Lightning Launcher Bug Report
(and discussion)
Desktops deleted using Configure Desktops are not really deleted.
1. Go to Configure Desktops and add a desktop.
2. Go to the home desktop and add a LL Desktop & Position shortcut that links to the new desktop.
3. Go to the new desktop by clicking the shortcut and then add an app or a folder or whatever.
4. Go to Configure Desktops and delete the new desktop.
5. Go to the home desktop and click the shortcut that links to the new desktop. You’ll be taken to the deleted desk top.
Note that a new shortcut to the deleted desktop cannot be created. Also, folders on this deleted desktop can be linked to using an LL Action shortcut.
Discussion:
If functional desktops can exist that can only be reached via a shortcut does deleting the shortcut leave all the items on this now unreachable desktop? If so, then this becomes wasted memory.
I see three possible solutions:
1. When you delete a desktop it should be completely deleted and not accessible.
2. Take advantage of this functioning and add a Hide/Unhide feature to Configure Desktops and as new LL Desktop & Position shortcuts are created allow them to only link to desktops that are not hidden.
This would create a desktop that is not easily reachable but could contain items such as “hidden” folders to be linked to, or items you want to keep private.
3. Do both 1 and 2. Make deleted desktops be completey deleted, and add a hide/unhide feature to Configure Desktops.
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You find a lot of bugs lol
Pierre if you read this could ya add an easier way to kill/reload/restart LLX Sometimes after i reboot my phone some of my widgets get stuck (just say loading) but killling/restarting LLX fixes it everytime its a PITA to go to the drawer find LLX long tap it and choose kill. Would be great if you could add it to the main menu (not the desktop menu) the LLX setup menu, hope that makes sense I got confused typing it.
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Jay M: you can as an action. You can add it as a normal item (click to reset) or from a gesture on an existing item.
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Jay M I used to make my living hunting bugs in a very complex piece of music software called Finale…
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Desktop are effectively deleted, as well as all associated resources such as images and widgets. Links to this desktop are not modified though. I don’t think this is a good idea. What happens when you click on a link to a deleted desktop is that a “placeholder” desktop is shown: as long as you do not configure it and no app is added, it is not created. It is ready to be used but uses no extra memory. Now the problem appears when you start editing it : it will be allocated but not visible in the configure desktop screen. I would say the hidden option is interesting but this is a not a solution for the bug (that need to be fixed…)
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Pierre Hébert I agree, the bug should be fixed first…
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