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How To: Set a different "Wallpaper" (Background) for Each Page

Wallpaper is different that a page background. Learn how to have different background for each page in a setup by following the steps below and see the demo video here or on our YouTube Channel here.

  1. Wallpaper is for every page. If the objective is to have differnt images on each page
    1. navigate to Manin menuLauncher optionsUI & AnimationsWallpaper
    2. set wallpaper to None
    3. With no wallpaper the “wallpaper” may be black. That is OK.
  2. Back out of the menus to the page.
  3. Open the Page Edit mode (“pinch in”).
  4. Tap the Edit Off icon in the lower right to change it to an Edit On icon. This opens the “Page Edit” mode (see here for a complete overview) showing the current page centered and smaller. At the bottom of that page are 3 icons with the center icon being the image of a mountain. The is the “background” icon for setting the image for that page. Each page must be handled seperately.
    1. Tap that background icon to reveal this dialog.
      1. Notice that “Portrait” and “Landscape” are set seperately for each screen orientation.
  5. Tap 'Portrait' to open another “Background” dialog and select Image to open the “Image Resource” dialog showing thumbnails of all existing images in resouces.
    1. If the image desired is not shown, it must be imported.
      1. Tap the + icon in the lower right corner to open the device's “Photos” folder (default).
      2. Scoll and tap to select or if the image desired is not there then tap the 3-dot icon in the middle right of the screen and select Browse which will open the device's default file manager.
      3. Navigate to the location of the image desired and tap it. The dialog now returns to the “Image Resouce”
      4. Scroll to the image just imported and tap that image. The screen returns to the “Background” dialog with the image now showing in the “Portrait” frame.
    2. Before selecting OK, there are 3 setting which configure how the image is “stretched” on the screen.'
      • Keep aspect ratio of image: - No changes made. Keeps it as it is
      • Stretch to screen: - Forces the image to fill every pixel of the display. Good for patterned backgrounds or abstract art.
      • Stretch to content: - This “scales” the background image. Try it to see if that is what is wanted.
    3. Once the selection is made above, tap OK to return to the page with the selected background showing for that page.
  6. Repeat from the beginning for each other page in the setup to assign a specific background.

Toby says: Meaningful Image Filenames are Helpful

Most images in the Image Resource dialog have names assigned by Total Launcher which may not reflect the image content or be helpful in searching for an image. Unfortunately, the names assigned by Total Launcher can not be changed.

To cause images to have filenames desired by the user:

  • use the + icon and select the 3-dot icon
  • select Browse. Navigate to the location of the desired image and tap it. This causes Total Launcher to assign the existing filename to the image in it's Image Resource dialog.

Therefore, if filenaming is thought to be helpful in Image Resource searching (rather than visual scrolling), ensure the image to be “imported” has the desired filename in it's device folder prior to importing to Image Resources

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