How does one make a hideable, swipeable panel? Or is that only possible with folders?
How does one make a hideable, swipeable panel? Or is that only possible with folders?
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Zsolt Golenya A little more info,please. Hidden in what way? How do you want to access this hidden panel… do you want to swipe the screen or?? Or, have it on another screen and drag it onto the desktop?
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Depends on the desktop you have, but I recommend a folder
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I think you can do something like this using stop points. If you take a look at Chris Chastain’s “TopTab” apk, he has a hideable dock using application shortcuts, which could be replaced with a panel. Swiping up shows the “dock,” swiping down moves it off screen, effectively hiding it. Swipe events could be added to the panel itself as well. I don’t have a working example at the moment, but if I come up with one I could post it here, if you think that would be useful.
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Also, on that same TopTab theme, the panel I used for beautiful widgets weather scrolls down to icons for radar now and moon phases. If panel is transparent with no borders, it is invisible. Leaving a blank row to scroll to (like the clock panel in DeepBlue II) makes it effectively invisible. Of course, you may have something else entirely in mind. ;-D
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I know how to animate folders via shortcuts, but that’s different. I’m looking to swipe and have a panel come into view. For example, left swipe would “slide” a panel in from the right edge of the screen, that was “invisible” prior to the swipe. Carolyn Boyle you said swipe events can be assigned to panels. How? That sounds exactly what I’m looking for, but have not found such an assignable event.
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Zsolt Golenya I misspoke, my apologies. I was thinking (well I guess I really wasn’t thinking (≧皿≦) of swipe actions for folders. I think the closest you can get to it with a panel is to assign a general swipe event to go to a specific desktop and position. Chris Chastain is a master at this, judging from the topTab template. I’m honestly still trying to figure out how he did that. Chris is there a demo or tutorial somewhere for how you got the effects you did?
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Carolyn Boyle I’m not aware of a tutorial.
Zsolt Golenya I can think of a couple ways to get that effect, but not really precisely as you ask.
I think what you are looking for would be better achieved by scrolling in a section of adjoining screen, with everything on the current screen pinned, so as to give the appearance of sliding in a “panel”. I think of a panel as a static folder.
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Stop points are handy for panels. Basically pin all the icons on your desktop. Locate a panel on the edge of the next screen (ie right side of the screen to the left). Then place a stop point on the far edge of the panel (left side in this example). When you swipe right, the panel will slide into view and scrolling will stop at when the panel’s left edge reaches the left side of the screen.
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Make a folder and assign it to a swipe gesture. Adjust the settings of the folder so it acts and looks like a panel.
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Gregory Holt I agree, that would be the most logical way.
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Steve Parkin that’s another way. Only omit the panel and get the same effect. I’m just missing the advantage or necessity of using a panel for this effect.
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Chris Chastain
yes, same here. I can see uses for panels, but not the slide in and out functionality, more for locking things in a group in place … Though I may be missing their point also.
My initial drafts using panels were far less functional than I expected. Now I put folders below the bottom row on the home screen, put a stop point above them, then open the folders off icons and gestures.
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Aside from the intellectual challenge of figuring out how to do it 🙂 is there some characteristic of panels that makes you want to be able to use/hide one instead of using a folder?
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The reason was that I was after a more realistic feel. When you assign an action to a swipe, there is a slight delay. First you swipe, THEN the action happens…. As opposed to “pulling” (swiping) the panel into position in real time. I know…. It’s a small detail, but…. Anyways, thanks for all your genius answers! 🙂
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I use panels that slide in from the top or side. They are easy to achieve and I like being able to drag them into view.
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I put up a post with a gallery explaining how I made my sliding panel. I’m not sure if it is what you wanted.
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Thank you Gnudest knewdestfor that post. So you are essentially moving the home screen itself with the panel on it correct?
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Grace-Ann Curby would you mind telling us how you did that?
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Zsolt Golenya yes, the panel moves behind the pinned widget. I could have it slide from an edge, but I wanted the look of the screen splitting.
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I think maybe we are confusing terminology here. I think what you are asking about, we (just me?) are taking to mean “Panels” as recently added to LLX.
I think maybe you mean “panels” made by sliding the screen to show a portion of adjoining pages, with everything on the home page pinned so it doesn’t move when scrolling. Take a quick look at the video for RumbleKat in the apk section, and I’ll post a quick screenshot of it, zoomed out in edit layout mode so you can get an idea.
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Does LL save battery?
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