On my HTC Wildfire S (Android 2.3.3) I've carefully arranged the clock, calendar and other widgets yet it's rather annoying when I accidentially move or delete a widget. Is there an option or an app which disables/enables moving or deleting widgets on the home screen?
i believe this is a launcher-specific feature. if you want a launcher that can lock the icons and widgets in place, consider downloading a launcher (i recommend go launcher ex, but i think adw launcher has this feature too)
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Hi
Just moved from WM to Android and it's a bit of a learning curve
i am using Launcher Pro at the moment
I wanted to use a launcher that ran alongside the standard HTC Launcher so i could use it for apps only
So i have all of the widgets on the HTC Desire launcher and all of my Apps on Launcher Pro.
So i have a couple of questions if you dont mind
I have tried Helix Launcher and a couple of others and i cant seem to run them seperate to the standard launcher i can only select them from the homescreen Selector App.
But Launcher Pro runs as a separate app which is what i want
So my questions are
1.should all launchers run as standalone am i doing something wrong ?
if not which ones do ?
2. Are there any launchers that provide shortcuts to pages that i could put on the first page ? (EG so tap a shortcut to go to page 7 and call the shortcut Games)
Also on a slightly different topic is it just me or do most widgets seem to waste a lot of space ?
on my Touch HD the homescreen was full but on the Desire when adding widgets there seems to be a lot of space unused between them which is a shame as i would love my tasks on there too but cant use the space.
Same with the HTC notes widget, It's a 4x4 widget but only looks 4x3 in terms of space they could have made it bigger and so more could be fitted in - end of Rant
Thanks in advance
machmandp said:
Hi
Just moved from WM to Android and it's a bit of a learning curve
i am using Launcher Pro at the moment
I wanted to use a launcher that ran alongside the standard HTC Launcher so i could use it for apps only
So i have all of the widgets on the HTC Desire launcher and all of my Apps on Launcher Pro.
So i have a couple of questions if you dont mind
I have tried Helix Launcher and a couple of others and i cant seem to run them seperate to the standard launcher i can only select them from the homescreen Selector App.
But Launcher Pro runs as a separate app which is what i want
So my questions are
1.should all launchers run as standalone am i doing something wrong ?
if not which ones do ?
2. Are there any launchers that provide shortcuts to pages that i could put on the first page ? (EG so tap a shortcut to go to page 7 and call the shortcut Games)
Also on a slightly different topic is it just me or do most widgets seem to waste a lot of space ?
on my Touch HD the homescreen was full but on the Desire when adding widgets there seems to be a lot of space unused between them which is a shame as i would love my tasks on there too but cant use the space.
Same with the HTC notes widget, It's a 4x4 widget but only looks 4x3 in terms of space they could have made it bigger and so more could be fitted in - end of Rant
Thanks in advance
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yes they should run stand alone, all are different apps.
you should be able to make a folder for "Games" instead of having a shortcut just have the folder. I use Launcher Pro Beta. I like it. Its smooth and has a lot of little cool features.
Right now, I'm running CM 6 and I had launcher pro plus, loved the widgets but i found it was using up quite a bit of my battery. I'm trying to switch back to ADW launcher but I cant find anything close to the widgets that Launcher pro offered(i.e. bookmarks, messaging scroll widget). I've looked at beautiful widgets, pure messenger, and some other ones but can't quite find anything like it.
Is there a way to get sense widgets on cm6 other than launcherpro? Even the clock widget that has alarm+timer+stopwatch when you click it(i have weather widgets so it looks identical). And also the bookmarks4x4 and messaging scrollable widgets.
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Good morning guys,
Used the launcher and installed MIUI of these days the LauncherPro Plus, and I fell in love with his own widgets, eg Facebook, twitter. You can see all updates in the launcher own without having to be opened by pressing the program or get one by hand and seeing how one of the widgets in the program itself. I would like to leave if there are some widgets that do the same job or if you have way to install these widgets in LauncherPro MIUI?
It would be the perfect combination, the launcher would be perfect for Android.
Thank you.
Excuse my English (google.translate) rsrsrsrsrs
If you mean you're looking for widgets like LP+'s, I'd take a look at Colorize Widgets.
MIUI launcher doesn't support scrollable widgets. You can try Android Pro Widgets though, they have funky but functional workaround.
With HC on my Xoom, when scrolling throught the app drawer, all I had were apps. With ICS, if I scroll past the end of the apps, it brings me into the widgets that if I tap them, will add to the home screen.
Is there any way to prevent this?
I guess what I'm asking is... With ICS how do I prevent my 3yr old son from being able to scrolling too far in the app drawer and ending up in the widget section where he is adding stuff to the home screens?
KidJoe said:
With HC on my Xoom, when scrolling throught the app drawer, all I had were apps. With ICS, if I scroll past the end of the apps, it brings me into the widgets that if I tap them, will add to the home screen.
Is there any way to prevent this?
I guess what I'm asking is... With ICS how do I prevent my 3yr old son from being able to scrolling too far in the app drawer and ending up in the widget section where he is adding stuff to the home screens?
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googling this just then... if your using cm9 the trebuchet launcher for cm9 doesnt seems to have the ability to lock the desktop (ie not add anything to home screens) see trebuchet features: http://geekprison.com/4472-download-cm9-cyanogenmod-9-trebuchet-launcher-for-android-4-0-3/
using a launcher such as adw ex... you can not only lock the desktop to stop ya boy from adding stuff, adding widgets uses a long press of the screen so the app list remains widget free
hope this helps
So 3rd party launcher is the only way?
and I guess I'm not as worried about adding stuff to the home screen, as he is getting to the widgets, tapping, and not understanding what its doing so he gets frustrated... unlike when he scrolls through apps, and taps, they launch.
Is there a way to use the default home weather/clock widget with another launcher? Every time I try to add it, it doesn't show up in the list of available widgets. I want to use it with Nova Launcher.