Upcoming iOS 18 to offer more customizable home screen

I miss being able to move home screens and icons around from inside macOS. Previously this was done within the iTunes app. Doing this on an iPhone can be a laborious task since you can't move the entire screen, only a single icon at a time. If something akin to this arrives I'd be happy.

Xed said:

I miss being able to move home screens and icons around from inside macOS. Previously this was done within the iTunes app. Doing this on an iPhone can be a laborious task since you can't move the entire screen, only a single icon at a time. If something akin to this arrives I'd be happy.

Tell me about it! And if Apple would like to keep this editing capability on the phone instead of needing a computer, I suggest they create some sort of a split screen function where you can resize the 'split' area. The top would then be some sort of a folder/app clipboard where you can drag items into, then on the bottom you'd navigate to the destination area and move the items out of the clipboard. Something like that. Because right now the slightest mistake in interaction screws up the layout...

Ps: technically you can select multiple items. Tap/hold an icon until it wiggles, keep your finger on it, while using a second finger to tap and add items to the stack. It's the moving around different screens that's the shitty part...

NicholasM said:

@Xed

@CheeseFreeze 

You can arrange entire screens, in any order, on iPhone.

Super easy.

1. Hold down on the row of dots at the bottom
   All of the apps toggle with a -sign
2. Next press and release the row of dots. All of the screens allow you to re-arrange
   
3. Drag and drop the screens or uncheck if you want to hide them

Neat! Thanks.

You can also un/check a home screen, which is somethingI’ve wanted for a long time. I have certain apps that I only use when doing a specific task.

PS: You could prank someone by hiding all but one of their home screens. :)

Xed said:

I miss being able to move home screens and icons around from inside macOS. Previously this was done within the iTunes app. Doing this on an iPhone can be a laborious task since you can't move the entire screen, only a single icon at a time. If something akin to this arrives I'd be happy.

That was also my first thought.

Moving even a single icon around on the device is more fraught than it should be.  Sometimes not unlike trying to control a greased skateboard on a bed of ice, slipping and sliding around almost uncontrollably as it knocks the other things out of the way.

And why is the "Done" button hidden when inside a folder?