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Beta 28 is up guys. I decided to take a break from the todo list and implement an idea I had yesterday afternoon. It turned out to be a bigger job than I had thought, but I'm really happy with the result. I have removed the old settings screen with the plain icons and turned the settings page into a grid in the same style as the main menu and title launcher. Each setting has its own icon and displays details on the top screen, along with a tick on the icon if the setting is enabled. The settings looks much more attractive now :)

Before I start work on wallpapers, I just need to check something. Should the wallpaper be displayed all throughout the launcher, or only on the main/title grids?
Awesome! Thanks. I think having a wallpaper on both screens will give us more options to customize. or we could choose different backgrounds for the title screen and the main launcher :)
 

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Beta 28 is up guys. I decided to take a break from the todo list and implement an idea I had yesterday afternoon. It turned out to be a bigger job than I had thought, but I'm really happy with the result. I have removed the old settings screen with the plain icons and turned the settings page into a grid in the same style as the main menu and title launcher. Each setting has its own icon and displays details on the top screen, along with a tick on the icon if the setting is enabled. The settings looks much more attractive now :)

Before I start work on wallpapers, I just need to check something. Should the wallpaper be displayed all throughout the launcher, or only on the main/title grids?
Can you add in the future the posibility of add/change music in the badground?
 

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Thanks for the feedback guys. Ok, separate wallpapers for the top and bottom screens, and they will stay there all the time no matter where you are in the launcher. By the way, sorry for not responding to all the previous suggestions. I have read all of them but haven't had time to respond individually. I will do as soon as I am able.

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Can you add in the future the posibility of add/change music in the badground?
Yes, background music is already on the todo list.
 

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The new Settings icons look great!!! :nds:
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Before I start work on wallpapers, I just need to check something. Should the wallpaper be displayed all throughout the launcher, or only on the main/title grids?
I think all the time is better, and possibly shows help text into a front semitransparent box to contrast!
 
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Sorry if it's already asked, but should be possible an option to set the installed system apps as the main screen instead of the 3DS folder?
 
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Sorry if it's already asked, but should be possible an option to set the installed system apps as the main screen instead of the 3DS folder?
Good idea! I'll add it to the list.

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Finally updated the screenshots on the first post :)
 

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When switching the "Third row of icons" in setting menu.
The arrows of the "Wraparound scrolling" appear in the setting menu.

PS: add a door to the house. :3
 

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Thanks for the feedback guys. Ok, separate wallpapers for the top and bottom screens, and they will stay there all the time no matter where you are in the launcher. By the way, sorry for not responding to all the previous suggestions. I have read all of them but haven't had time to respond individually. I will do as soon as I am able.

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Yes, background music is already on the todo list.
And do you think this would be possible to use actual 3ds themes (with Body_LZ.bin and BGM.bcstm), since we know how to read/edit these files? Even if this is not your top priority, I think that could be a really great feature ^-^
 

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@mashers i noticed a bit of a bug when using custom themes. See how the black doesn't fit around the curve fully on the second icon. It does it for every icon. Some times the icons don't fill the rounded rectangle as well - look at ftp-3ds Maybe you can add a option to make thicker rounded rectangles like in the og version. Those fit perfectly and i really like them.
 
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And do you think this would be possible to use actual 3ds themes (with Body_LZ.bin and BGM.bcstm), since we know how to read/edit these files? Even if this is not your top priority, I think that could be a really great feature ^-^
Only if there are details available on how to read the file format and access the image and audio data. Also the theme colour data would need to be present, so they probably would not be compatible.

@mashers i noticed a bit of a bug when using custom themes. See how the black doesn't fit around the curve fully on the second icon. It does it for every icon. Some times the icons don't fill the rounded rectangle as well - look at ftp-3ds Maybe you can add a option to make thicker rounded rectangles like in the og version. Those fit perfectly and i really like them.
WRT the FTP-3DS icon, it's because the icon itself has corners rounded to a different radius. You would need to use a smdh with an icon that doesn't have rounded corners. The grid launcher masks the image to the correct radius, so the icons should not have rounded corners already.

The other problem you mentioned looks like it's because there are two overlapping images - the app background panel and the selection image. I'll make it so the background doesn't get drawn if the item is selected.
 
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