Saturday, May 15, 2010

Rearranging Tab Order

I've been getting a few complaints/request to be able to rearrange tabs or to place certain tabs on the front page.  I'd like to clarify that it is possible to rearrange tab order in G-Whizz!  This capability has been present since version 1.0 of the app.

Rearranging tab order is actually a standard convention in all iPhone OS TabBar applications (like G-Whizz!) that contain more tabs than can fit on the front screen.  Simply click on the "More" tab on the right, then click on the "Edit" button in the upper-right-hand corner of the "More" screen.  This will then bring up another screen that displays all available icons on top, and on bottom displays the icons that will be present on the main screen.  Simply drag any of the icons from this top group to the position on the bottom row where you would like it to reside.  You can also drag icons on the bottom to different positions.  When you are done, simply click the "Done" button and your order will be saved.  That's all there is to it!  See screenshot below for an example of the "Edit" screen.

4 comments:

  1. I was happy to find you are having a description of how to change the icons, but this is exactly the way i tried it and it simply doesnt work. Whatever icon i pull anywhere, it just flips back to its old position. Happy for any help info@derlemmi.de

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  2. @Lemmi: You can change the order of items in the tab bar, and move items from the more menu to the tab bar, but you cannot currently change the order of items that show up in the more menu. This is an unfortunate shortcoming in Apple's Tab Bar interface, which is used here.

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  3. @Lemmi: Also note that we're looking into augmenting or replacing this interface with a custom one, since it is also limited to displaying 20 apps on the iPhone. With any luck, we can fix both issues at the same time! :-)

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  4. Horrible russian translation on App store.

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