (larger) then! I hope this helps!
Title said its all. Any launcher for Gingerbread? Thanks all
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TSF launcher will allow for 7 rows 6 colums and you can fill the dock with as many icons as you like since it slides in from the side and scrolls up and down throw your dock list.
thats the only one that i know of. but i have read of other launchers that have the 7 dock option somewher made for the note.
Adw ex
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Go Launcher will let you customize. I've tried 8x8 but settled on 7x7 with a 240DPI.
Sorry my bad - was thinking the home grid setting changed the dock as well, this is not the case. Dock is still locked to 5 despite home grid setting.
Maybe Go Launcher HD will do it if you drop your DPI below 214?
Since when does Go Launcher have a 7 icon dock?
Zeam launcher meets those requirements of yours. Not too many options for customization but it is light and fast.
Yep go launcher
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I've noticed some people taking screenshots while in tablet mode and their icons are either normal or larger
I'm running cm9 at 213dip and I really can't understand how you could possibly change the icon size any larger- although if there was a way it would not only be very beneficial; but extremely convenient
-Thanks
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Have a look on your launcher settings, should be able to size them in there
My launcher doesn't have those settings. Is there something in the build prop I could edit?
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Doing that would change the size of the entire system... There is more than one launcher
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Doing that would change the size of the entire system... There is more than one launcher
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I have not tried Go Launcher EX yet - does it will allow you to resize homescreen icons, not just widgets? I have not seen this option in Apex or Nova. I would also like to see a launcher that vertically centers the icon in the grid square when icon labels are not used so they line up with widgets in the same row, not display them at the top to leave room for the label. Anyone know a launcher that will do this?
I'm stuck on ADW ex just for this reason. You can blow up your icons as big as you want. I haven't found a newer launcher that can do this as well as ADW.
How do I add more rows and columns of apps on homescreen?
Tap n hold on home screen,Add apps n widgets
artofdesign said:
How do I add more rows and columns of apps on homescreen?
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Wonders_Never_Cease said:
Tap n hold on home screen,Add apps n widgets
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No, the question is how to increase grid size.5x6 etc. Rows and columns
artofdesign said:
No, the question is how to increase grid size.5x6 etc. Rows and columns
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Under the three dot menu you can select "Grid Size". Unfortunately for stock there are only two options: 3x4 and 4x5.
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Under the three dot menu you can select "Grid Size". Unfortunately for stock there are only two options: 3x4 and 4x5.
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I think the question was about the home screen not the app drawer. This is something roms let you change but it usually messes up the alignment sense widgets.
I do find it strange that for a screen this large, it defaults to four rows and columns. There is so much extra space around the icons. Yeah, we could use Nova or another launcher but you lose blinkfeed.
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I think the question was about the home screen not the app drawer. This is something roms let you change but it usually messes up the alignment sense widgets.
I do find it strange that for a screen this large, it defaults to four rows and columns. There is so much extra space around the icons. Yeah, we could use Nova or another launcher but you lose blinkfeed.
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Right, that was the question.
I have resorted to Nova, which I've always liked, but we bummed about blinkfeed too. But I found a way to still have it. Thread on Android central explained to create a shortcut to it on nova. Boom, works good.