How to Arrange Tiles

hawkeye62 · Jun 28, 2013

Maybe I am just dense, but how do you arrange the tiles on the Start Window? Every time I change the location of a tile, the system changes the location of other tiles in some manner that I have yet to understand.

Thanks for any tips, Jim

Brink · Jun 28, 2013

Hello hawkeye,

Is this for Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 Preview?

If Windows 8, then the tutorials below can help show you more on how to. You can drag and drop tiles around within a group, but the small tiles will still auto arrange some.

Hope this helps for now,

Shawn

Mystere · Jun 29, 2013

hawkeye62 said:
Maybe I am just dense, but how do you arrange the tiles on the Start Window? Every time I change the location of a tile, the system changes the location of other tiles in some manner that I have yet to understand.

I'm not sure what's hard to understand. The order is quite obvious just by observing how it acts. The start page works in colums of 2. Imagine this:

12 78
34 90
56 AB

If you drag B to the right of 1, it becomes:

1B 67
23 89
45 0A

Notice that 2 moved down one row and to the left. Notice that 6 moved to the next column on the left, and 7 moved to the right.

Think of it like reading a newspaper. There are multiple columns, and you right left to right in each column. Taking a paragraph from one column and inserting it into another would move every down. (in this case it moves everything to the right and down)

hawkeye62 · Jun 29, 2013

Mystere said:
hawkeye62 said:

Maybe I am just dense, but how do you arrange the tiles on the Start Window? Every time I change the location of a tile, the system changes the location of other tiles in some manner that I have yet to understand.

Click to expand...

I'm not sure what's hard to understand. The order is quite obvious just by observing how it acts. The start page works in colums of 2. Imagine this:

12 78
34 90
56 AB

If you drag B to the right of 1, it becomes:

1B 67
23 89
45 0A

Notice that 2 moved down one row and to the left. Notice that 6 moved to the next column on the left, and 7 moved to the right.

Think of it like reading a newspaper. There are multiple columns, and you right left to right in each column. Taking a paragraph from one column and inserting it into another would move every down. (in this case it moves everything to the right and down)

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, that is clear as mud. How would you move 56 to 78's position? I guess just moving it there would be too complicated?

Thanks, Jim

hawkeye62 · Jun 29, 2013

Brink said:
Hello hawkeye,

Is this for Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 Preview?

If Windows 8, then the tutorials below can help show you more on how to. You can drag and drop tiles around within a group, but the small tiles will still auto arrange some.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/4870-start-screen-apps-organize-into-groups.html

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorial...etro-apps-change-number-rows-windows-8-a.html

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn

Thanks for the reply Shawn! I printed out those pages and will try to find time to study them.

Thanks, Jim

Brink · Jun 29, 2013

You're most welcome Jim. Glad we could help.

Please feel free to ask any questions you may have.

Mystere · Jun 30, 2013

hawkeye62 said:
Thanks for the reply. Yeah, that is clear as mud. How would you move 56 to 78's position? I guess just moving it there would be too complicated?

I don't understand. 5 and 6 are two separate tiles. if you want to move 5 and 6 to 7 and 8's position, you drag 5 to 7, and 6 to 8. How is that difficult? It then becomes

12 56
34 90
78 AB

7 and 8 move backwards to fill the space vacated by moving 5 and 6. Just like a newspaper, when you get to the bottom of the column, it starts over at the top of the next column.

hawkeye62 · Jun 30, 2013

Mystere said:
hawkeye62 said:

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, that is clear as mud. How would you move 56 to 78's position? I guess just moving it there would be too complicated?

Click to expand...

I don't understand. 5 and 6 are two separate tiles. if you want to move 5 and 6 to 7 and 8's position, you drag 5 to 7, and 6 to 8. How is that difficult? It then becomes

12 56
34 90
78 AB

7 and 8 move backwards to fill the space vacated by moving 5 and 6. Just like a newspaper, when you get to the bottom of the column, it starts over at the top of the next column.

OK, my bad. BUT to get the exact line up of tiles you want must take many, many moves in a way that is far from intuitive.

Regards, Jim

Mystere · Jun 30, 2013

Honestly, I don't have a problem. It makes complete sense to me. What are you specifically trying to do that you are having problems?

Just remember that it's a "flow". If you move an icon, something must take it's place. It's usually easiest to start at the back and move forward, since icons that come after any given icon change don't move.

hawkeye62 · Jul 1, 2013

Mystere said:
Honestly, I don't have a problem. It makes complete sense to me. What are you specifically trying to do that you are having problems?

Just remember that it's a "flow". If you move an icon, something must take it's place. It's usually easiest to start at the back and move forward, since icons that come after any given icon change don't move.

Thanks for your patience!

In the first example of moving 5>7 and 6>8, the result is 8 7 at location 7 8 and 6 5 at location 5 6 if the second move is the "real" original 6 and 8 6 at location 7 8 and 7 5 at 5 6 if the second move is the actual position 6.

I have tried this several times. The first move of 5>7 does just that but the second move does not just do 6>8.

Regards, Jim

Mystere · Jul 1, 2013

I see what you're saying.

If you move 6 > 8 first, then move 5 > 7, I think you will see that it works. That was my point about going from back to front.

6 > 8 causes 7 to move to 6's position, and 8 to move to 7's 's position. 5 moves to the new 8's position, and 7 moves to 5's position, and 8 moves to 6's original position. 5 and 6 are now in 7 and 8's position. This was intuitive to me, so I never really gave it much thought.

So it would be like this:

12 78
34 90
56 AB

After the first move:

12 86
34 90
57 AB

After the second move

12 56
34 90
78 AB

Most people aren't that precise about where they want their stuff.

Another option to start at position 1 and move the tile you want in 1 there, move the tile you want in 2 to that place, etc.. Don't jump ahead, because if you do things will move.

hawkeye62 · Jul 1, 2013

Mystere said:
I see what you're saying.

If you move 6 > 8 first, then move 5 > 7, I think you will see that it works. That was my point about going from back to front.

6 > 8 causes 7 to move to 6's position, and 8 to move to 7's 's position. 5 moves to the new 8's position, and 7 moves to 5's position, and 8 moves to 6's original position. 5 and 6 are now in 7 and 8's position. This was intuitive to me, so I never really gave it much thought.

So it would be like this:

12 78
34 90
56 AB

After the first move:

12 86
34 90
57 AB

After the second move

12 56
34 90
78 AB

Most people aren't that precise about where they want their stuff.

Another option to start at position 1 and move the tile you want in 1 there, move the tile you want in 2 to that place, etc.. Don't jump ahead, because if you do things will move.

OK, thanks.

I am beginning to see some light at the end of a very dark tunnel. I especially like your suggestion about placing tiles starting at position 1.

Thanks again, Jim

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