The Basics
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Home touch buttons
The Home touch buttons are displayed in a bar at the bottom of all of the
screens to provide easy navigation within the device software.
Back button
: Tap to back up one step at a time and close on-screen
items such as pop-up messages, the on-screen keyboard, etc.
Home button
: Tap to immediately return to the Home screen. Touch and
hold it to access the Google shortcut.
Recent apps button
: Tap to display the apps you've recently used (and
your open websites). If you touch and hold this button while viewing an
app, it launches the Multi-Window feature.
TIP
Swipe horizontally across the Home touch buttons to switch to Mini view (for
one-handed operation).
Modifying the Home touch buttons
You can change which buttons are displayed in the Home touch buttons Bar,
as well as their position and color.
1. Tap the
Home button
> swipe left, if necessary > tap
Settings
>
Display
>
Home touch buttons
.
2. Select the modification you want to apply.
Tap
Button combination
to select which Home touch buttons you
want in the bar and their location within the bar. Choose from the
Back button
, the
Home button
, the
Recent apps button
, the
Notification button
, the
button,
and the
QSlide button
.
Tap
Background color
to set the button color to white or black.
Tap
Hide Home touch buttons
to hide the Home touch buttons on the
apps you select. To access the Home Touch Button Bar from those
apps, swipe upward from the bottom of the screen to temporarily
redisplay them.