Hi all,
I was wondering if there are any apps that allow me to shrink the overall size of the tiles on my PC Desktop. I have a 1600x900 display and can only display 5 rows of tiles.
I know how to change the tiles from oblong to square, (where applicable), and I use oblytile to create custom tiles, (thanks Argony-OT, [donation on its way]).
I've tried ModernUI Start Screen, which allows for rows to be changed, but will only allow me to change to lower values, high ones have no effect.
If anyone understands what I'm after, (as I'm not great at explaining), and can help, please do.
Thanks in advance.
Vince
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I made a build of beanstalk for the mako(Nexus 4) and I don’t have a nexus 4 so I will need someone to test it. features are:
CM10.1 features (4.2.2)
Lockscreen background options (Color fill, Custom image, Transparent)
Customizable Lockscreen text color
Lockscreen rotation
Option to enable all widgets
Minimize lockscreen challange
Use widget carousel
Slider Shortcuts
Static Lockscreen shortcuts
Lockscreen button actions
LCD Density
Scroll elasticity options
Default App grip option
Custom Carrier label
Dual Pane options
Customizable boot animation (off, default, set your own bootanimation)
Custom original BeanStalk Wallpapers by skyliner33v
Custom BeanStalk bootanimation by skyliner33v
Status bar color and transparency
Clock and date options which includes color, location, style
Signal Styles which include color and text instead of icons, alternate GB signal layout, hide signal icons
Breathing SMS option
Battery styles - Includes specific colors and styles. Also includes battery bar
Do not disturb option
Show notification count
Pie controls (need to have lockscreen background set to something other then default to work correctly (dont ask why) )
Fully customizable navigation bar - Includes style, layout, color, nav rings, pretty much everything you can think of.
Quick settings color settings, tiles per row, Quick pulldown, text color
Notification shortcuts, behaviour, drawer style (customizable colors), toggle colors, longpress quicksettings icon to enable/disable toggles
Keyboard and input method options which include disable full screen keyboard and auto rotate
Kil app back button with customizable timeout values
High end graphic effects option
option to disable/enable vibrate on expand for notifications alerts
Low battery warning customizable options
Recents RAM bar fully customizable with color styles
Clock widget for LockClock including extra options to fully customize every feature of the lockclock
Build.prop MOD options to enable/disable tweaks as preferred
Less frequent Notification sounds options
CRT screen off/on options to specify how the animation shows
Enable/disable wake up on charge option
Superuser fully embedded into the build and accessed from settings menu
CM Performance options and features
About BeanStalk option with links to github source and facebook for beanstalk.
insane amount of edits/tweaks/fixes to make this build absolutely fly
option to use a fully themable MMS packages. You can access from mms - settings - theme settings
Numerous other options hidding throughout these build
1.225 Build
TeckDude said:
I made a build of beanstalk for the mako(Nexus 4) and I don’t have a nexus 4 so I will need someone to test it. features are:
CM10.1 features (4.2.2)
Lockscreen background options (Color fill, Custom image, Transparent)
Customizable Lockscreen text color
Lockscreen rotation
Option to enable all widgets
Minimize lockscreen challange
Use widget carousel
Slider Shortcuts
Static Lockscreen shortcuts
Lockscreen button actions
LCD Density
Scroll elasticity options
Default App grip option
Custom Carrier label
Dual Pane options
Customizable boot animation (off, default, set your own bootanimation)
Custom original BeanStalk Wallpapers by skyliner33v
Custom BeanStalk bootanimation by skyliner33v
Status bar color and transparency
Clock and date options which includes color, location, style
Signal Styles which include color and text instead of icons, alternate GB signal layout, hide signal icons
Breathing SMS option
Battery styles - Includes specific colors and styles. Also includes battery bar
Do not disturb option
Show notification count
Pie controls (need to have lockscreen background set to something other then default to work correctly (dont ask why) )
Fully customizable navigation bar - Includes style, layout, color, nav rings, pretty much everything you can think of.
Quick settings color settings, tiles per row, Quick pulldown, text color
Notification shortcuts, behaviour, drawer style (customizable colors), toggle colors, longpress quicksettings icon to enable/disable toggles
Keyboard and input method options which include disable full screen keyboard and auto rotate
Kil app back button with customizable timeout values
High end graphic effects option
option to disable/enable vibrate on expand for notifications alerts
Low battery warning customizable options
Recents RAM bar fully customizable with color styles
Clock widget for LockClock including extra options to fully customize every feature of the lockclock
Build.prop MOD options to enable/disable tweaks as preferred
Less frequent Notification sounds options
CRT screen off/on options to specify how the animation shows
Enable/disable wake up on charge option
Superuser fully embedded into the build and accessed from settings menu
CM Performance options and features
About BeanStalk option with links to github source and facebook for beanstalk.
insane amount of edits/tweaks/fixes to make this build absolutely fly
option to use a fully themable MMS packages. You can access from mms - settings - theme settings
Numerous other options hidding throughout these build
1.225 Build
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Why would you build a rom for a device you dont own or are able to test?
zelendel said:
Why would you build a rom for a device you dont own or are able to test?
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I had a request to make it for mako
TeckDude said:
I had a request to make it for mako
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So message the guy who requested it to test it for you?
zephiK said:
So message the guy who requested it to test it for you?
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I made a build while ago and sent it to him, he didn't reply back. Im prob gonna just post it and hopefully it works because im very curious if it works as good as the version I made for the E4GT
Hi Guys,
I find it a bit hard to see whether the quicksetting icons are showing whether an option (Wifi, Location, Data, etc) is turned on.
Is it possible to change the icons so the on \ off icons are easier to distinguish?
Thanks.
search "hid3rs flat ui" in themes&apps section...
HOW TO GET ANDROID L STATUSBAR WITHOUT ROOTING.
Hi, I am Rigo Golder and I am 10 years old,I am not a developer.I am new to xda,So,I was searching xda and google for Android L Statusbar without root,then,NO ANSWERS.Then I thought about Play Store,then I searched for some zooper templates, and got this- "6 Status Bars for ZOOPER".....I stopped searching and I gone to ZOOPER PRO app.
Sorry,its not like the Original ANDROID L Status Bar,but I have tried as much as possible.
THINGS NEEDED:-
A Android phone running 4.0+.
Nova Launcher beta 3.0.2.
ZOOPER PRO 2.44+.
My Thread
PRECAUTIONS
Persistant Search bar should be disabled on NOVA.
Widget overlapping should be enabled on NOVA.
ZOOPER 'PRO' should be used.
Hiding Notification bar supports your ROM.
LET'S START
Open NOVA launcher.
Add a zooper 1x1 widget.
Resize it to the width of the screen.
Open ZOOPER PRO.
Start from scratch.
Add a text module for time.
Set the font size as you like.
Move it the desired place.
Add a Scalable icon set module for Battery Icons.
Set the scale to the size to fit the height of the Time font.
Rotate it to a vertical angle.
Move it to the desired place near the Time font.
Add a Rect module.
Set the size to match the height of the rest of the modules.
Set outline to 5.
Set Curving degrees to 90.
Move it to the desired place near the Battery icon.
Repeat this step again and move it near the last Rect.
Done.
Now,hide the NotBar by adding an Nova Action-Toggle Notification Bar.
Tap it.
Now drag the widget to Top of the screen.Not to the X button.
Again,open the widget settings by tapping it.
Save the layout.
Exit.
Repeat the 2nd,3rd and 22nd steps to all of the pages of NOVA.
Now,open widget Settings and select-SD Card.
Apply the layout you have saved.
Apply this step to all of the Status Bar widgets you have applied the the pages.
YIPPEE! YOU HAVE THE ANDROID L STATUS BAR!
If I have helped you,PLEEEASE hit THANKS button.
I have added a screenshot and a pre-made layout.
HOW TO DO IT IN A MINUTE.
Download the zip file.
Extract it on any folder.
Move the template to 0/ZooperWidget/Templates.
Thank You,
Rigo
(Keeping these links working in this tool is a pain is the butt.. if a link is not working just look at the attached images at the bottom of the post)
Tile Mate is for those that want to use the Windows Metro screen with customized tiles.
As of Windows 10 custom tiles can no longer be inserted onto the metro screen (note: If you are using Windows 8 you may find that Oblytile is what you are looking for).
I have created Tile Mate to achieve two things.
I am a developer and want to have a play with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
I liked my customized tiles and wanted the same for Windows 10.
Having created it I thought others may want to use it so here it is:
I have attached a few screen shots just to show how I have used it for myself.
To show and hide the Metro like Screen is toggled by holding Alt and pressing the windows key (press and release the windows key while the alt key is down) .
The rest of application is basically point and click (one exception is that if you want to adjust the icon images after you have selected them, just click on the icon/tile preview on the "Tile Management" screen and a popup will allow the adjustments)
Tile drag N Drop (right mouse button) as well as re-sizing is all done in the same manner as the Metro Screen.
Clicking on the Settings bar icon in the top left corner will allow you to open the Tile Management screen to add/delete or adjust tiles.
Holding down the ALT key with the setting slider open displays the "Exit button".
Adding a background to the form: right click on any part of the page and a context menu will display the option to "Set Background"
Groups can be named by mousing over the header of the Group
You can also add backgrounds to the Tile Groups by mousing over the header of the group and clicking on the setting Bars icon which in turn will open the background options allowing you to adjust the left, top offsets, the width and height of the background image (remember the image will then be automatically re-sized and/or cropped to match your Tile Group size as needed, depending on the number and layout of your tiles)
Setting the "Only show under tiles" will cause the background Image to only be shown where the tiles (set the tiles background color to be transparent for best effect ) are. As such otherwise the image is applied to the group background
Any application can can be launched from the "Windows Run" input can be launched in Tile Mate including: Webpages, Steam games, VBS scripts - as well as any executable program (if you find some that don't work and you think they should please PM me)
User is prompted to use the applications embedded (standard) icon after selecting the "program" when creating a new tile
User can add a background image that will be displayed when the mouse moves over the tile
A few other little features I haven't mentioned (hopefully all useful)
Files:
Tile Mate will create a AppData folder:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Tile Mate\
(The Tile description xml file and All icons/border images will be moved into that folder)
Please experiment, and let me know your thoughts. Although I did write this for myself I'm interested in feedback.
Change Log: 0.8(b) :good:
Bug Fixes:
* Fixed the "first" tile created not showing until Tile Mate was restarted.
* Fixed the group options box opening outside of the screen bounds (eg open the options on the left hand side of the screen it was possible for half the options box to be off the screen)
Additions:
* Added a mouse over background to the tiles, now you can display a custom background (that fades in) over each tile. I found this good for my gaming tiles
* Added a video trailer option in the XML file (yet to be added to the options screen) that plays any MP4 video (center screen) when the mouse is over the tile
Change Log: 0.7(a)
* Implemented the flag checks - eg 'Run as Administrator', Hidden, Single Instance ect. all working correctly now
* Added the ability to change the language (in the code at least, I need to translate the actual language file entries, and hope google translate does a good job )
* Added more context menu options to the tiles
Edit Tile (Open the 'Tile management' screen with the current tile selected)
Run as Administrator (if the target application is on the local PC)
Open file location (if the target application is on the local PC)
Tile Size (move this to a sub-menu, and the current tile size is not select-able)
Change Log: 0.6(a)
Addition:
* Small tiles can now be used to insert a new Tile Group (between existing groups - hence the "insert" bit)
* Typing while Tile Mate is displaying will open the Windows Search (Cortana) screen to search on user input please note: Holding any modifier key (shift - ctrl - alt) when the first key is pressed will stop Cortana from opening)
Bug fixes:
* Fixed Tile Ground background edit form from being able to crash the application
* Fixed the small tiles from highlighting the "insert" Tile Group bar.
* Fixed a tile drag 'n' drop when a tile only partially covers the drop zone base tiles were not always moving far enough
* Fixed Z-Index of the Tile being Dragged so it always appear on top
Change Log: 0.5(a) - (Bug fixes)
* Fixed the tile re-sizing
* Fixed a tile drag 'n' drop when a tile only partially covers the drop zone base tiles were not always moving far enough
Change Log: 0.4(a)
* Added the ability to change the Tile Group background via the interface, to access mouse over the group heading and click on the setting bars icon to open the popup
When adjusting the image offsets, width and height the system will not allow you to go outside the bounds of the original image (although I just thought of a bug if you set the Width or height to a negative number it will crash.. You will deserve it but I will fix it...)
* Added "File Explorer", "Windows Settings" and "Search" to the quick lunch bar
* Moved the "set background" to a context menu, simply right click the anywhere in background and select from popup menu.
* Added a Donate to developer (hey, if you feel like it great.. otherwise just enjoy I wrote this for myself anyway)
* Fixed an issue where a long group name would not display correctly when only one column was filled (the fix may hamper some drag and drop features on extremely long group titles, needs further testing)
Change Log: 0.3(a)
* Add the ability to add/change the background image. (Main form) -- The groups background is a WIP
* Add a drop-down list to the form to show tiles for a specific group to allow the user to local and modify tiles easier
Bugs I have noted (So far):
* The first tile created does NOT show until tile mate is closed and restarted. Major bug - next to be fixed.
* The Group Options popup doesn't test screen location, therefore a group on the left hand side of the screen the popup menu is useless
* I have noticed when changing the size of a tile, the detection process is not allows finding over lapping tiles and therefore is not moving all intersecting tiles (high priority)
* Background on Groups needs to do better checking if the user is not thinking the application can be crashed (medium priority)
* Small tiles cause the "new" group bar to highlight on all tile groups, this should be only available on the "last" tile group in the set (low priority)
* during drag 'n' drop the tile being dragged can sometimes be one z-index lower than its partner tiles(low priority)
Regards Zanoroy (Bruce for those of you paying attention)
Great work, but some bugs need to fix
First of all this is great hommie, i love the work you put in this project, continue with the development of this awesome application.
I found a bug when you have to select the image for pin a tile, the program stop working and crashes.
hope you see this and answer me
nice work dude, see you soon ::laugh:
pereshark said:
First of all this is great hommie, i love the work you put in this project, continue with the development of this awesome application.
I found a bug when you have to select the image for pin a tile, the program stop working and crashes.
hope you see this and answer me
nice work dude, see you soon ::laugh:
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Hey thank you nice to know someone is having a play.
Could you give me a little more detail about the steps you took, and the file type you selected for the image? (maybe the image type is not being handled correctly)
Are you seeing this error on all the tiles you attempt to create or is it just a specific one?
As soon as we can identify the cause I will get a fix out
Thanks again
Hi, Love the app. Can you please tell me if it can be used to pin to the start menu in desktop mode? If so, how do I do that?
this app is great hehe....
Cc
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FluffyMule said:
Hi, Love the app. Can you please tell me if it can be used to pin to the start menu in desktop mode? If so, how do I do that?
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No this app just acts as an Application launcher, it simply replicates the Windows 8.1 metro launcher with a few windows 10 additions bolted on.
I intend to add a "pin to tile mate" option for the system context menu so users can right click on an application to add a tile. I also have it running as my windows start menu replacement and will offer that as on option in a later release.
Regards
Zanoroy
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Tile Mate is now a full blown start menu replacement.
Looks and feels like the windows 10 start menu, but has customisation of tiles with a bunch of features (like background changes on mouse over)
The Apps Menu is a large horizontally scrolling menu, with the ability to set the order of ideas with drag and drop features
(the app menu is also currently being developed so that it can be very similar to older windows 7 format)
I'll put it on for download soon, just want to finish off some items first.
Cheers
I increased the number of rows in the layout of the tiles in Quick Pulldown, causing the buttons to scroll off the bottom of the screen (screenshot attached). Since the Edit button only appears when the pulldown is expanded, I can no longer access it. I can't find another way to edit the tiles. Is there a way to fix this or am I SOL?
Fixed it. Here's how:
In Settings > Omni Gears...
> Style - disable Header image.
> Buttons > Keys - disable navigation bar
This made the buttons at the bottom of the pulldown visible and removed the superseding navigation buttons that overlayed the buttons in the pull down.
I was then able to change the number of rows in the pulldown.
This is a UI flaw. Since there's only one way to get to the Edit button for the pulldown tiles, it should not be possible to accidentally inaccessible. An obvious fix would be to make it appear even if the pulldown is not expanded. Alternatively, the pulldown should never expand beyond the top of the navigation bar.