Help Galaxy Tab S7 question (home screen)

[Connor Xavier Macleod]

My home screen used to have the icons right up against the edge of the screen, but a couple months ago, an update indented them over 1 inch from the edge.

Is there a way to put them back against the edge?

Also, I hate the way the folders open up now. The window is smaller with fewer icons, and I have to scroll over to see more. Is there a way to fix this as well?

 

[Milo Williamson]

My home screen used to have the icons right up against the edge of the screen, but a couple months ago, an update indented them over 1 inch from the edge.

Is there a way to put them back against the edge?

Also, I hate the way the folders open up now. The window is smaller with fewer icons, and I have to scroll over to see more. Is there a way to fix this as well?

Have you tried swiping them, all the icons should stay the way they are after moving them around..

 

[ocnbrze]

try using a different launcher........check out the nova launcher in the play store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher

 

[Connor Xavier Macleod]

Have you tried swiping them, all the icons should stay the way they are after moving them around..

Trying to move them back doesn't work. Obviously, it's something the devs did for some kind of "aesthetic" reason.

 

[Connor Xavier Macleod]

try using a different launcher........check out the nova launcher in the play store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher

I thought I might have to use a launcher, but was hoping against it.

 

[Milo Williamson]

Trying to move them back doesn't work. Obviously, it's something the devs did for some kind of "aesthetic" reason.

Soooo sounds like a hardwear failure then.

 

[Hadron]

I thought I might have to use a launcher, but was hoping against it.

You are using a launcher already, it's just Samsung's (not terribly good) one.

I don't have a recent Samsung tablet so can't check any of this stuff myself. But if you don't have any desktop settings to control any of this stuff then you may have no alternative but to use a third party app. Have you tried pressing and holding on an empty bit of home page, or maybe pinching in, and seeing whether any settings options appear?

My experience of Samsung's launchers on my ancient Note 10.1 and my s21 mean I would not put it past them doing something restrictive and inefficient for their own reasons.

 

[Connor Xavier Macleod]

The Nova launcher didn't work.

.... Have you tried pressing and holding on an empty bit of home page, or maybe pinching in, and seeing whether any settings options appear?

My experience of Samsung's launchers on my ancient Note 10.1 and my s21 mean I would not put it past them doing something restrictive and inefficient for their own reasons.

Yes, I tried. That doesn't work.

It makes no sense why they would take away valuable "screen real estate". I suppose they hired some idiots away from Apple.