HTC Home customization. Customizer can't do this?
 

My home screen currently looks like:
http://home.pacbell.net/ggladsto/have.jpg
I want it to look like this:
http://home.pacbell.net/ggladsto/want.jpg

I'm currently modifying the HTC Sprint Home (QuickLauncher) plugin to achieve the top screen. There's plenty of room for a second row of icons... But I haven't figured out a good way to implement this. From what I can tell HTC Home Customizer can't do this (I want these icons as part of the premenant home screen, not on any kind of tab based thing). Of course those aren't the actual apps want- just stand-in icons so you get the idea!!:mrgreen:

Any ideas?

pocket plus 4 does this and more.

http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/pocketplus/?en

Thanks for that link. It looks good, but I think it changes more of the UI than I want. I want to keep most of the HTC Home.

how did you get the second row of icons below the home, weather, launcher, and profile tabs? For some reason, my phone came with just one row. I noticed on the user guide, that there is a second row with phone, sprint tv, music, and live search. But i can't seem to find the settings to activate it...
Thanks!!!!

You can do it with Resco home plugin. As the matter of fact, thats what i think was used in the example.

So it seems like the answer is I can't do what I want in the context of the default HTC Home- I have to ditch it for a whole new home plug-in?

How did you get the default HTC Home icons changed?

I just made new .bmp images, copied them to the phone, and edited the xml files that define the HTC Home Sprint (QuickLauncher) bar. The xml defines which icon is used , as well as what is launched for each button. The files are ql_skin_l.xml and ql_skin_p.xml (landscape & portrait version).

The only trick was understanding that you need to make two images for each icon- one for the color, and one for the transparency. Also they need to saved from a paint program that supports the .bmp format that this plug-in uses (R5B6G5)

wisabar adv2 and dektop?
 

Can you use wisbar advanced 2 and/or wisbar desktop to create on the touch?

'I'm not sure what you mean. From the looks of it Wisebar is another one of those today screen replacements.

can u post the icons? got any more? I was wanting one for IE, Messenger....thx

I had previously posted the icon I made for messenger in another thread here:
http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/sho...7&postcount=26

If you want I can post it here, but you have to wait until tonight or tomorrow when I can get back to my machine.

The only other one I made was the GoogleMaps one... The IE one you see in my first post here was just part of a comp I made to mach up a second row.. I do plan on making one though, so I'll post it here when I do..

do you know how to change the quicklaunch configuration. when i try to open windows live search it gives me an error message, but when i go to programs or use the launcher that comes with the htc home screen it works fine. i also want to change the last icon on the quicklauncher. i want it to go to youtube or something other than sprint tv. does anyone know how to do this. changing the icon would be great as well.

thanks for the reply. I thought the second row of quick launcher is default. It is shown in the touch manual.

Who might want to try the HTC Home Plugin Customizer v0.8b http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319308

The op is modifying the Sprint Home plugin, not the HTC hom plugin......that version is outdated anyways.....http://www.pocketemu.com/hhc-info.html

i'm not totally understanding how to change the Sprint HTC bar. where are these xml's? Any advice on changing Sprint bar would be awesome!

They're in:

\winodws\ql_skin_p.xml
\winodws\ql_skin_l.xml

on your device.

i use Pocket plus 4 and i left the whole htc home plugin running on top and just put the pocket plus 4 right under it and i have all the launchers i want it the tabs. i do not know how to post picks of my today screen but i think it will do exactly what you want.

I've updated my HTC Sprint Home plugin with links to email (the tmail app included on the Sprint Touch), and AIM (messaging). I'm posting the icon & mask images as well as the associated xml for good measure.

You can see the whole screen in action in the jpg..

Here are the rest of the icons (limit five per post)...

You seem to have it all set up know, but you could have used HTC homeplug if you wanted to stick with OEM apps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...3&d=1193685440
You can have up to 9 apps on one row (9 is pushing it in portrait - I use 8). The interfaces is all registry based unfortunately.
Wizbar Advanced Desktop can do anything - That is, if you have a lot of time.
You could have a virtual desktop page with all of your HTC plugins and another page with some iCube or Vista ripoff theme - just to keep usability under control.

I wanted to do something like what you are suggesting a while back. It can be done various ways. You can keep your preexisting HTC Home and just a add a plugin below it.

SPB Pocket Plus 4.0 will work but is overkill for what you are doing.

Wisbar will also work but again, alot to digest for what you are doing.

What I ended up using is cLaunch, great for one or two lines of simple icons that are modifiable. You can get rid of the tabs so only the icons show. Plus it is free (unlike the first two suggestions). i had mine with a row of some iPhone icons.
Again the key to gtting cLaunch to look like a single row of icons is go into settings and disable the display of tabs, i believe they call it "Show menu items" or show tab items or something like that.

Re: HTC Home customization. Customizer can't do this?
 

Here is gmail and tomtom icons I made, hope you like it!
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