new long-press function in app drawer

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I have two suggestions or feature requests.  I would separate the feature 
requests, but my ideas started with issue 15 and the two features work together 
to address it and other issues.

Feature 1: From within the app drawer, change the default long-press of an app 
to give app-specific options

Opt. 1) multiple options: Edit Groups (see option 2), Shortcut... (on 
homescreen, action buttons, or dockbar), uninstall, etc., cancel.

Opt. 2) only modify an app's groups.  Pop up the Groups list with checkboxes to 
make your selection, and then cancel/accepting the changes, you return to the 
app drawer.

Feature 2, New, default 'Uncategorized' group: Newly installed apps are 
defaulted to a new, built-in Uncategorized/etc/left-overs apps group. As well, 
apps removed from all other groups end up here.

Issues addressed:

1) Faster grouping.  Following option 2 description, add apps to multiple 
groups at the same time.  Additionally Feature 2 gives faster access to 
uncategorized apps.  For me, this leads right into issue 15.

2) issue 15, "new app grouping."  Newly installed apps should not appear in all 
groups.  An Uncategorized app filter provides a way to gather newly installed 
and hard-to-categorize apps (difficult, given the limited number of allowed 
groups) for sorting.  Long-press an app, make your selection, and return to the 
remaining unsorted apps.  If you remove an old app from it's only group, it 
would be nice to see it appear Uncategorized so that it could be resorted in 
this manner.

3) issue 48, "Make adding multiple dockbar icons less complicated."  Long-press 
an app in drawer and choose "Shortcut...." A popup dialog allows you to select 
homescreen, action buttons (SLAB, LAB, RAB, SRAB), or dockbar.  Placement on 
the homescreens and dockbar sorting would need to be manual from there.

4) issue 37, "Option to "Lock" shortcuts on the home screen & app drawer."  Not 
exactly a solution, I admit.  The way I interpret that issue is that people 
accidently long-press an app when attempting to scroll apps.  Currently, the 
default app drawer behavior wants to drop a shortcut on your homescreen and you 
are kicked out of the app drawer. *curses*  If the default long-press pops up 
an app-related options dialog, then the person who didn't mean to long-press 
could simply cancel or hit the  back soft key to sort of escape from that 
dialog, and return to the app drawer, instead of the homescreen.

Seems like 2 features to me, maybe a lot more in coding?  I'm a system analyst, 
not a programmer. ;p Sorry for the length, just some ideas. Damn I hope that 
makes sense.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by djak...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2010 at 5:45

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From what I understand, Issue 48 is more related to 'trashing' icons. Where the 
user attempts to remove an icon and places it in the Action Buttons instead.

Original comment by JAguirre1231 on 8 Oct 2010 at 1:24

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In issue 37 (sorry, I know I linked half the posted issues), the OP describes, 
"when the drawer is open, when I try to scroll horizontally, I always end up 
dragging an icon to the homescreen instead of scrolling" which is what I 
identify with.

Most of the comments agree with OP suggestion for various reasons, so I know my 
suggestion doesn't negate the feature request for locking icons.  That's also a 
valuable option, but my feature request addresses accidentally dragging icons 
to desktop for me.

Original comment by djak...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2010 at 3:17

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Hmm, rereading 48, I think I see what you meant there.  I thought you were 
referring to iss37 comments 3, 4, & 9.

I've never had an issue with dragging items onto the dockbar (secondary, swipe 
up to reveal).  I do agree it could be faster.  I like the idea of having an 
app-specific menu from the app drawer to send a shortcut to the dockbar (or 
action buttons or home screen).  Do that for each app you want there, then sort 
them around on the dockbar manually.

I like a13x.ch4ndr4's suggestion too.  He says swipe the dockbar into view and 
then have a way to open the app drawer from the dockbar to be able to drag 
icons straight into position.

I think issue 10 actually discusses adding custom shortcuts/functions to the 
dockbar, which is an awesome idea (note it's the most starred item here) and an 
icon to launch the app drawer is a perfect example.

Original comment by djak...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2010 at 3:48

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okay, I see issue 186, Add Activity for Custom Shortcuts: Open App Drawer, has 
already been requested, specifically for a custom shortcut to the app drawer. 
*Starred*

Original comment by djak...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2010 at 8:34