layout

My S23 updated to One UI V 7.0 a couple weeks ago. I have been able to change a few of the settings back to how there were before but I can't figure out how to configure the layout of my apps. I'm referring to the list of all my apps, not my home screen apps. When I would try to find an app...

I'm not sure how or why, but all of a sudden the vertical spacing on my homepage increased. The icons are further away from each other now, and widgets take up more space (the resize square is larger, from top to bottom, for all widgets). The icons size is still the same as it was, and the...