The ring dock

What it is. The dock — the ring's small cluster of edit buttons, shown while a ring — a wheel of your apps — is open. It is where you add, move, edit, and remove stars without leaving the ring.

The buttons.

• add — there whenever a ring is open. Opens the menu for adding a new star to the ring you're on.
• re-place — moves a star to a new angle and orbit.
• edit — changes a star's settings, including its icon.
• remove — takes a star off the ring.

How to reach them. The dock shows only while "show dock buttons (add · re-place · edit · remove)" is on, in Settings › rings & effects. add shows whenever a ring is open. re-place, edit, and remove appear once you've touched a star, and they act on that star. Slide onto a button and lift to use it. Sliding onto add or re-place lifts a star onto your finger to place it. You can also tap a button with a second finger while the ring is held, which is handy for removing several stars in one hold.

What affects it. Where that second finger lands decides what happens:

• On a dock button — the button fires.
• On empty space — nothing is tapped; the second finger pinch-zooms the ring instead. See Pinch to zoom the ring.
• On the ✦ or 🚀 corner button — the ✦ opens ask the sky, the built-in AI assistant, and the 🚀 opens the Shuttle, the suite's shared tray. Either way the ring ends. ask the sky opens only while "ai & assistant" is on.

Why it works this way. The dock keeps building and tidying your sky inside the same hold you use to open apps, so you never open a separate edit screen.

See also. Place a star · Move a star · Pinch to zoom the ring