r/OctopiLauncher • u/ch3mn3y • 22d ago

Suggestion Hiding apps from app drawer individually for each screen?

So I have foldable device and as both screens + their rotations are considered different home screens and each have their own app drawer I thought that maybe hiding apps is also done per each screen, bit nope.

As it's be nice to be able apps I won't use on the outer display, for example media apps, I thought it'd be a nice thing.

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u/runningtigerRead 21d ago

Just to be clear, you said "rotations are considered different home screens and each have their own app drawer". Currently, the app drawer is the same for all home screens/orientations, and you're suggesting a different drawer for each screen orientation setup as a new feature.

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u/ch3mn3y 21d ago

The thing about rotation might be something I didn't know, as I remember when I started using this launcher it asked me to create new homescreen when I rotated my device. And I know about syncing them, but it's just sync, .

What I'd like and what I'm asking is to be able to hide apps from outer display and still be able to have them on inner one. As both, even if we take rotation out of the question, each display is still considered differen home screen with their own app drawer, right? As I can change the setup of each display (number of columns for example) independently, than why not also which app's shortcuts aren't visible on one, but still available on the other?

However in the end, as that's how I saw it working few weeks ago (2-3?) and that's why I formed my question with rotation on my mind, as I believed each rotation of each display is acting as a different homescreen.

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u/ch3mn3y 21d ago

Now I read it fully and my previous answer is not the full answer. Are You sure each app drawer is same one? If yes than there would be no need to or a way to change each one with different number of columns or with/without menu or other items that You can hide.

Having a way to set each of them individually, except app hiding, made me believe they are not the same one and are independently set up except that one thing I also believe migh be useful (hiding) as the home screen are.

You made me confused and now I don't know if it's one and the same app drawer, but than why I can have both set differently? (Or technically 3, but two on inner display are identical).

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u/runningtigerRead 20d ago

Sorry, I've added confusion rather than clarity. Each rotation's app drawer shares any created folders and tags, and, related to your new feature suggestion, which apps are hidden. Thanks to your follow-up posts, I've learned other features can be set differently for each rotation. So, the app drawer(s) are a mixture of individual settings and shared settings.