Basic Gestures | HUAWEI Support Global

Air Gestures

You can use gestures to take screenshots and scroll without touching the screen.

Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Shortcuts & gestures > Air gestures, and ensure that Air scroll and Grabshot are enabled.

Air scroll

To air scroll, do the following:

Scroll down: Hold your hand half an arm's length away from the screen, with the palm of the hand facing the screen, and your fingers pointing upwards. After appears at the top of the screen, move your hand downwards to begin scrolling.

Scroll up: Hold your hand half an arm's length away from the screen, with the back of the hand facing the screen, and your fingers pointing downwards. After appears at the top of the screen, move your hand upwards to begin scrolling.

Take a grabshot

Place your hand half an arm's length away from the screen with the palm of the hand facing the screen, and wait for to appear at the top of the screen. Then close your fist to capture a screenshot.

System Navigation Gestures

Go to Settings > System & updates > System navigation and ensure that Gestures is selected.

	Back Swipe inward from the left or right edge to return to the previous screen.
	Back to the home screen Swipe up from the bottom to go to the home screen.
	View recent tasks Swipe up from the bottom of the screen and hold to view recent tasks.
	Close an app On the recent tasks screen, swipe up on an app preview to close the app.
	Switch apps Swipe in a curve along the bottom edge of the screen. Enable Swipe across bottom to switch apps and swipe horizontally across the bottom edge of the screen.

Knuckle Gestures

Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Shortcuts & gestures to enable Take screenshot and Record screen.

	Take a screenshot Knock twice on the screen with a knuckle to take a screenshot.
	Take a scrollshot Knock on the screen with a knuckle and draw an "S" to take a scrolling screenshot.
	Capture part of the screen Knock and draw an enclosed area with a knuckle to capture part of the screen.
	Record screen Knock twice on the screen with two knuckles to start or end a screen recording.

More Gestures

	Access Home screen editing mode Pinch two fingers together on the home screen.
	Display the shortcut panel on the lock screen Swipe up from the bottom of the lock screen.
	Display the search bar Swipe down on the home screen.
	Open the notification panel Swipe down from the status bar.

Button Shortcuts

	Power off and restart Press and hold the Power button until the Power off and Restart options appear.
	Increase the volume Press the Volume up button.
	Decrease the volume Press the Volume down button.
	Take a screenshot Press the Volume down and Power buttons simultaneously.
	Ultra snapshot Double-press the Volume down button when the screen is off or locked to take a photo.