Toggles, Quick Settings, and Quick Access Ribbon - General Questions and Answers

Hi,
I am a bit confused about these. They seem to be related but all different things. Could anyone point me to what they are and how they are used?
Thanks

Quick settings is panel accessible from the notification drawer containing tiles (toggles) which control some system settings (wifi,gps,bt..)
Quick access ribbon is a row of controls (system settings like above) you see on top when opening the notification drawer (e.g. sliding from top to bottom)

I see. So I have is Quick Settings (toggles) and Notification. I've not seen quick access ribbon though.
I have both of them in the lower right corner. Above the notifications, there is an row with a single icon which looks like many lines and a ",' following it. I don't see ribbon of toggles. Any way to enable them?
Thanks

I'm using CarbonRom based on CyanogenMod 10.2 (Android 4.3) and I found it in the statusbar settings:
Settings -> Statusbar -> Quick Settings -> Quick Access Ribbon

I did find it. However, when I run in Tablet UI with notification, quick access settings all in the lower right corner, I don't see quick access ribbon. Instead, I see the attached image.
Any clue on why? Thanks

Some screenshots:
And the ribbons
taken from http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...ower-widgets-in-favor-of-quick-access-ribbon/
Which rom are you using? Maybe that feature has been implemented yet in your device rom

I have PAC-man 4.3, which has CM 10.2
The ribbon is there in the stock UI mode. When I use tablet UI, when notification and quick settings are both in the lower right corner, the ribbon turns into that icon as in my previous attached image.

Oh I see, it must be just a bug then

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[Q] How to change notification drawer to quick settings panel by swipe?

Hi,
I had a ROM once, that allowed me to swipe from left to right or vice versa on notification drawer so I could toggle between notifications panel and quick settings panel (by swipe).
Do you guys now if this is doable with CM11 somehow?
If it is possible it would be with xposed, which doesn't work with art and from my experience makes the phone a little slower.
cih997 said:
Hi,
I had a ROM once, that allowed me to swipe from left to right or vice versa on notification drawer so I could toggle between notifications panel and quick settings panel (by swipe).
Do you guys now if this is doable with CM11 somehow?
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What you described works with swiping on the notification pull down bar. Not inside the drawer itself.
It depends what ROM you're on, some have it, some don't. CM doesn't.
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If it is possible it would be with xposed, which doesn't work with art and from my experience makes the phone a little slower.
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Yeah, this may be xposed. Do you know name of the module maybe? I am trying to find it but no luck so far...

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