Choose the visual presentation that fits your mood and device. Learn how to toggle between full-color cover grids and detailed information rows with precise reading percentages.
Why Switch Views?
Different reading moments call for different visual layouts. When browsing leisurely, seeing rich, full-color cover artwork across a spacious grid feels like standing in front of a bookstore display.
When managing research documents, technical manuals, or textbooks with similar covers, a compact list view is much more practical. List view gives you immediate access to full subtitles, authors, file formats, and exact percentage completion numbers.
What You'll Need
To switch your library layout, you need:
• **Platforms**: GemReader installed on your device (Android or iOS). • **Prerequisites**: Your library screen open with books imported.
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Open GemReader to your main **Library** screen. 2. Locate the layout toggle button in the toolbar directly below the top header (it displays a small grid or list icon). 3. Tap the icon once to toggle your layout: - **Grid View**: Displays high-resolution book covers with a clean progress bar along each card base. - **List View**: Displays compact horizontal rows with the book title, author, file format badge, and exact percentage completed. 4. Your chosen layout saves automatically and remains active until you change it again.
Helpful Tips & Common Questions (Librarian's Advice)
• **Tablet and Landscape Adaptation**: When you rotate your phone to landscape mode or open GemReader on a tablet, Grid View automatically expands to show additional columns comfortably. • **Detailed Progress Tracking**: If you want to know exactly what percentage you have finished without opening each book, List View displays the exact number (for example, *64%*) right on the row. • **Quick Menu Access**: Both Grid and List views feature the three-dot menu button on every title for fast access to moving, favoriting, or deleting.
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