Multi window drag and drop - Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers

Does the Note8 not support drag and drop any more? I love the Note8 but the more I look back at the Note4 the more disappointed I get, a few features I used to find really useful have been taken away since the Note4 and I can't work out why. My favourite features that are missing are the fairly universal drag and drop feature, the option to collect smart select clips on the screen rather than just pin one selection (a feature that also supported drag and drop) and the action memo with link to action. All very useful and powerful features that for whatever reason Samsung decided we didn't need any more, I don't know why but I don't like it.

Your smart select clips should be stored in the Clipboard Edge (swipe out your Edge panel a few times from the left). You may have to enable Clipboard Edge in the settings.

dicko101 said:
Does the Note8 not support drag and drop any more? I love the Note8 but the more I look back at the Note4 the more disappointed I get, a few features I used to find really useful have been taken away since the Note4 and I can't work out why. My favourite features that are missing are the fairly universal drag and drop feature, the option to collect smart select clips on the screen rather than just pin one selection (a feature that also supported drag and drop) and the action memo with link to action. All very useful and powerful features that for whatever reason Samsung decided we didn't need any more, I don't know why but I don't like it.
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You are definitely right, I also miss that collect option, really useful.. I wrote somewhere that in terms of functionality and note 8 seems a downgrade from note 4. Note 4 was definitely more oriented for productivity than note 8.
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androbabby said:
Your smart select clips should be stored in the Clipboard Edge (swipe out your Edge panel a few times from the left). You may have to enable Clipboard Edge in the settings.
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Nº, what goes to clipboard edge are the screen shots not the smart select clips.
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Looks like, for screen clips, you will have to click save, then retrieve it from your gallery.
As for drag and drop, I just t ried it, and it works perfectly.
For action memo(if you have installed S note from either play store of from samsung store) you will need to uninstall it, and turn off auto- updates. Then, go here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/themes/app-s-note-5-2-04-25-extension-pack-s-t3673174 and download the soft ware and install all of them that you want. Make sure you DON'T update the software ever, or it will break Action Memo. After that, I added the action Memo icon to the air command, and all is well.

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I don't see little "T" icon on the S-pen smart select

I don't think I see it anywhere on any review
and no reviewer ever mentioned about how great smart select can extract the text just like note 4?
is it me or it's gone?
I know I can do copy paste using spen on the unselectable text where finger can't do copy
but it's just more steps
andddddd the multiple smart select is gone too!!
I'm not getting mine until Sept 11th
Its not gone, its in the little pop-up menu that comes up for the s-pen.
faaaaq said:
Its not gone, its in the little pop-up menu that comes up for the s-pen.
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you mean when you hover the spen pretty close to the screen?
or when you detached the spen and get pop up menus?
The menu that pops up when you pull out the pen, or touch the onscreen pen icon (if youve already closed the menu when it opened itself up upon removing the pen from the phone).
oh what you mean is the smart select
I was asking about the text extraction on the smart select rather than how to access the smart select
it's on note 4
several people confirmed that it's gone and no more multiple smart select to be combined on one scrapbook
chobits said:
oh what you mean is the smart select
I was asking about the text extraction on the smart select rather than how to access the smart select
it's on note 4
several people confirmed that it's gone and no more multiple smart select to be combined on one scrapbook
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it is really a shame! this year they introduce the scrollable screen cap, yet they just remove the multi screen cap? why on earth can't they just keep both? probably all in the name of "no-one uses it" :crying:
alexcarterkarsus said:
it is really a shame! this year they introduce the scrollable screen cap, yet they just remove the multi screen cap? why on earth can't they just keep both? probably all in the name of "no-one uses it" :crying:
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omg you're right
that multiple smart select is gone too
it's a pity if they decide to remove it because "no one uses it"
I love to group several pics in one scrapbook with description on each photo
is there an alternative way of saving several images in one scrapbook
or use s note and manually add photo one by one?
So we don't have text selection for an selectable text?
You can use Optical Reader to get text from images. I know it's not ideal, but it works.
It seems to only work from camera....
Briankbl said:
You can use Optical Reader to get text from images. I know it's not ideal, but it works.
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It is sad that we don't have the powerful OCR feature in smart select where one could 'read' text from pictures which would then be editable.
Smart select has been downgraded by Samsung and that is a real pity.
Wish someine from Samsung gets this feed back and does something about it

How can i make a shortcut for an app to open in pop up window?

How can i make a shortcut for an app to open in pop up window?
There used to be an app called pen window launcher that had this capability.
Anyone?
Thanks
Just enable swipe from top diagonal to enter pop out view. Takes like 0.003s longer than having a shortcut.
Right. Shortcuts are for pansies.
Anyone builds it I'll buy it though.
Time is money (and finger strain is best avoided).
imatts said:
Just enable swipe from top diagonal to enter pop out view. Takes like 0.003s longer than having a shortcut.
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Any solution ever found? I'd really like this.
Whenever I try to swipe, I just keep opening the notification panel over & over.
Edge screen panel
joseonthebay said:
How can i make a shortcut for an app to open in pop up window?
There used to be an app called pen window launcher that had this capability.
Anyone?
Thanks
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Multi window edge screen panel lets you open apps in pop up view as well as two side by side apps.
petethepete2000 said:
Multi window edge screen panel lets you open apps in pop up view as well as two side by side apps.
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Can you explain further? I can only seem to set app pairs and app shortcuts, would be great to have shortcuts that open in pop up mode.
Thanks
How would a shortcut be any faster than the 2 step process of opening an app and swiping down from the corner? I used to use the old method (pop-up window) which I believe was introduced on the Note 3. Anyway, when I updated my Note 3 to either the Note 4 or Note 5 rom (can't remember which), I had to learn the swipe method. Now, I couldn't imagine going back to the antiquated pen window. I will say that it's not as smooth swiping from the corner of a curved screen like the Note 7 & 8, but I usually have my s-pen out for more precise touch when I'm working off a smaller section of the screen. Honestly, I just use Edge for App Pair since the day I got the Note 8. But, swipe is still the quickest way to open pop-up or floating window.
Steigerelli said:
How would a shortcut be any faster than the 2 step process of opening an app and swiping down from the corner? I used to use the old method (pop-up window) which I believe was introduced on the Note 3. Anyway, when I updated my Note 3 to either the Note 4 or Note 5 rom (can't remember which), I had to learn the swipe method. Now, I couldn't imagine going back to the antiquated pen window. I will say that it's not as smooth swiping from the corner of a curved screen like the Note 7 & 8, but I usually have my s-pen out for more precise touch when I'm working off a smaller section of the screen. Honestly, I just use Edge for App Pair since the day I got the Note 8. But, swipe is still the quickest way to open pop-up or floating window.
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How would it be faster? You answered your own question by your described method, open an app, swipe down from corner...I'd like to open the app (in pop up window).
There used to be apps in the play store that would created a shortcut for any app, that you can put on your home screen, that would just launch into a pop up window (1 step).
I was able to create a bixby shortcut for a 3rd party calculator to open in pop up window...I hold bixby and say calculate and it opens in a pop up window...it works but a shortcut would make life easier.
qualifyordie said:
Can you explain further? I can only seem to set app pairs and app shortcuts, would be great to have shortcuts that open in pop up mode.
Thanks
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Perhaps i said the wrong edge app.. look in the edge app store for multi window launcher app. If you have that then change the setting to popup window.
petethepete2000 said:
Perhaps i said the wrong edge app.. look in the edge app store for multi window launcher app. If you have that then change the setting to popup window.
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Couldn't find any app called multi window launcher in the store, I purchased multi-window because it claimed it could do this (it couldn't)
Have you tried pressing bottom most button
qualifyordie said:
Couldn't find any app called multi window launcher in the store, I purchased multi-window because it claimed it could do this (it couldn't)
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Yes that's the one, works for me...
Bottom most button on the edge should change it to popup
petethepete2000 said:
Yes that's the one, works for me...
Bottom most button on the edge should change it to popup
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Didn't realize u gotta hit the icon with 2 windows! Thanks alot!
On PlayStore, "Floating Apps (multitasking)" by LWi s.r.o., is exactly what you're looking for. It provides real shortcuts for the ability to instantly launch any app in variable sizes of real Galaxy Pop-up mode floating multi windows, in addition to providing dozens of their own original low kB mini-apps. Works great, saves time and effort, perfect size in an instant!

Multiple S pen

Hi
Do you know if we can use multiple S pen at the same time ? For example, I want to let a S pen on my desktop and use it at home to avoid to take out the S pen inside the Note 8.
Thanks
I tried somewhat like you describe with my note 7, but the spen was not be detected when another one was stored inside the phone
Not clear what OP wants to do, after reading it 5 times...
You can use various S pens, but digitizer only accepts one at the time.
I can use my Note 4 S pen while Note 8 S pen is stored in phone, as long as I have "power saver" in S pen settings off.
I use various S pens (Wacom pen, Noble/Steadler pen, S pens) with all Galaxy Notes (2, 4, 8, 10.1) and my Notebook 9 Pro, no problem.
I believe that winol understood what I wanted to say : actually, I want to have 2 S pen, one that I carry in my phone everywhere (in the slot of the galaxy note) and an other that I left at home for example. The goal is to avoid to take out the S pen at home every time I want to use it (because I have a second S pen in my exemple) .
From winol answer, it seems that we can't have the Note 8 to recognize a second S pen when one is in his slot.
Is it clearer ? (sorry english is not my native language)
needhelp11 said:
I believe that winol understood what I wanted to say : actually, I want to have 2 S pen, one that I carry in my phone everywhere (in the slot of the galaxy note) and an other that I left at home for example. The goal is to avoid to take out the S pen at home every time I want to use it (because I have a second S pen in my exemple) .
From winol answer, it seems that we can't have the Note 8 to recognize a second S pen when one is in his slot.
Is it clearer ? (sorry english is not my native language)
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Yes like OnnoJ mentioned you should be able to do that if you turn off the power saver option in s-pen settings. I haven't tried it though, because I only have 1 s-pen
Oh it works, nice ! just the tip of my Note 3 isnt as smooth as the one in the note 8 but I can fix this
Good to know i worked! With the note 7 it did not, I really did not want to implement using two, but I bought another spen, and when I tried it, it did not work, as the original one was still attached
sefrcoko said:
Yes like OnnoJ mentioned you should be able to do that if you turn off the power saver option in s-pen settings. I haven't tried it though, because I only have 1 s-pen
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Yeah, this. Notes have always been like this, turn off Power Saver if you want to use additional S-Pens while one is stored in the device.
the same with Note 9
1) Is there ANY way to trigger Samsung's AirCommand without pulling the S Pen out ? An app, an activity, a shortcut, a Tasker plugin, an xposed/magisk module, anything ?
2) Likewise, is it possible to enable or disable "power saver" for S Pen without going to the (unnecessarily confusing) Settings ?
zadox said:
1) Is there ANY way to trigger Samsung's AirCommand without pulling the S Pen out ? An app, an activity, a shortcut, a Tasker plugin, an xposed/magisk module, anything ?
2) Likewise, is it possible to enable or disable "power saver" for S Pen without going to the (unnecessarily confusing) Settings ?
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See screenshot for settings for floating icon and power saving options under advance -> SPen settings, SPen does not require to be removed, pressing the button will bring up the air command icon after which it will stick around till a reboot (your out if luck if pen does not have button)
zadox said:
1) Is there ANY way to trigger Samsung's AirCommand without pulling the S Pen out ? An app, an activity, a shortcut, a Tasker plugin, an xposed/magisk module, anything ?
2) Likewise, is it possible to enable or disable "power saver" for S Pen without going to the (unnecessarily confusing) Settings ?
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As far as I know, the last time I checked this (which was a quite a while ago), the air command icon doesn't work or react to anything other than the S Pen. For instance, even if it's on screen, you can't press on it with your finger and interact with it like that. I'll recheck that again now.
As far as apps existing to trigger the air command and the setting; there used to be an app for the Note 3 to trigger air command. I don't know if apps like that still exist or even work.
For the setting, you can create a shortcut, if you have Nova Launcher, or use Activity Launcher app to create a shortcut to go directly to the S Pen settings. It's not as ideal as just a trigger, but it saves a little on effort. I don't think there is an app that allows you to change that setting via a widget or something like that.
EDIT: Confirmed. The Air Command icon only works and reacts to the S Pen. So, even if you had an app to open Air Command without undocking the pen, it wouldn't work anyway. So, might as well just take out the pen and use it via the pen, like it was intended.
Max_Terrible said:
As far as I know, the last time I checked this (which was a quite a while ago), the air command icon doesn't work or react to anything other than the S Pen. For instance, even if it's on screen, you can't press on it with your finger and interact with it like that. I'll recheck that again now.
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EDIT: Confirmed. The Air Command icon only works and reacts to the S Pen. So, even if you had an app to open Air Command without undocking the pen, it wouldn't work anyway. So, might as well just take out the pen and use it via the pen, like it was intended.
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I was presuming that they were using a compatible pen device as the post mentions multiple S Pen, the only issue is not all compatible pen devices has a button.
SteelPicori said:
I was presuming that they were using a compatible pen device as the post mentions multiple S Pen, the only issue is not all compatible pen devices has a button.
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Yeah, this makes sense. I'm a very literal person. If you say "S Pen", I'm going to assume you're talking about an S Pen and not a similar device, like an Apple Pencil.

Multi window option missing after pie update

Any one else having this issue please report or am i missing something
farhanzs said:
Any one else having this issue please report or am i missing something
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no you not losing it..... after all the build up to pie.... it seems its come more dysfunctional.!
remember they removed action memo.... by the time we get to android X the s pen will become just ahead scratcher!
farhanzs said:
Any one else having this issue please report or am i missing something
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It is not missed but working differently.
You need to long press the open program button at the bottom of the screen and then choose the second window program you want.
Hope this helps
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grtmoby said:
It is not missed but working differently.
You need to long press the open program button at the bottom of the screen and then choose the second window program you want.
Hope this helps
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Thanks bro....but what about the feature where we can resize the window by swiping from top right or left
It is now only available as up and down, no right or left (at least I couldn't find it)
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When in recent menu, just click the app icon. You will see the multi-window floating app option
It is soooooo annoying that you cannot swipe down and left/right from a corner to resize it to window view. Same thing with not being able to change recent apps view for a list.
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Yeah this is totally a feature I used often. Especially when playing YouTube video and don't want to interrupt the playback I could swipe from either top corner and start using another application without interrupting the video or sound.
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edwardob said:
no you not losing it..... after all the build up to pie.... it seems its come more dysfunctional.!
remember they removed action memo.... by the time we get to android X the s pen will become just ahead scratcher!
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was having a bad day until I read this! [email protected] head scrather :laugh::laugh::laugh:
and can anyone Confirm I will suffer no " Sudden device death syndrome" if i Chose not to update until i Change this device?
really don't Understand how removing useful functions count as upgrades or Improvement. i still havent forgiven samsung for removing action Memo and easy chart. Why take away a useful function???
Glad I found this. I thought I was going mad.
Largely on the same subject, so rather than start a new thread...
Where has the button gone that swaps the top and bottom apps around when running two apps in splitscreen mode?
There used to be a few handy buttons between the two running apps, have they been ditched?
Multi window gone
My phone just updated and now my multi window feature is gone, I've gone thru every setting to find it
When viewing you're recent opened apps, each app has their icon at the top centre of it. Click on the icon. You'll get a small pop-up menu with options. You can choose: App info, open in split screen, pop up mode (where you can resize the app) and lock it.
I don't know yet what the lock functions does.
EDIT:
As mine is in Dutch, could be that the lock function has a different name in English.
The lock function: If you lock an app, and then close all recent apps, the locked app wil stay open. So if you're playing a game, you can lock it, close all recent apps and the game will stay open and running.
MSRemmert said:
Glad I found this. I thought I was going mad.
Largely on the same subject, so rather than start a new thread...
Where has the button gone that swaps the top and bottom apps around when running two apps in splitscreen mode?
There used to be a few handy buttons between the two running apps, have they been ditched?
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Yep, that was also removed. You can't popout the selected app, you can't switch app places. So, if you opened firstly viber (for example) and then youtube at the bottom and then decide to switch the apps place so you can type on viber without covering the youtube video - tough luck, now you have to close both app and open them again vs 2 taps in 1-2 seconds that will not interrupt anything. Also you miss the popout swipe from corner as said from others. You also miss the swipe up + hold for instant split screen (really useful when you play a video @ youtube, will not interrupt the video). You have the swipe up + hold for google assistant... but you don't have the same for the recents - go figure why (never mis-triggered the assistant, so it's not that). So many things are missing, half baked or straight forward broken - really disappointed. I like some aspects of the android 9 one UI, but others are just mind blow not polished at all or missing. I guess to have a "new" things for one UI 2.0 or note 10. After all, why you need a good multiwindow functionality on a phone marketed for multitasking and multiwindow? The note 9 really is more than ever an s9+ with a head scratcher.
grtmoby said:
It is not missed but working differently.
You need to long press the open program button at the bottom of the screen and then choose the second window program you want.
Hope this helps
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Just to add to this, you can switch between multi view and currently open apps by holding down on the previous apps button for 2 secs then you can choose by 2 second press if you want multi window or just currently open apps.
I don't like that if you want to choose an app not in the recent window, you have to close all to be able to choose an app. Their multi-window has taken huge steps backwards. Kinda disappointing since that has always been a defining feature.
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Well, I will correct myself, you can swipe to the home screen while choosing and select a different app that is not already in the recent window.
When you open Samsung members app the first thing that appears is something called advices... if you tap you will see some changes on the pie update ...
Other pie screwups
That's not all you've lost, my friend. The multi window setting is gone, as you know. The ability to swipe from the corner to resize and go multi window is gone, as you know. However, additionally, i noticed the following:
- The ability to enter your fingerprints to access Samsung browser secrecy mode is gone/disabled. You can only enter using iris scan or password.
- The phone optimisation edge panel is gone and nowhere to be seen.
- when you deactivate the nav bar in favour of swipe gestures, you cannot long press on the recent apps swipe area to enable split screen multitasking, as you would have with the recent apps button on the nav bar.
I hope there's a bug fix coming and soon
Try multi window app
farhanzs said:
Thanks bro....but what about the feature where we can resize the window by swiping from top right or left
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Try the edge screen app Multi Window for quick popup windows..
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farhanzs said:
Thanks bro....but what about the feature where we can resize the window by swiping from top right or left
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Bo21 said:
I don't like that if you want to choose an app not in the recent window, you have to close all to be able to choose an app. Their multi-window has taken huge steps backwards. Kinda disappointing since that has always been a defining feature.
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Well, I will correct myself, you can swipe to the home screen while choosing and select a different app that is not already in the recent window.
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You can also use the search bar for the app you want when in the app switcher multi window selecter.
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high_voltage said:
Yep, that was also removed. You can't popout the selected app, you can't switch app places. So, if you opened firstly viber (for example) and then youtube at the bottom and then decide to switch the apps place so you can type on viber without covering the youtube video - tough luck, now you have to close both app and open them again vs 2 taps in 1-2 seconds that will not interrupt anything. Also you miss the popout swipe from corner as said from others. You also miss the swipe up + hold for instant split screen (really useful when you play a video @ youtube, will not interrupt the video). You have the swipe up + hold for google assistant... but you don't have the same for the recents - go figure why (never mis-triggered the assistant, so it's not that). So many things are missing, half baked or straight forward broken - really disappointed. I like some aspects of the android 9 one UI, but others are just mind blow not polished at all or missing. I guess to have a "new" things for one UI 2.0 or note 10. After all, why you need a good multiwindow functionality on a phone marketed for multitasking and multiwindow? The note 9 really is more than ever an s9+ with a head scratcher.
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You can also swipe the multi screen spliter inbetween each app to fully open the bottom app and then select a different app for the bottom... it's still hokey but quicker than exiting out of both apps
Instructions...
https://www.sammobile.com/2019/01/04/how-to-open-apps-in-multi-window-one-ui-android-pie/amp/
grtmoby said:
It is not missed but working differently.
You need to long press the open program button at the bottom of the screen and then choose the second window program you want.
Hope this helps
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This is not working for me. I'm holding the 3 line open app navigation bar button....nothing.

Swipe to resize window not available after oneUI upgrade?

​Hey,
Not sure if anyone else has noticed but after the OneUI update I cant swipe down from top left to resize windows.
This was a really useful productivity feature when multitasking (especially at work).
you used to be able to enable "popup view" then you could swipe down from top left to "pop-out" windows but now the only way to do this is a long-winded long press on multiview window then long press again on the top of app then select pop-up view... its much less effective than just swiping down (also you need to follow this same process for each window you want to have floating...
Does anyone know how to get the older much better way of working again? - or has it gone for good?! :crying:
Cheers
UKGav said:
​Hey,
Not sure if anyone else has noticed but after the OneUI update I cant swipe down from top left to resize windows.
This was a really useful productivity feature when multitasking (especially at work).
you used to be able to enable "popup view" then you could swipe down from top left to "pop-out" windows but now the only way to do this is a long-winded long press on multiview window then long press again on the top of app then select pop-up view... its much less effective than just swiping down (also you need to follow this same process for each window you want to have floating...
Does anyone know how to get the older much better way of working again? - or has it gone for good?! :crying:
Cheers
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It was already discussed a few times. It's removed, all the good multiwindow features that we had in nougat/oreo in galaxy phones are gone. The oneUI solution is close to the google stock one. No swipe from corner, no menu between two split screen apps, no fast way to split screen via holding recents or swipe/hold (but it fires google assistant for example), no hold card in recents for fast split or popout. Everything was removed and this is really bad for my productivity. Feature that was marketed, especially with the note 9 that is phone for productivity and multitasking, feature that samsung were praised for how much better is vs the other android makers solution - removed. Well, good job.
Wow, I had not realised all. Of that is now gone... Sadness!!
high_voltage said:
It was already discussed a few times. It's removed, all the good multiwindow features that we had in nougat/oreo in galaxy phones are gone. The oneUI solution is close to the google stock one. No swipe from corner, no menu between two split screen apps, no fast way to split screen via holding recents or swipe/hold (but it fires google assistant for example), no hold card in recents for fast split or popout. Everything was removed and this is really bad for my productivity. Feature that was marketed, especially with the note 9 that is phone for productivity and multitasking, feature that samsung were praised for how much better is vs the other android makers solution - removed. Well, good job.
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Wrong, if you mean split screen mode it still exists. On OneUi you gota open recent apps and then hold down on app icon to get a menu and from there you got split screen mode. Also popup window exists still aswell. Which can be found in same menu as split screen. Swipe from corner can be enabled again in settings on One UI
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Wrong, if you mean split screen mode it still exists. On OneUi you gota open recent apps and then hold down on app icon to get a menu and from there you got split screen mode. Also popup window exists still aswell. Which can be found in same menu as split screen. Swipe from corner can be enabled again in settings on One UI
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Read my post again, I never said those features are removed. We(I) were talking about the shortcuts that were fast and convenient. Simple two examples:
I am watching youtube, decides I want to also msg on viber. Before I can only hold recents - open viber and start typing without the video interruption. Right now you will go to recents, video WILL interrupt, you will press the icon on the card, select split screen, then viber, then you will press play and wait for the video to start. Second scenario is when you decide you want to switch two split screen apps place - there is no mid menu anymore, so you need to close/open them. pop-out is also a lot slower to do and with more steps. Generally it's 3-4 times slower to do the same now vs oreo and the funny thing is - they easily could had avoided that - popout from corner option in the advanced menu, swipe recents and hold for instant split screen (right now it's like that for google assistant - swipe and hold, never mistrigger it so it's good) and return of the mid menu between two split apps. Simple, but they removed it all. They even removed in the newer second base that was released after the first one a leftover for hold recents when navigation bar is on for instant split screen.
I am still expecting this option to be reenabled by samsung. It was seriously useful as hell and now i feel my phone is half broken
bluecry said:
I am still expecting this option to be reenabled by samsung. It was seriously useful as hell and now i feel my phone is half broken
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Have you tried Good Lock app with MultiStar module?
It brings back most multi window features.
BluePhnx said:
Have you tried Good Lock app with MultiStar module?
It brings back most multi window features.
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Looks like it might solve a bit. However i cannot access it from my country through samsung store. Do you have any suggestion where I can get it safely online? Thanks.
bluecry said:
Looks like it might solve a bit. However i cannot access it from my country through samsung store. Do you have any suggestion where I can get it safely online? Thanks.
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Try Nice lock from xda:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-9/themes/nicelock-module-download-links-module-t3923844
It's Good Lock for the places that can't get it from Galaxy store.
Everything you need is on first post, the launcher and modules...
Edit.
It doesn't bring back the hold down recent key for multiwindow though. You now have to have an active app running, tap on recent key, select and hold down the second app you want and slide it to top or bottom of screen to activate split screen.

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