Vagabond8630 I suppose the best way would be to first predetermine your grid size, and then create your desired home screen setup based on the set grid size. This seems like a Lawnchair issue, rather than a Pixel/GOS issue.

Seems to be an issue of a bunch of launchers sharing the same code base, don't remember the names, but they all behaved messy like that when changing the grid.
It's a handy feature to change the grid size when setting up the home screen, adding/resizing widgets etc. I don't know the "perfect" size in advance :-(

Vagabond8630 One thing I suggest you try is to create a new user profile, which will essentially create a fresh install of GOS on a different "partition", without impacting your existing data.

That's how I started with, a throw-away user to test launchers. Having the problems, I searched the internet, and read that non-owner is prone to problems with 3rd party launchers (due to AOSP I guess). Don't know the actual state of that (that was end of last year, if I recall correctly). So I moved on testing launchers in the owner profile, with the same result.

Vagabond8630 If it does, then something is definitely wrong with your install of GOS (although unlikely), and you should try re-flashing GOS from scratch after a factory reset.

If not, then somehow & somewhere, some crucial UI setting must have been misconfigured while you were setting up your device, so a factory reset alone should be fine.

I can't imagine how that could have happened....? Launcher3 is a system app, I can't mess with that. And I haven't set any dev settings or alike that may have an impact. I can't imagine that something went wrong when I flashed GOS, there's nothing that can go wrong such specifically.

Re-flashing is throwing away everything I set up "ultra sigh"

        TRInvictus it's a known bug and launcher developers can't really do much unfortunately

        https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/s/jf7vI64sDs
        https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/s/lrrusiSKM9

        Sorry for reddit links

        So yeah I'm just praying graphene os devs will invest some time to improve stock graphene launcher customisation. I saw official graphene os account mentioned that they will work on phone, sms and gallery apps eventually. So maybe we'll be heard and some day they be willing to modernize the launcher too (at least more grid size options, for example I need 4x6)

            [deleted] home screen is for widgets, for quick overview, not really for app shortcuts. If you really must have it, create up to five folders (I use 4x4 grid) with app shortcuts by category and place them in the dock (bottom of the screen)

            I use the home screen for app shortcuts, grouped in folders. And 5x5 grid isn't enough for me. Same is the dock with a max of 5 shortcuts. That's with no widgets (yet).

              Jdjdoefndbej Thank you very much for the provided links, very informative, and very "shame on you Google" (to be polite).

              They're talking about a "small delay", I'd live great with a small delay, what I get is a black blank screen with an exception in Launcher3. Same applies to split screen, the whole thing crashes with an exception.

              A small delay is something totally different than black screens and crashes! Can't imagine my P8P is such a potato that this "small delay" manifests as static black screen. (Well, maybe my P8P is a potato, because eg. day of time is behind for hours regularly. Another thing I can't explain.)

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                Jdjdoefndbej re: 4x6 gives you 1 short of 5x5, what are you talking about? I said home screen is for widgets, change your way of thinking. If world doesn't move closer to you, you move closer to it.

                    [deleted] If world doesn't move closer to you, you move closer to it.

                    That's "survival of the fittest" (with "fit" meaning "adapt to"). I guess I'd be an extincted one as of Darwin's theory.... d'oh

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                        TRInvictus no, it's not that. It's just that people (with too much time on their hands) speculate too much (instead of focusing on pure living). After many experiences with third party launchers I settled with modification of Launcher 3 (GOS version). I sincerely hope you find one that suits your needs. I would go for Nova if I were you.