Oppo F9 Pro : Change onscreen navigation keys
Each Android phone makers makes different layout for Android navigation keys. If you are coming from Samsung phone or Oppo phone, you are used to return key on right side and for many phones, return key is on left side. You can change the order of the virtual keys, and set them to appear only when needed to free space on the screen in ColorOS 5.x.
Enable on-screen navigation keys.
By default, on-screen navigation keys are turned on. To manually enable (if it is turned off), open Settings application.
Go to [Smart & Convenient] > [Navigation Keys] and click Virtual Key Navigation.
You can switch to ‘Swipe-up Gesture Navigation’ if you feel that onscreen navigation keys are obstructing content on display.
Customize virtual navigation keys.
OPPO ColorOS has key layout similar to Samsung phones: Menu, Home, and Return from left to right.
Hide virtual navigation keys.
When you enable hiding of on-screen navigation keys, they disappear when they are not needed and can be brought back with a simple swipe:
- When in portrait mode, swipe up from the bottom.
- When in landscape mode, swipe from the bottom to the left.
Manually hide the onscreen navigation keys. This setting, when enabled will not show onscreen navigation keys. Swipe up to see the keys and click on the left-lower corner of the screen to hide the keys.