Activate Edit mode by long pressing widget header?

[mj-sson]

I'm looking for a new and efficient way to activate the Edit mode. An equivalent alternative to the Swipe right action, which I'm currently using to un/fold widgets.

Maybe something like long pressing the widget header?

• Holding the header: Move the widget.
• Releasing the header: Edit the widget.

Long pressing an item is already the most common way to edit something, so it would be both intuitive and efficient.

[zobnin]

I don't understand what the problem is, as the global edit mode opens via a long hold on the search button.

[mj-sson]

I'm sorry, I should have been more specific.

It takes two steps to open the Global edit mode (first long holding the search button, then pressing the edit widgets button). I'm looking for a faster alternative that can open the Edit mode in one single step.

[zobnin]

It seems to me that opening global edit mode is a rare enough task for which it's fine to use two clicks.

[mj-sson]

Yes, but I wasn't looking for a new way to open the GLOBAL Edit mode. I was looking for a new and fast way to open the SINGLE Edit mode.

In other words, a way to edit a widget using only one click.

[mj-sson]

And editing a widget is not a rare task in my opinion. Otherwise I don't understand why you created the Swipe right action > Edit mode, in the first place.

[zobnin]

The reason for choosing the widget editing gesture is quite different. I needed a way to show new users that each widget has different display modes and settings. Swiping to the side was a good choice, because many users intuitively swipe sideways because they are used to doing it in other launchers to switch screens.

[mj-sson]

Thanks for clearing that up.

Yes, swiping sideways is an intuitive gesture, but I wouldn't call it a very intuitive way to edit things. It wouldn't really be a users first choice, when intentionally trying to edit a widget for the first time.

Long pressing the widget header however, would be an obvious and also efficient choice to edit widgets. That's why I thought this could be a useful addition to the existing widget editing swiping gesture.