Menu Layouts

The Consoles, Collections and Tools tabs, and every game list, can each be drawn in their own style. Pick them in Tools → Settings → Appearance → Layouts. Home has no layout setting: it looks the same whatever you pick here.

Style	Tabs	Game lists	In short
List	✓	✓	Text rows over the art, the most entries per screen
Grid	✓	✓	Two rows of tiles
Carousel	✓	✓	One large item at a time, across or down the screen
Backdrop		✓	Box art over the game's screenshot

Out of the box, Consoles, Collections and game lists use Carousel, and Tools uses Grid.

The Layouts page

Right and A step the highlighted row to its next value, and Left to the previous one. Some rows only show when they apply.

Row	Values	Default	Shows
Consoles	List, Grid, Carousel	Carousel	Always
Consoles orientation	Horizontal, Vertical	Horizontal	When Consoles is Carousel
Collections	List, Grid, Carousel	Carousel	Always
Collections orientation	Horizontal, Vertical	Horizontal	When Collections is Carousel
Tools	List, Grid, Carousel	Grid	Always
Tools orientation	Horizontal, Vertical	Horizontal	When Tools is Carousel
Game lists	List, Grid, Carousel, Backdrop	Carousel	Always
Game lists orientation	Horizontal, Vertical	Horizontal	When Game lists is Carousel or Backdrop
Vertical alignment	Left, Right	Left	When Game lists orientation is Vertical
Controller	Show, Hide	Show	Always
Reset to defaults			Always

List

A plain list. On the Consoles tab the selected console's controller sits beside the list. In a game list the selected game's screenshot fills the background.

Consoles tab

Game list

The line at the bottom shows the game count on a tab, and the selected game's last-played time, achievements and next achievement in a game list.

Grid

Two rows of tiles that slide sideways as you move. Consoles show their logo and game count. Games show their screenshot, and the selected tile adds its name, last-played time and achievement count.

Consoles tab

Game list

Carousel

A single row with the selected item large in the middle and its neighbours to the sides. Consoles show their logo over their controller, collections their name, tools their icon. In a game list the caption under the selected game gives its name, play time and achievements.

Consoles tab

Game list

Backdrop

Game lists only. The selected game's box art stands over its dimmed screenshot, with its neighbours' boxes to the sides.

Orientation

Carousel and Backdrop can also run down the screen instead of across: set the orientation row under the style to Vertical. Up / Down then move through the items. Left / Right switch tabs on a tab, and do nothing in a game list.

Consoles, Horizontal

Consoles, Vertical

Vertical alignment

In a vertical game list the stack sits on the left and the details on the right. Set Vertical alignment to Right to swap the sides.

Backdrop, Vertical, Left

Backdrop, Vertical, Right

In landscape

Turn the phone sideways and the same layouts spread across the wider screen. These are the Carousel and Backdrop game lists, both Horizontal.

Carousel, landscape

Backdrop, landscape

Controller art

The Consoles tab shows each console's controller behind it in the List and Carousel styles. Set Controller to Hide for plain logos.

Reset to defaults

Reset to defaults on the Layouts page puts every row on this page back to its default. It does not ask first. Reset to defaults on the Appearance page resets the layouts too.

Games without artwork

A game with no screenshot or box art gets a generated abstract picture, the same one every time. To fetch real art, press MENU on a game and choose Fetch art, or use Artwork for many games at once.