Iconoclasm Layout Builder

**bjbinc** · 03-02-2010, 03:30 PM

This is a project I started yesterday. It's coming along nicely I think, but I just wanted to see if there was even a demand for such a thing. It helps you to build Iconoclasm layouts by clicking and dragging icons. It allows using custom background, dock, statusbar, and icons so you can see exactly what your theme will look like. You can use preset grids to assist alignment, or freely arrange the icons. Nudge individual icons pixel by pixel by clicking the icon and pressing the up/down/left/right arrow keys. The max number of icons is currently 49. Please provide any feedback and suggestions.

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UPDATE 3/4/2010:

Many enhancements in functionality and stability including:
- Save custom layouts and recall with a single click
- Save custom images as themes and reload with single click
- Moving icons is now much smoother

UPDATE 3/5/2010:

- Fixed crash when run without admin privileges
- Upload layout directly to device through SSH

UPDATE 3/6/2010:

- Import layout directly from device or from local .plist
- Changed default theme elements to the original stock iPhone/iTouch theme (To avoid including someone else's work)
- Auto loads last theme and layout
- Fixed 6x6 and 7x7 layouts which were way off
- Bug fixes, stability and efficiency enhancements

UPDATE 3/7/2010

- Delete selected icon instead of only last
- Change grid opacity
- Bug fixes, stability and efficiency enhancements

UPDATE 3/8/2010

- Added HotKeys
- Receive update alerts and auto download/install updates

UPDATE 3/9/2010

- Rearranged menu layout to be less confusing...I hope

- Various bug fixes

Update 1.03 - You can now add large iNav style overlays to icons. Before when using large icons the alignment would be way off when transferred to device.

UPDATE 1.04

- Fixed bug that prevented nudging overlays with arrow keys.

- Added Settings window.
- Added option to choose a layout to load on startup instead of automatically loading last layout.
- Added option to choose a theme to load on startup instead of automatically loading last theme.
- Added option to prompt for SSH password during login.
- Added option to disable update check on startup

You can download the current build here:
http://bjbinc.webs.com/downloads.htm

**wannabprogramma** · 03-02-2010, 03:42 PM

great idea! i personally never found it incredibly hard to make iconoclasm layouts but I'm sure many people would like this!! I'd get it but I'm on a mac and it looks like it's windows only...

**bjbinc** · 03-03-2010, 11:19 AM

If anyone uses this on Windows XP, please let me know how it works. I haven't been able to test it on anything but Vista and 7. Thanks!

UPDATE 3/4/2010:

Many enhancements in functionality and stability including:
- Save custom layouts and recall with a single click
- Save custom images as themes and reload with single click
- Moving icons is now much smoother

UPDATE 3/5/2010:

- Fixed crash when run without admin privileges
- Upload layout directly to device through SSH

UPDATE 3/6/2010:

- Import layout directly from device or from local .plist
- Changed default theme elements to the original stock iPhone/iTouch theme (To avoid including someone else's work)
- Auto loads last theme and layout
- Fixed 6x6 and 7x7 layouts which were way off
- Bug fixes, stability and efficiency enhancements

UPDATE 3/7/2010

- Delete selected icon instead of only last
- Change grid opacity
- Bug fixes, stability and efficiency enhancements

You can download the current build here:
http://bjbinc.webs.com/downloads.htm

**Raaj FX was banned** · 03-07-2010, 03:56 PM

Ok so ive saved 4 layouts ive made , how do i put them onto my device?

**bjbinc** · 03-07-2010, 04:39 PM

Under "View Code". You can save to a .plist or upload it directly to your device.

**wannabprogramma** · 03-07-2010, 08:01 PM

ssh it into /Library/Iconoclasm/Layouts

**bjbinc** · 03-08-2010, 09:43 PM

UPDATE 3/8/2010

- Added HotKeys
- Receive update alerts and auto download/install updates

UPDATE 3/9/2010

- Rearranged menu layout to be less confusing...I hope

- Various bug fixes

You can download the current build here:
Downloads

**JLHardesty** · 03-11-2010, 05:52 PM

Great program

**Entombed Sh4dw** · 03-12-2010, 10:31 PM

Can I make a couple of suggestions?

Can there be a way of loading in your custom icon image centered to the default icon rather than "top-left"? Obviously we still want it to set up the axis via top-left.

Can we load different custom icons per icon rather than the same one for all?

Only reason I ask these things is that for "iNav" style themes it would make it REALLY easy to lay them out, in the builders current state Its still hit and miss due to the current way of loading images and with larger images it can be WAY off!

Also, is there a way of using Iconoclasm to set out the Dock?

Great program though, made a heap of things A LOT easier for me!

**bjbinc** · 03-12-2010, 11:42 PM

Originally Posted by Entombed Sh4dw

Can I make a couple of suggestions?

Can there be a way of loading in your custom icon image centered to the default icon rather than "top-left"? Obviously we still want it to set up the axis via top-left.

Can we load different custom icons per icon rather than the same one for all?

Only reason I ask these things is that for "iNav" style themes it would make it REALLY easy to lay them out, in the builders current state Its still hit and miss due to the current way of loading images and with larger images it can be WAY off!

Also, is there a way of using Iconoclasm to set out the Dock?

Great program though, made a heap of things A LOT easier for me!

I thought the iphone loaded icons at top left and not centered...am i wrong? I've already been thinking about enabling different images for each icon and will probably start working on that.

No iconoclasm can't do anything to the dock

There is now a 64bit compatible version available on my site - http://bjbinc.webs.com/downloads.htm

**Entombed Sh4dw** · 03-13-2010, 12:45 AM

Originally Posted by bjbinc

I thought the iphone loaded icons at top left and not centered...am i wrong? I've already been thinking about enabling different images for each icon and will probably start working on that.

No iconoclasm can't do anything to the dock

There is now a 64bit compatible version available on my site - BJB, Inc. - Downloads

Thanks for the reply, yes Iconoclasm and the springboard places icons via top-left of the default icons but when you overlay and icon that is larger than those icons it is aligned exact centre of the default icon which would then cause a conflict when using a custom icon in the layout builder as it aligns the custom image as top-left.

Example is my theme [see sig], the Xbox360 Avatar loads into the icon via winterboard centred to the icon and thus is selected via the centre of the avatar. When using Layout Builder the icons arent anywhere near where they should be due to the difference in placement from Layout Builders top-left custom image to springboards centre custom image.

I can see how this doesnt effect people using this to achieve patterns or large quantities of icons per SB page but this kind of program would benifit themers who are working outside the norman bounds of the SB with different sized icons that require centre selection.

**bjbinc** · 03-14-2010, 11:12 PM

Update 1.03 - You can now add large iNav style overlays to icons. Before when using large icons the alignment would be way off when transferred to device.

UPDATE 1.04

- Fixed bug that prevented nudging overlays with arrow keys.

- Added Settings window.
- Added option to choose a layout to load on startup instead of automatically loading last layout.
- Added option to choose a theme to load on startup instead of automatically loading last theme.
- Added option to prompt for SSH password during login.
- Added option to disable update check on startup

**Entombed Sh4dw** · 03-16-2010, 06:38 AM

Nice work bjbinc, thanks for the updates.

**oo3** · 03-18-2010, 10:27 AM

wow sweet app! any way of converting to mac?

**bjbinc** · 03-18-2010, 10:30 AM

Thanks! No I doubt it. I don't have a mac

**ikesmasher** · 03-19-2010, 03:13 PM

make it so higher numbers (ex. 2,3) stay on top of the previous numbers. also, make it so instead of having to click once, then click and hold again to drag, you can click the first time and drag. (i kept clicking and holding on top of one, but it would accidently move the previous number i was working on.

rather then that, nice!

**bjbinc** · 03-20-2010, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by ikesmasher

make it so higher numbers (ex. 2,3) stay on top of the previous numbers. also, make it so instead of having to click once, then click and hold again to drag, you can click the first time and drag. (i kept clicking and holding on top of one, but it would accidently move the previous number i was working on.

rather then that, nice!

When you click an icon it should come to the front and you should be able to drag immediately. What's your os? Are you clicking the icon or the numbers?

**snowmandc** · 04-03-2010, 11:39 PM

as soon as i setup to ssh through this program im not sure what to do, now when i right click my menu is gone. How do i save the layout i made?

**bjbinc** · 04-04-2010, 12:40 AM

This happened to another guy, not sure why. Use this registry patch to reshow the menu. You'll then be able to save and upload your layout.

http://bjbinc.info/FixMenu.zip

**iNT3Rv3NTiONZz** · 04-13-2010, 02:48 PM

Nice im gna download when im home =]

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