Home Screen

The Milki Launcher home screen is your curated command center. Place anything under your fingertips—apps, app shortcuts, files, contacts, and widgets—and customize every gesture to match your workflow.

Placing Items

Your home screen supports a variety of item types. Simply drag anything from the search dialog or app drawer onto the home screen to place it.

App Icons

Place your most-used apps front and center. Long-press any app from the search dialog or the drawer and drag it to your desired spot.

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File Icons

Quick-access files can live right on your home screen. Documents, PDFs, downloads—whatever you reach for often.

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Contact Icons

Pin your most frequent contacts for one-tap calling.

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Folders

Group related items together. Drag one item on top of another to create a folder, then drag additional items in.

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No Duplicates

Milki prevents duplicate items on the home screen. If you drag an existing item from one cell to another, it moves instead of copying. This keeps your home screen clean and intentional.

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Widgets

Milki supports two widget styles so you can choose what fits your layout.

Inline Widgets

The actual widget is rendered directly in the home screen grid.

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Popup Widgets

A single cell icon represents a widget. Tap it and the full widget expands as an overlay. Great for widgets you use occasionally but don't want taking up permanent space for efficient use of space.

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Gesture Actions

Customize what happens when you interact with the home screen. Every gesture (trigger) can be mapped to any action.

Available Gestures

Gesture	Description
One Tap	Single tap on an empty area
Double Tap	Two quick taps on an empty area
Swipe Up	Swipe upward from the bottom/middle
Swipe Down	Swipe downward from the top/middle

More gestures are planned for future releases.

Available Actions

Each gesture can be mapped to one of the following actions:

Action	What It Does
Show Notifications	Expands the notification panel
Open Drawer	Opens the app drawer
Open App	Launches a specific app of your choice
Open App Shortcut	Launches a specific app shortcut of your choice
Lock Screen	Locks the device
Do Nothing	Disables the gesture

Interacting with the Home Screen

Home Button

Tapping the home button instantly opens the Search Dialog, putting your command center one tap away.

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Context Menu

Long-press on any empty area of the home screen to open the context menu. From here you can:

• Open Settings
• Open Widget Picker to add a new widget
• Open Shortcuts to manage and create custom Action Shortcuts

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Action Shortcuts

Action Shortcuts let you create custom shortcuts with specific URIs (like intents, deep links, or web pages) that you can launch directly from your home screen. You can access the shortcut manager from the home screen context menu (long-press an empty area -> Shortcuts). From there, you can:

• Create a new shortcut: Provide a label and a destination URI.
• Pin a shortcut: Drag any saved action shortcut directly onto your home screen grid.
• Manage shortcuts: Edit or delete your existing action shortcuts.

App Shortcuts

Long-press any app icon to open its context menu, which displays available app shortcuts provided by the app. You can drag any of these shortcuts and drop them onto the home screen to create a dedicated icon for quick access.

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