The App Group widget is primarily used to display a focused selection of icons, relying heavily on user organization and selection. This selection can include applications, windows, folders, or shortcuts.

The fundamental purpose of the App Group is to act as a grouping container as determined by the user. Once set by the user it will not automatically update.

• Tagging: App Group differs from App Drawer in that tagging is not available within the drawer since there is no menu system. Tagging can still be done through the App Drawer but can not be newly set within the App Group. This should not be a significant loss when deciding to use this widget since the quasi-tag system by group already has the desired objects/folders populating the widget.

The App Group widget provides extensive control over its layout, supporting both grid and list formats:

• Layout Type: The widget can be toggled between Grid type or List type.
• Grid Dimensions: When set to Grid type, users can define the number of Columns (ranging from 1 to 16) and Rows (ranging from 1 to 16) to fit the required space on the page, window, or sliding drawer.

*Scrolling: The layout allows for vertical scrolling, essential for displaying numerous items. Users can customize the scrolling experience using options such as system scroll animation, snap scroll (to ensure items settle without being cut off), and hide scrollbar. Notably, currently, the App Group does not support horizontal scrolling (paging) like the specialized App Drawer (pager).

• Menu: Search, Tag, Sort: No menu system for tag, search, or sort is available.

App Group shares the rich visual customization settings found in the App Drawer when in Edit On mode and selected:

• Aesthetics: Customization is accessed by selecting the widget and tapping the Options icon (gear) in the top menu bar.
• Icon Settings: Detailed control over icon appearance is provided, including adjustment of Icon size, Icon opacity(%), Icon saturation(%) (to control color intensity), Icon padding (margins around the icon as a percentage of size), and applying an Icon color filter.
• Shared Options: There is no Shared Options tab in the Option Edit dialog. See below for options which are editable within the widget.
• Label Settings: The label (text beneath the icon) can be turned on or off. Further control includes choosing the Typeface (font), setting the Font size, and modifying the horizontal spread using Scale X(%). Shadow effects for the label are also available via settings like Shadow color, Shadow radius, and Shadow offset X/Y.
• Background and Spacing: The appearance of the container and the items within it can be fully customized, including setting the overall widget Background and background for individual items (Item background, Item background (pressed), Item background (focused)). Users can also manage spacing using Margins around the widget and Item spacing between the icons. If no margins or spacing are set, items may fill the entire grid area, covering the main widget background color.
• Animation
  • Enter Animation: This is an widget animation which occurs when returning to the page occupied by the widget.
  • See more detailed discussion here.