Is there any way to set up Lightning so that tapping anywhere outside the topmost folder (not just on empty space) will close the folder?

By default, tapping outside an open folder will activate whatever you click on. This is in contrast to any other launcher I’ve used, where tapping anywhere outside a folder closes the folder.

I love that Lightning folders are much more flexible, and this default behavior in other launchers isn’t always desirable here – but is it even possible?

Just discovered Lightning and I’m loving its flexibility! I’d love to be able to do some of the things I’m used to in other launchers, though…

One of my favorite features in both Nova and AL3 is the ability to set most of my folders so that tapping on the folder opens an app (the first app in the folder), but swiping up on the folder opens the folder itself. When I’ve used those launchers, most of my icons worked this way – so for example, clicking on my Map icon would open Google Maps, but swiping on it would show me all my mapping and navigation apps.

Is there any way I can make this the default behavior for folders in LL?

Here’s my current process, manually for each folder:

1. Edit folder properties

2. Set “tap” to “Launch an app”

3. Select the app from the (long) list of all my apps.

4. Set “Swipe up” to “Launch the item”

This gives me the behavior I want, but it’s a lot of work per-folder. After doing this, each folder still looks like a folder – other launchers set the folder icon to match the icon of the first app. If I want to do that here, it gets even more complicated:

1. Choose “Customize Item”

2. Choose “Select an icon”

3. Select “External file browser”

4. Select my preferred icon pack from the sidebar

5. Find the icon for the app I selected

And if I’m not using an icon pack, and just want to use the app’s default icon, it’s even harder – I’m honestly not sure how to do that at all.

Any way to simplify the above process?