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Included are tweaks that will Add/Rename/Reorder the Touchpad Launcher pages in webOS 3.0
 
 
 
PROCEED WITH CAUTION! SEE ISSUES AT BOTTOM OF PAGE BEFORE PROCEEDING!
 
 
 
== File Locations ==
 
 
 
All files are located in /var/luna/preferences/launcher3/
 
 
 
'''launcher_fixed.msave''' - Includes details on the Launcher Page Listing.
 
 
 
'''page_ReorderablePage_APPS_{6b63679a-9ce6-449b-892f-6b684d9b03c6}''' - Each launcher page has a file like this, with "APPS" changed to the launcher page name and the seemingly random long string of characters different per page
 
 
 
 
 
== To Rename a Page ==
 
 
 
# Go into the "page_ReorderablePage_..." file
 
# In the [header] section, you will find a row labeled "pagename="
 
# Change the "pagename" to the name you want.
 
# Reboot your Touchpad.
 
# Interestingly, if you change the name of "APPS" to "NEW", a new file will be created called "page_ReorderablePage_NEW_{6b63679a-9ce6-449b-892f-6b684d9b03c6}" with the same PageID
 
 
 
 
 
== To Reorder the tabs: ==
 
 
 
* Go to the " launcher_fixed.msave" file
 
* To rearrange the pages, all you need to do is change the "pageindex" values of the pages.
 
* Perform a reboot and the data in same file with automatically be rearranged based on your pageindex values
 
 
 
SAMPLE CODE:
 
[General]
 
nul=0
 
[header]
 
num_pages=4
 
save_sys_version=7
 
simple_name=default
 
time_created=1309879687727
 
[pages]
 
1\filepath=/var/luna/preferences/launcher3//page_ReorderablePage_APPS_{6b63679a-9ce6-449b-892f-6b684d9b03c6}
 
'''1\pageindex=0'''
 
1\pagetype=ReorderablePage
 
2\filepath=/var/luna/preferences/launcher3//page_ReorderablePage_DOWNLOADS_{21227633-7ee8-43df-8679-07a13d72fc7b}
 
'''2\pageindex=1'''
 
2\pagetype=ReorderablePage
 
3\filepath=/var/luna/preferences/launcher3//page_ReorderablePage_FAVORITES_{0a8f06aa-0b35-4f93-8380-5f9b712e5474}
 
'''3\pageindex=2'''
 
3\pagetype=ReorderablePage
 
4\filepath=/var/luna/preferences/launcher3//page_ReorderablePage_SETTINGS_{fd41ac63-451f-4924-ad64-ae8770ee14b9}
 
'''4\pageindex=3'''
 
4\pagetype=ReorderablePage
 
size=4
 
 
 
 
 
== To Add Launcher Tabs: ==
 
 
 
This was a bit more difficult
 
You can either copy an existing file and edit, or you can create a new file in the directory. Here is an example of the file you should create
 
 
 
* '''FILENAME''' = page_ReorderablePage_NEW_{7b63679a-9ce6-449b-892f-6b684d9b03c6}
 
* '''''Make sure you change the PageID listed in the filename'''''. I just took an existing ID and changed the first character
 
TEXT IN FILE:
 
[header]
 
pagedesignator=NEW
 
pagename=NEW
 
pagetype=ReorderablePage
 
pageuid={7b63679a-9ce6-449b-892f-6b684d9b03c6}
 
[icons]
 
size=0
 
* Save the file.
 
* Open launcher_fixed.msave
 
* Change the "num_pages" in the [header] section to 5
 
* Change the last row of the file from "size=4" to "size=5"
 
* Copy the 3 lines of any one of the existing launcher pages and paste it where you want to add the page (in the example below, I added it at the end)
 
* Change the number at the beginning of the row to increment the pages correctly
 
* Change the "pageindex" values to order the pages correctly
 
* Change the "filepath" to the filename of the new file
 
 
 
See changes to the launcher_fixed.msave file below. NEW code is in '''BOLD''', CHANGED code in ''ITALICS''
 
[General]
 
nul=0
 
[header]
 
''num_pages=4''
 
save_sys_version=7
 
simple_name=default
 
time_created=1309879687727
 
[pages]
 
1\filepath=/var/luna/preferences/launcher3//page_ReorderablePage_APPS_{6b63679a-9ce6-449b-892f-6b684d9b03c6}
 
1\pageindex=0
 
1\pagetype=ReorderablePage
 
2\filepath=/var/luna/preferences/launcher3//page_ReorderablePage_DOWNLOADS_{21227633-7ee8-43df-8679-07a13d72fc7b}
 
2\pageindex=1
 
2\pagetype=ReorderablePage
 
3\filepath=/var/luna/preferences/launcher3//page_ReorderablePage_FAVORITES_{0a8f06aa-0b35-4f93-8380-5f9b712e5474}
 
3\pageindex=2
 
3\pagetype=ReorderablePage
 
4\filepath=/var/luna/preferences/launcher3//page_ReorderablePage_SETTINGS_{fd41ac63-451f-4924-ad64-ae8770ee14b9}
 
4\pageindex=3
 
4\pagetype=ReorderablePage
 
'''5\filepath=/var/luna/preferences/launcher3/page_ReorderablePage_NEW_{7b63679a-9ce6-449b-892f-6b684d9b03c6}'''
 
'''5\pageindex=4'''
 
'''5\pagetype=ReorderablePage'''
 
''size=5''
 
*Perform a reboot
 
 
 
 
 
== Known Issues: ==
 
 
 
# After apply tweaks, App Icon locations would not stick. I could physically move them from one launcher page to another, but once I reboot the device (Luna or Full restart), all apps returned to their original position
 

Revision as of 17:57, 5 July 2011

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