Launcher Options: UI & Animation - Sliding Drawer

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Launcher Options: UI & Animation - Sliding Drawer dialog. Make a selection above to view a demo of the effect.

The Sliding Drawer defaults to an empty hidden container where user-selected objects (such as apps, widgets, folders) can be added. It offers these functional advantages:

• Location - hides and is exposed from the 4 edges: top, right, bottom, and left
• Built-in - These are turned on by checking them in the dialog shown above and accessed via
  • Main menu > Launcher options > UI & Animations > Sliding drawers
• Activated by a gesture: swipe in the opposite direction of the drawer location

• Memory Usage - It has been cited in a Telegram post (but not found in official Total Launcher documentation) that sliding drawers use more device memory, which could be of concern. The alternative would be to use a window, which is cited as using system cache. Windows are known to have a slightly delayed activation response.

The Sliding Drawer can be set as the Launcher's App Drawer, discussed in detail here, which is a free-standing widget.

The Slide Drawer can have issues as noted below:

• Conflict with Android - The from the edge gesture to activate the sliding drawer can be intercepted by Android's built-in gesture. Frequently, the On the top setting for the sliding drawer will result in Android dropping down the Notification shade. Hacks to give the sliding drawer a priority edge are:
  • Gesture ON - In the default setting (OFF), TL gestures are not activated. To turn this switch on
    • Edit On > Launcher options > Keys & Gestures > Advanced > Gesture animation
  • Drawer handle - TL's widget provides an activator object which can be set for any of the 4 sliding drawer locations.
    • The drawer handle widget is located at Edit ON > Add > Widget > Built-in > Drawer handle
    • See a demo here with the handles at at the top-left (On the top), then top-right (On the right), bottom-right (On the bottom), and then bottom-left (On the left).
  • Hidden Object - Similar to the Drawer Handle widget, a user can create an object, adjust its size and location as desired, set the object's color to transparency (ARGB 00000000), and then set the object's Tap on action to open the desired drawer
    • In Edit ON mode and Object Design menu visible, Action > Tap [or the other 4 choices] > Launcher action > Open the <select> drawer.

The demos shown are for visualization purposes only. The UI & Animation dialog only provides for a selection and not a demo or sliding drawer actually opening. Additional options for the sliding drawer are available by editing the sliding drawer:

• Edit on > (open the drawer, tap/hold edge)
• Drawer boundaries are highlighted; tap the edit icon in the Object Design menu (top), then tap the option icon in the lower right corner
• “On the …” option dialog opens
• To navigate to the section fully describing this process, click here.

• With a see-through background, see demo here .

• With a see-through background, see demo here .

• With a see-through background, see demo here .

• With a see-through background, see demo here .

• The default action of an opening sliding drawer is to open on top of objects with those objects still being visible. By checking this option in Main menu > Launcher options > UI & Animations > Sliding drawers > Erase background, the underlying objects will be erased.
  • See demo here .

See the section Sliding Drawers for more information.

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