Okay, I have successfully made Rosie do 5x5 and 4x5.
5x5 is what I wanted, but then every single widget would have to be edited to look right. - No.
4x5 lets the 4 column widgets work, and adds an extra row of icons to every screen. Only problem is, since each square of screen space is reduced to add the extra row, the last few lines of a widget are lost.
See attached 4x5 shot.
I know if I can remove some padding around the workspace screen, each cell would grow a little. I just can't find where to do it, and my fingers are getting numb from building and pushing the apk.
Does anybody know what padding settings I need to reduce to allow icon/widget cells to grow?
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I done the same thing with the incredible when I had it.
There is a way to accomplish this but you are still going to have to edit the individual widgets to fit in the smaller space.
It's been a while but it's a pretty simple edit.
The main widgets that need to be changed are the clock, the calendar, and the people widget.
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Yeah, I've been down that road. I'm trying to avoid it though.
If I can recover enough space by removing the padding I shouldn't have to.
Just something I'll have to play with till I get it right I guess.
Thanks though!
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4x5 lets the 4 column widgets work, and adds an extra row of icons to every screen. Only problem is, since each square of screen space is reduced to add the extra row, the last few lines of a widget are lost.
See attached 4x5 shot.
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This made me realize my mind has trouble interpreting grids phrased as [column]x[row]. I'm hard wired for row first, lol.
Does this look OK in landscape with 5 rows. This is where the problems usually begin for me wanting to use 5 rows.
If it's possible to cut that padding down to a bare minimum, it should fix the widget issue, at least a little bit.
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Has anyone developed an alternative to the TFL3D clock which i think is too big especially with the white back ground behind the digits. A smaller clock would be much better if like me you have photo's as wallpaper.
On your home Tab
Under the big clock you should have Call history and Calendar.
Right below that you should have an arrow head pointing downwards.
Place your thumb or finger there and swipe upwards
The clock will be reduced.
Hope this helps
yes that what i do at the moment and thats the sort of size i would like the clock to be. However if you do tasks and return to home the large clock reapears i just want permanently rid of the ugly large clock
Wierd
Try this
HKCU\software\HTC\Manila
Home.LastClockView
The value should be 1
(no harm in trying, right)
I need someone good at editing apks to give me a hand please. I have an app caled Minute Cop, Its widget is oddly sized 6 spaces and only needs 2 spaces its got alot of transparent just filling up empty blocks. Im looking to get it themed to 3 blocks and to match the HTC Calendar widget
I was running CM7 -197 build on SD card with ADW Launcher EX. Due to the know Market issue, I would change the LCD density to 160 dpi to regain the Market. Each time that I would do this, my screen would squeeze all the icons into the middle 3/4 of the screen leaving a gap at the top and bottom where no icons could be located. If I returned the resolution to 161, my full screen would return and my icons would be spaced correctly. This morning I loaded the -200 build which has the 160 dpi built-in and I am back to all my icons crowded into the middle of the screen.
Has anyone else encountered this? If so, is there something that I can do to fix or correct? I have looked at all the ADW Launcher EX settings but see nothing that helps.
As a side note, I can run the ADW Launcher that comes with CM7 and everything is spaced correctly at 160 dpi. I do, however, prefer the icon and icon text settings that the EX version allows and would like to run it if I can get it to work correctly.
Thanks, in advance, for any help.
this may be a long shot but try changing your columns and rolls...
fix
Menu
More
ADWSettings
UI Settings
Icons
Uncheck Density hack
Done!
I can't explain how long it took me to find that...
Thanks for these suggestions. I had not tried either one until now. Unfortunately, neither suggestion worked for me. I tried a reboot after unchecking the density hack but my screen is still showing the icon rows and columns in the middle 3/4 of the screen.
If I cannot find a solution I guess I will just stick with the regular ADW Launcher. I just wish there was a way to get the icons to be a little bigger. Maybe I will just step up the power of my reading glasses.
I have the same issue. I also believe it is caused by the screen layout, not dpi. My setup is 7 rows x 8 columns (looks better to me when switching back and forth between portrait and landscape). No change when I change lcd density, but if I add more rows, the gaps disappear.
btw, I've had density hack unchecked the whole time.
I don't mind it so much because my screen is pretty full anyway, the gap is a nice visual break.
Might try unchecking compatability mode.
DizzyDen said:
Might try unchecking compatability mode.
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I've always had that unchecked as well. The only thing I've changed that successfully gets rid of the gaps is having at least 8 rows.
hikersc, how many rows and columns do you have?
tyderian said:
I've always had that unchecked as well. The only thing I've changed that successfully gets rid of the gaps is having at least 8 rows.
hikersc, how many rows and columns do you have?
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I have 5 columns and 7 rows. As mentioned, I like to increase the size of the icons (and icon text).
I looked but could not find a setting for "compatibility mode". Could someone let me know and I will try that?
Thanks for everyone's help.
I would guess he means the compatability setting in Spare Parts.
I have the same issue. I have tired all of the above fixes... None of them have worked except changing the DPI, but that removes the market apps.
I am on Cm7 nightly 206 with the most up to date version of ADW ex. Does anyone else have any ideas? Even with more rows and columns there is still a gap of about 3/4 of an inch on both sides, or top and bottom depending on orientation.
Solved... sorta
The issue is definitely with ADW EX and the new fancy-pants dock bar.
The good news is that you can easily get your screen real estate back, the bad is that until ADW fixes this you wont be able to have your familiar 3-5 icon dock, you'll have to make the new "hidden" dock your primary
UI Settings
Main Dock
Main Dock Style
None (expand desktop)
The new bar is still persistent when you scroll across all screens... I'll get used to it... heck, I might even learn to like it.
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The issue is definitely with ADW EX and the new fancy-pants dock bar.
The good news is that you can easily get your screen real estate back, the bad is that until ADW fixes this you wont be able to have your familiar 3-5 icon dock, you'll have to make the new "hidden" dock your primary
UI Settings
Main Dock
Main Dock Style
None (expand desktop)
The new bar is still persistent when you scroll across all screens... I'll get used to it... heck, I might even learn to like it.
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Wow!...Thanks! This does, indeed work. I would prefer the old dock or at least an option to have the old versus the "fancy pants" new one but at least I can adjust the icon and icon text size and not have the big gaps at top and bottom (or worse...a crippled Market).
To tell you the truth, I have been looking at the regular ADW icons for so long I might just stick with that. None the less, thanks for coming to the rescue. I had tried a number of different things but never found the solution. Great Job!
mborzill said:
The issue is definitely with ADW EX and the new fancy-pants dock bar.
The good news is that you can easily get your screen real estate back, the bad is that until ADW fixes this you wont be able to have your familiar 3-5 icon dock, you'll have to make the new "hidden" dock your primary
UI Settings
Main Dock
Main Dock Style
None (expand desktop)
The new bar is still persistent when you scroll across all screens... I'll get used to it... heck, I might even learn to like it.
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Thank you so much! I have been pounding my head trying to get this to work.
So I've been fiddling with LauncherPro running in CM7, and I've been trying to get the grid set up properly. I'm really not sure what the optimal is as far as avoiding distorting things too much, but I read somewhere earlier that 10x10 was best. Considering the screen size I felt that seemed weird.
I managed to set things up perfectly on my phone, and using very basic math determined that on my phone (LG Phoenix) the proper sizing was 80x96 pixels per square, but unfortunately this translated to a grid of 7.5x10.7 on the Nook Color. When I tried it out at 7x10 (using LP's Calendar widgets) things looks smooshed.
More trial and error, lots of searching (with no results anywhere), and the best I came up with was 6 columns by 7 rows. Using the calendars as a gauge I can say that so far it looks best. A problem with this size though is that everything looks enlarged.
If anyone has anything to offer, I'm all for it, but this was the best I could do, and I am pretty new to this kind of thing (I've only had the nook for a few days). Since I found nothing in here referring specifically to this issue, I thought I'd at least post what I've worked out so far. Hope it's helpful.
Thanks for the feedback, hwong96. I should have also added that my numbers were for portrait. I tried 6x8 but it was still a bit smooshed together. I Keep using LP Calendar widget as a reference, the first one being longer and more rectangular, the second being square, or at least they should be if the dimensions are right. I will also add that I've got Auto-fit checked.
I use ADW set at 6 column and 8 rows. App drawer set at 5 column in portrait and 6 column in landscape.
For maximum flexibility, use 10x10 and resize any "smooshed" widgets to make them large enough to not be "smooshed."
One of the few features that I liked on my WinMobile phone was the ability to arrange icons and widgets differently in landscape and portrait modes. With a bit of work, it could look "perfect" in either orientation. I've forgotten what launcher it was, but it was a simple solution.
Even better is the B&N launcher interface with no grid. Just drag things around and size them as you like. It can auto-arrange and size things if you like. More like my messy desk, I guess.
Meanwhile, I've gone with 5x7 on CM in portrait mode. I quit worrying about making it look anything but usable in landscape as I change it around too frequently to spend that kind of time on it!
ADW EX allows you to resize icons. Not sure if LP has that feature, but it didn't last time I ran it. That might help if things look too sparse.
You might be familiar with Grid OS, FusionGarages latest idea that didn't make the market. While that's a more complicated version of the idea, I'd like to see a theme or launcher capable of displaying icons in a perfect grid of squares without any space between the icons. To compensate for inconsistent resolutions, the theme/launcher would need to simply calculate the available space, with or without an outside margin.
The attachment displays a quick concept of this idea. The blueish background represents the wallpaper, the white and black squares represent icons. These icons may be displayed in a variety of ways - glass themed, miui themed, colors based on average color of default icon with the default icon on top (similar to miui), etcetera, but the main feature is the lack of padding between the icons. A pure grid with dimensionless gridlines. I realize an extra row and column could have been added, but nonetheless, it's just a mockup.
There's also the lack of a dock - this may be added somewhere, but not on an edge as that would distort the grid. It needs to be connected seamless and paddingless to the pure grid, with or without an empty row inbetween the dock and the other icons. In the mockup, it may simply be the lowest row of icons, for example. However, a dock would distract from the solidness of the grid as it would only be useful with multiple homescreens, whereas I reckon the theme would work best if the grid is all there is - no distracting slides to different homescreens, overscrolling the necessary margin to the screen edges and distoring the grid on these sides to compensate for resolution, when moving to the new set of icons on a different homescreen. Instead, scrolling (perhaps just vertically), like on Grid OS, could do. In that case, a margin to compensate for screen edges is only optional as well.
Is there such a launcher or similar theme already? Is it something to hope for, for a fellow developer to build upon this idea?
Would really love to see this. Especially since it's different.
Have you tried sslauncher in the play store yet?
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