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User profile for user: Ron Ellis
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iPad OS 15.5 home screen icons seem locked to 6 per row in landscape mode. How can I change it to 5 per row, and add more rows to the page?
Tried large icons in settings, but doesn't work.
iPad, iPadOS 15
Posted on Jun 26, 2022 7:02 AM
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Posted on Jun 26, 2022 9:02 AM
Switching between Portrait and Landscape makes no difference other than switching columns vs. rows…
- With Widgets - Portrait (6 rows x 4 columns) to Landscape (4 rows x 6 columns) - 24 icon array
- Without Widgets - Portrait (6 rows x 5 columns) to Landscape (5 rows x 6 columns) - 20 icon array
iPad models with smaller screens differ in having a smaller grid array. While these models may display fewer rows/columns - rotation between Portrait and Landscape orientation should not change the total viewable icons on each Home Screen.
There are clear differences between iPadOS14 (and earlier) and iPadOS15. iPadOS14 lacked the ability to add Widgets to Home Screens. Instead, the Landscape Today View could be pinned - compressing the icon first Home Screen array. This view was not available in Portrait.
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User profile for user: LotusPilot
LotusPilot
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Jun 26, 2022 9:02 AM in response to Ron Ellis
Switching between Portrait and Landscape makes no difference other than switching columns vs. rows…
- With Widgets - Portrait (6 rows x 4 columns) to Landscape (4 rows x 6 columns) - 24 icon array
- Without Widgets - Portrait (6 rows x 5 columns) to Landscape (5 rows x 6 columns) - 20 icon array
iPad models with smaller screens differ in having a smaller grid array. While these models may display fewer rows/columns - rotation between Portrait and Landscape orientation should not change the total viewable icons on each Home Screen.
There are clear differences between iPadOS14 (and earlier) and iPadOS15. iPadOS14 lacked the ability to add Widgets to Home Screens. Instead, the Landscape Today View could be pinned - compressing the icon first Home Screen array. This view was not available in Portrait.
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Jun 26, 2022 7:14 AM in response to Ron Ellis
As you may have discovered, update to iPadOS15 introduced the ability to add Widgets to your Home Screens - some being added to your first Home Screen, by default, during the initial update to iPadOS 15.x.
Widgets placed on a Home Screen now individually occupy one or more elements of a fixed 4x6 icon grid array. Home Screens without Widgets retain the familiar 5x6 icon grid. Other than placement of Widgets, App or App folders within the fixed array grids, you cannot alter the layout.
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Jun 26, 2022 8:33 AM in response to LotusPilot
Thanks for reply. I think your answer about 5X6 grid applies to portrait mode. I use landscape mode a lot, and it always goes to 6x4 or more mode. I did hide all default widgets at the start
Tried all the wiggling to move apps down to create 5 per row, but it always snaps back to 6 per row in landscape.
After all these years of ability to alter layouts, looks like Apple now says "do it my way".
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Jun 27, 2022 7:26 AM in response to Ron Ellis
The Today View being pinned to the first Home Screen was feature of iPadOS14. This feature was deprecated with introduction of iPadOS15 - being replaced with the ability to add Widgets to any Home Screen.
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Jun 27, 2022 7:09 AM in response to LotusPilot
Thanks again. Could you explain "Landscape Today View", and would it "compress" 6 columns to 5 columns?
I couldn't find that view in settings or elsewhere, so how do I get it?
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