Feature Request: Ability to Leave Empty Spaces in Bliss Launcher Grid (for Custom Layouts)

/e/OS Smartphone Operating System Request a Feature
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Hi /e/OS Team,

I would like to request a feature for the Bliss Launcher: the ability to leave empty slots in the home screen grid, without automatic rearrangement of icons.

What’s missing now:
Currently, when I remove or move an app icon, the launcher automatically shifts other icons to fill the gap. This makes it impossible to keep a custom layout or leave a space open intentionally.

Why this matters:
I want to leave a specific area of the home screen blank so that a part of my wallpaper (e.g., a person’s face) remains visible and unobstructed by icons.

Feature request:

  • Let users lock the icon layout, so apps stay in their set positions.
  • Allow empty grid cells on the home screen.
  • Optional: make the number of rows/columns user-configurable.

Benefits:

  • Greater visual control and personalization.
  • Better integration of wallpapers and aesthetics.
  • A small change that would improve the user experience for many.

Thanks in advance for considering this!

Best regards

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sensible request - I just noticed the Bliss code will iterate through the grid back to it’s last position, if you drag the icon far out, it will step back through all possible positions. Hello lil for-loop I can see you

What makes Bliss do the reordering is in this commit:

You’d need to make your case in the gitlab, but I’m unsure there’s a majority for this when murena explicitly wanted that behaviour. But builders can revert that commit and see how the placement behaves

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