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Pop Up Folders Default App

Feature Request

I've come to Niagara from ActionLauncher and then Nova Launcher. The one feature I'm really missing is the ability to organise apps into folders but have the folder Icon launch a default app on press and open the folder on swipe.

For example I always use Google Maps to navigate, occasionally I'll use other transport related apps such as train time tables or pay at the pump fuel apps. It works really well to make Maps one of my favourites, but I would like to swipe the icon and got that curated list of alternate travel apps.

Press to open the App, swipe right to pop up a widget, swipe up to open the Folder.

Couple that with the option to have the full list of apps exclude apps in Folders automatically and organising and accessi no apps will much better follow the way I would naturally prioritise them.

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Customization
Posted by PaulRockliffe ·
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  • finner

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    Jul 10

    I would like to see this feature as well. The Niagara button already works similarly (able to set an onclick app launch and swipe to open folder), and you can also get a similar effect by creating a pop-up from an existing app shortcut. The only issue with the latter is that if you change the name of your pop-up, you are actually changing the name of the app the pop-up was created from. Having this functionality for a regular pop-up solves this issue.

  • Knapsack0076

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    Nov 19, 2025

    Im migrating from a similar launcher workflow and totally agree!

    Right now tapping and swiping to the right both open folders...that's a waste of a distinct gesture. Please add an option for the tap to instead launch the first app in the folder. Very simple, and extremely useful.