CalicosineI should document configuration stuff in the /docs folder and not just have everything for that in changelogs. I'll copy stuff from the changelogs to reduce the work, though.
I'm only a hypocrite about preferring desktop-style programs on desktops until the fabled Retiled desktop mode layout thing exists. When it does exist, it'll default to mobile since that's the main place the stuff is intended to be used, but programs can listen to a setting that will say to change to a more desktop-like layout. Some programs might want to just be a desktop or mobile layout in case they want to handle desktop and mobile stuff manually, or in case mobile makes no sense.
Whenever extensions are implemented for Retiled, I'm going to have them run in another process and use D-Bus to communicate so stuff is less likely to break. Same thing for Live Tiles.
Finally started using the milestones for Retiled since I feel like it's getting to the point where I can plan out changes better than just having a to-do list issue. Need to start closing and fixing older issues, too.
Today I'm pleased to announce that Retiled version 0.1-DP4 is now available! Some major bugs were fixed involving tile placement after one is unpinned, a search box in the All Apps list, an optional slightly-rounded theme, and mostly-working navbar and status bar programs and an example Sway config so you can run Retiled in Sway if you're adventurous! There's more in the changelog, but those were a few of the big highlights I wanted to mention.
https://codeberg.org/DrewNaylor/Retiled/releases/tag/v0.1-DP4
Version 0.1 Developer Preview 4 - DrewNaylor/Retiled
# Retiled Version 0.1 Developer Preview 4 Changelog Released on 2/8/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY). ***Note: If you're upgrading from a previous version, you need to first uninstall it and then reinstall it using the `uninstall-retiled.sh` and `install-retiled.sh` scripts in the package if you're using my...
Figured out how to get tiles to be slightly rounded when using a tile wallpaper so I have a branch for that:
https://codeberg.org/DrewNaylor/Retiled/src/branch/rounded-tiles-with-wallpaper
This requires a version of Qt with "MultiEffect" which was added in Qt 6.5. The tile background item that it's in will eventually replace the existing "TileBackgroundShaderEffectSource.qml" or whatever when it's merged into the main branch since it has everything from that.
There's also blur effects but those have to be uncommented.
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An attempt at creating a "desktop" environment mainly for Linux phones and tablets that's similar in function to some parts of Microsoft's Windows Phone 8.x, primarily the Start screen, Search app, navigation bar, Action Center, and the status bar. Testing is mainly being done using the PinePhone...
Figured out a possible way to have the Start screen be navigable using only the keyboard, including the arrow keys:
Overhauling the tile and All Apps list area navigation for keyboard.
In the shower I thought of this: 1. Remove/disallow focus on the SwipeView 2. When pressing left on an All Apps list item, focus the Search icon 3. When pressing left from the Search icon, switch to the tiles area 4. Focus will be set to the first tile 5. When pressing right when not in edit mod...
Sometimes I think about the day I typed a bunch of stuff on my iPhone on GitHub in the really long feature ideas document for Retiled and was so spaced out that when I went to commit the changes, I couldn't remember if I actually typed anything because the commit text didn't have the "Update file.md" text in it so I canceled it. It's very unfortunate because there was a lot of stuff added and I had to wait as it slowly typed each character out due to GitHub becoming too heavy.
I'd like to reduce how much code is duplicated between #Retiled applications by moving more stuff into RetiledStyles. Maybe there should be a "RetiledQuickUtils" thing too for stuff that isn't graphical-focused so that when custom styles are supported, utility functions like the items (these should be QtObjects or whatever the recommended non-visual alternative to Item is called) that load setting and theme values from the config and theme files don't have to be updated by non-default styles.
Even when I'm not programming, oftentimes I'm thinking about solutions to implement features I want to add/problems that need fixing. Sometimes it's rumination on an existing idea that I need to implement like the enhanced tile placement tracker that'll use JSON to know where tiles are and how much space they take up (rather than trying to figure it out the bug-prone way I do now), and sometimes it's trying to figure out how something could work.