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analog sentinel Oct 4, 2024, 4:49 PM

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Using the new sections placement, and I have checked "dense section placement", but it seems the sections don't really place efficiently even if there's space, when it goes to a new row, it doesn't fill the previous row

tardy kite Oct 4, 2024, 4:52 PM

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That's accurate. Because the last column's height is greater than the previous 2 columns, it would create a new row underneath. It's weird how it does that though.

analog sentinel Oct 4, 2024, 4:53 PM

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tardy kite That's accurate. Because the last column's height is greater than the previous 2...

i would expect some sort of masonry layout here even with the new sections UI

tardy kite Oct 4, 2024, 4:55 PM

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You can kind of fudge it with stacks and such. I've been doing layouts where I set the column wide to the max sections width and then using stacks within them. It feels dirty, but it works.

analog sentinel Oct 4, 2024, 4:57 PM

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tardy kite You can kind of fudge it with stacks and such. I've been doing layouts where I s...

not sure what you mean by stacks

tardy kite Oct 4, 2024, 4:57 PM

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Horizontal and vertical stacks. Grid cards work too.

analog sentinel Oct 4, 2024, 4:58 PM

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ohh I see what you mean yeah that'd work

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thanks

tardy kite Oct 4, 2024, 5:05 PM

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No problem 🙂

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You can also get creative with your layout settings as well:

analog sentinel Oct 4, 2024, 5:06 PM

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yes i've just been doing that!

tardy kite Oct 4, 2024, 5:10 PM

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lol I only say that because I started really playing with layout just a few weeks ago

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Like this is my living room layout:

analog sentinel Oct 4, 2024, 5:11 PM

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that gives me the idea to add those buttons to go to different apps on tv

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thanks!

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